CONSUMER BEHAVIOR – UNIT ONE INTRODUCTION OF CONSUMER Earlier consumer were related to the monetary exchanges disregarding the service sectors but these days the consumers are not only limited to the values of money but alsoto intangible objects like services from hospitals‚ telecommunications‚ academic institutions etc. Any organizations’ potential audience or general public can be considered as consumers. Examples of such may fit to the citizen of the nation to the Election commission or
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population will fall into this class. Middle class is also referred to as white collar working group and is comprised of an educated business group. The lower class is also dubbed as the working class or blue collar workers. Consumer Spending and Economic Behavior The consumer spending is recognized to be the expenditure at the personal level. It depends on the wish of the customers and used to spend on respective areas. The aim is just to go from forming effective knowledge and understanding with
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Nature scope and importance of consumer behavior Consumer Behavior Meaning :Consumer behavior is defined as “The dynamic interaction of affect and cognition behavior by which human beings conduct the exchange aspects of their lives .This means that the buying actions of consumers are greatly affected by their thought process and their feelings experienced . Importance of consumer behavior : • Ever increasing intensity of competition • More aggressive competitors emerging with
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Understanding the consumer attitudes and behavior is one of the key factors for an organization to successfully tap the business opportunities in the Philippines. This aspect is more crucial especially during crisis periods when there are number of changes in consumer attitudes and behaviors. The marketing managers and advertisers need to know and consider these changes while developing their promotional plans and media-mixes. In the short term‚ behavioral dimensions maybe even more important than
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Consumer behavior is the behavior that consumers display in searching for‚ purchasing‚ using‚ evaluating‚ and disposing of‚ products and services. The study of consumer behavior as a separate marketing discipline all started when marketers realized that consumers did not always react as marketing theory suggested they would. Many consumers rebel at using the identical products that everyone else used‚ instead they prefer differentiated products that they feel reflect their own special needs‚ personality
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There is nobody in the world who is left out of the class of consumers. The consumer-hood continues till one’s last breath in the world. The consumer purchases a variety of goods and services to satisfy his wants and he is always influenced in his purchasing activities by some considerations which lead him to select a particular commodity or a particular retail store in preference to others. So‚ consumer buying is more complex. Consumer purchases are likely to be influenced by physiological‚ psychological
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which formal organizations establish the need for purchased products and services and identify‚ evaluate and choose among the alternative brands and suppliers’ ( Webster and Wind- Philip Kotler 12E ‚ Page 196) Definition of individual Buying or Consumer buying: Individual buying is defined as follows “The decision process and physical activity engaged in when evaluating‚ acquiring‚ using or disposing of goods and services”( Ignou Text Book) Some features of organizational buying are as
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Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies Vol. 5‚ No. 8‚ pp. 522-534‚ Aug 2013 (ISSN: 2220-6140) The Impact of Husband’s Perception and Value towards Family Purchase Decision Patterns *Christian Wibisono‚ Mustika Sufiati Purwanegara Institute of Technology Bandung‚ School of Business and Management‚ Indonesia *christian.w@sbm-itb.ac.id Abstract: Changes are occurring in society’s norm structure. One of these changes is the shifting of women roles. More wives are working outside home
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OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY CAS-002-12-00 (TEMPLATE: NOTE: MINIMUM OF 5 PAGES‚ FONT SIZE IS 8) OLFU VISION To improve man as man by developing individuals through a legacy of excellent education and compassionate value formation. OLFU MISSION OLFU CORE VALUES The noble dictum “improving man as man” embodies the existence of Fatima Medical Science Foundation and Our Lady of Fatima University as educational institutions dedicated to the wholistic formation of men and women imbued with the
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identity (Tam‚K.K.‚ p1) The modern era of marketing has identified the importance of branding as one of the key elements to develop competitive advantage. With the rising technological development the products and services being produced are moving towards homogeneity in terms of product quality‚ distribution‚ cost of production restricting the companies to achieve the much required competitive edge. Hence there is a rising need for companies to focus on branding in order to be able to deliver superior
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