Use Audience Segments

How-to | Last updated: 11/11/2026 | Learn how to use Audience Segments in your Campaigns

You can create and/or use Audience Segments either directly in your Campaigns or from the Audience Library. In the Audience Library, you can also modify (edit, duplicate, delete, and save) your Custom Audience Segments.

You can also view all KPM Kroger Precision Marketing Pre-Built Segments.

Access Audience Library

1. From 84.51° Prism, click Tools.

2. Select Audience Library.

   

Create Custom Audience Segments

1. Click Create Audience Segment.

2. Give your segment a clear and succinct Audience Segment Name (for example, "Heavy Soft Drink Category Buyers").

3. Add a detailed Audience Segment Description with relevant details (for example, "Households buying at least 50 units of soft drink products in the last six (6) months").

4. Click Select to choose a Segment Type.

5. Follow the instructions outlined in the table for each type.

Segment type	Description	Instructions
Brand Switchers	Purchase within a commodity in a desired time period, but are not loyal to a specific brand or company	Select Share of Requirements The share of sales received from Major Brands or Parent Companies Product Hierarchy. Enter Max Share of Requirements (%). Click Select Products to select Shopped Products (Product UPCs Universal Product Codes within the brands or commodities households switched between). Select the Modality. Select the Time Period of the dateset.
Buyers of a Product (X)	Purchased products within a set list of UPCs Universal Product Code within a desired time period	Select Shopping Behavior Type. Click Select Products to select Shopped Products (Product UPCs used to identify households). Depending on your selection above, you’ll enter UPCs for X Products and/or Y Products. Select the Modality. Select the Purchase Period when households purchased the products.
Heavy / Medium / Light Buyers	Buy specific products that meet certain thresholds for sales, units purchased, or store visits within a desired time period	Select a Shopping Behavior. Select a Based On cutoff metric for the selected shopping behavior. Select how you want this metric Calculated by. When prompted, enter the requested information in the text box (for example, Top X percent of buyers). Click Select Products to select Shopped Products (Product UPCs that households purchased). Select the Modality. Select the Purchase Period when households purchased the products.
New or Lapsed Buyers	Have new or lapsed purchasing behavior for a specific group of products within a desired time period	Select a Shopping Behavior. Click Select Products to select Shopped Products (Product UPCs households started purchasing). Select the Modality. Select the Purchase Period. New Buyers — When households started purchasing the products. Lapsed Buyers — When households did and did not purchase the products.
Predefined Segmentations	Purchasing behavior defined by 84.51° data science: Active Kroger Shoppers — Households who have shopped at any Kroger banner store, whether in-store, pickup, and/or delivery. Brand Tiers — Reflects a household’s preference for perceived brand quality tiers based on purchasing behavior. Higher scores indicate stronger preference for higher-tier brands. E-Commerce — Reaches households that have used Pickup and/or Delivery in the last year. Usage is determined based on total amount spent on e-commerce trips, the percentage of trips using e-commerce, and the timing of these e-commerce trips. Nutrition & Cooking — Reaches households that are scored based on engagement with different cooking and nutrition behaviors like Niche Foods, Home Cooking and Baking, Time Saver Cooking, and Total Nutrition. Price & Savings — Reaches households that are scored based on coupon / rewards usage, value and pricing behaviors like Coupon Engagement, Deal Depth, Equivalized Price Importance, Promo Importance, Rewards engagement, Unit Price Importance, and Total Price Importance. The following Segmentation Groups are Internal Only: Functional Loyalty — Households are classified into High, Medium, and Low loyalty based on spend and basket penetration being measured for Kroger purchases in the last 52 weeks. Boost Members — Households that are enrolled in full / trial membership in Boost or Boost Lite with monthly /annual payments Our Brands Loyalty — Households are classified into High, Medium, and Low loyalty based on spend and basket penetration being measured for Kroger purchases, specifically Kroger, Private Selection, and Simple Truth, in the last 52 weeks.	Select a Segmentation Group from the dropdown. Depending on your selection, you may need to: Choose a Segmentation. Select Segment Filters.

To learn more, see Audience Library.

