A market segment is $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$

A$.$

the group of customers on which an organization focuses its marketing plan and toward which it directs its marketing efforts

B$.$

stakeholders who are not the audience for a product but are impacted by its success or failure

C$.$

all possible customers in a market regardless of the differences in their specific needs and wants

D$.$

a distinctive group of customers within a larger market who are similar to one another in some way and whose needs differ from other customers in the larger market

E$.$

the set of consumers who are turned off by an organization's marketing efforts