if something is market-oriented, customer-oriented etc, it is developed or done to meet the market's or the customer's needs:
• The country is moving toward a market-oriented economic model.
• Consumer-oriented stocks have done well.
• aggressive consumer-oriented retail banking
— compare -driven, -led* * *
-oriented
► (UK also -orientated) showing the particular direction in which something is aimed: »
She wants to turn the company into a profit-oriented organization.
»Because the economy is so export-oriented, investment is closely linked to exporting businesses.
Main Entry: ↑oriented
Financial and business terms. 2012.