6. Click Create Audience Segment.

Create Combined Segment

You also have the option to create a single Audience Segment by combining multiple segment types using AND/OR/NOT operators.

1. Create your Audience Segment using the instructions above.

2. Click Create Combined Segment.

3. Select the operator (AND/OR/NOT) you want to use for this segment.

4. Click Select to choose a Segment Type.

5. Follow the instructions outlined in the table above for each segment type.

6. Click Create Audience Segment.

Add from Library

Inside your Campaign, you may have the option to add existing Audience Segments from the Audience Library.

1. Click Add from Library.

2. Use the search bar and/or available filters to find the segment(s) you want to add.

   These Audience Segments can be either your own Custom Segment or use KPM Pre-Built Segments.

3. Click Add to Campaign.

Edit Audience Segments

1. Use the search bar and/or available filters to find the segment(s) you want to edit.

2. Click the ellipsis ().

3. Click Edit Segment.

4. Update the required segment information.

5. Click Update Segment.

Alternatively, you can edit your segment on the Build Custom Audience Segments from your Campaign.

Duplicate Audience Segments

1. Use the search bar and/or available filters to find the segment(s) you wan to duplicate.

2. Click the ellipsis ().

3. Click Duplicate Segment.

4. Give your segment a unique Segment Name.

5. Add a Segment Description.

6. Click Save to Library.

Delete Audience Segments

1. Use the search bar and/or available filters to find the segment(s) you want to delete.

2. Click the ellipsis ().

3. Click Delete Segment.

4. Click Delete.

Alternatively, you can delete your segment on the Build Custom Audience Segments from your Campaign.

Save Audience Segments

Inside your Campaign, you may have the option to save Audience Segments to the Audience Library.

1. On the Build Custom Audience Segments page, use the search bar and/or available filters to find the segment(s) you want to save.

2. Click Save to Library.

3. Give your segment a unique Segment Name.

4. Add a Segment Description.

5. Click Save to Library.

Manage Audience Segments

1. From the main 84.51° Prism dashboard, find the Campaign where you want to manage Audience Segments.

2. Click Edit Details.

3. In the Targeting section, click Manage Audience.



From there, you can perform all the same actions that you can from the Audience Library.

Troubleshooting

Here are some troubleshooting tips and tricks to help get your Audience Segments approved.

Not enough households

84.51° Prism enforces a minimum number of households for each channel to ensure the Campaign is set up for success.

If 84.51° Prism cannot identify enough households to meet the minimum, the audience request will fail.

Check applied Audience Segments

As you select, create, or add segments to your Campaign, check that all Audience Segments that you want to use are selected and applied to the channel.

After creating a new segment, you must apply it to the channel before submitting your targeting request or refreshing an existing request.

Consider segment priority

Custom Segments are mutually exclusive, so if you have these Audience Segments they could be prioritized over other segments. As such, a general recommendation is to put the most narrow Custom Segment as the top priority, and the broadest segment as the last priority.

Priority recommendations
Brand Buyers Competitive Buyers Category Buyers	Promoted Product Buyers Brand Buyers Category Buyers	New Buyers Lapsed Buyers Category Buyers	Brand Buyers Portfolio Buyers Category Buyers

Not enough UPCs

If a Custom Segment is targeting a small list of UPCs, that will result in less households.

While it can be beneficial to identify buyers of a small set of products currently being promoted, 84.51° Prism recommends that you also create a segment of broader brand buyers, including more relevant UPCs from your brand/product line to expand the number of identified households.

• Promoted Product Buyers will identify a smaller set of households

• Brand Product Buyers will identify a broader set of households

These Audience Segments can both be created within the same Campaign, but ensure that the narrow Promoted Product Buyers segment is prioritized above the general Brand Buyers segment.

Limited store distribution

When UPCs are added to a Custom Segment, you can view the Division Penetration. If the targeted UPCs have limited store distribution, the available pool of identified households will be smaller.

Ensure there is at least one (1) segment included in the Campaign that includes a large pool of UPCs (Commodity or Category Buyers) that are widely available throughout all Kroger divisions.

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