Is consumer behavior diverging rather than converging? Many would say that because of globalization‚ the income‚ media and technology would suggest that consumer’s needs‚ taste‚ lifestyles and wants have become homogeneous‚ giving special emphasis on technology and internet. But what people do with their possessions does not converge. Some believe that global companies will achieve success by concentrating on what everybody wants rather than worrying about the details of what everyone things they
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Consumer Buying Behavior Comparison in Marketing Strategies Hainan Huang Southern New Hampshire University In order to help creating new offerings‚ improving communication‚ organizing delivery and‚ eventually‚ increasing the sale. It is important to understand the consumer buying behavior from situational‚ personality and social aspects. This paper will briefly discuss the marketing strategies of two giant retail department stores‚ Walmart and Macy’s‚ in terms of customer buying behaviors.
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Journal of Management and Marketing Research Consumers and credit cards: A review of the empirical literature Phylis M. Mansfield Penn State University – Erie Mary Beth Pinto Penn State University – Erie Cliff A. Robb University of Alabama ABSTRACT Research in the area of consumer credit card attitude and behavior has provided an abundance of literature in the business‚ psychology‚ and public policy fields. Beginning in the 1960s‚ the work revolved around descriptive characteristics and evolved
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Farzana (2012) this study is to explore how consumers’ psychological factors (Motivation‚ perception‚ and attitude) are associated with brand equity (brand loyalty‚ brand association‚ perceived quality‚ and brand awareness) of laptop. The result revealed that‚ consumers’ motivation to use laptop and brand association criteria work separately. They consider battery lifetime (brand association) as important feature while satisfying those purposes. Consumers’ attitudes are shaped up by others‚ especially
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the effect of celebrity endorsement on consumer buying behaviour - January 5th‚ 2010 The crescendo of celebrities endorsing brands has been steadily increasing over the past 20 years or so. Marketers overtly acknowledge the power of celebrity in influencing buyer ’s purchase decision. They have firm believe that likeability or a favorable attitude towards a brand is created by the use of a celebrity. The crore of rupees spent per year on celebrity endorsement contracts show that celebrities like
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understand that to satisfy the needs of consumers in very distinct markets effectively‚ they must learn to understand the differences and similarities between the peoples of the countries they are targeting (Schiffman‚ & Kanuk‚ 2007). Any product introduced on a foreign market has to be made to fit the preferences of specific attitudes of the foreign consumer (Schiffman‚ & Kanuk‚ 2007). In the case of Iams‚ it was necessary to persuade the consumer of the European market to break with their
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Consumer Behavior and Cultural Factors affecting Consumer Behavior What is Consumer Behavior? Consumer behavior deals with the study of buying behavior of consumers. Consumer behavior helps us understand why and why not an individual purchases goods and services from the market. There are several factors which influence the buying decision of consumers‚ cultural factors being one of the most important factors. What is Culture? The complex whole that includes knowledge‚ beliefs‚ arts
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"Consumer Behavior of Youth - A.Y - 2013- 2014" INTRODUCTION Youth is the time of life when one is young‚ but often means the time between childhood and adulthood. Youth is the stage of constructing the self-concept. The self-concept of youth is influenced by several variables such as peers‚ lifestyle‚ gender‚ and culture. It is the time of a person’s life in which they make choices which will affect their future. ---From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia In our country 13 to 35 years old are
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A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF LOYALTY PROGRAMS ON CONSUMER PURCHASE BEHAVIOR INTRODUCTION TO THE ORGANISATION: The Landmark Group was started thirty years ago‚ with the mission of becoming one of the foremost retailers in the Middle East. This‚ by providing customers with a wide range of high quality products at exceptional value. From a single children’s store set up in 1973‚ in Bahrain‚ the Group has expanded exponentially and currently operates over 500 stores‚ several concepts & business interests
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This is conceptualized at an aggregate level in terms of self-brand connections. Reference Groups: Social groups that are important to a consumer and against which he/she compares himself/herself. * Member group: a reference group to which an individual belongs * Aspiration Group: A reference group to which an individual wishes to belong * Consumers use others as a source of information to shape and evaluate their beliefs about the world. * Types of reference groups (Park &
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