rQ1: Which design elements of the Volvo YCC are most valuable to female consumers? Volvo is a famous brand name of car which created most values element in their car design. There are four elements which are safety‚ quality‚ and environment and design (Volvo‚ 2011). In 2004‚ Volvo has come out with the ideas by focusing women consumer. So‚ Volvo corporation introduce the Your Concept Car (YCC) which the car will be design through women eyes. This concept had created by all female design team and
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firm attempts to study and understand the consumer behavior due to businesses stay in business by attracting and retaining customers (Arnold‚ Price & Zinkhan‚ 2002). That means only gaining a comprehensive understanding of consumer behavior can meet the firm¡¯s marketing goals. According to Solomon (1999)‚ most marketers now recognize that consumer behavior is an ongoing process; decision making unit plays an important role in this process. As the basic consumer decision-making unit‚ family are most
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A project report containing marketing research on “The Impact of Brand Preference among B-Segment cars on Buying behavior of customers at Belgaum city” is partial fulfillment of requirement of MBA-II semester in Belgaum Institute of Management Studies‚ Belgaum. So the need to know which is the Brand preferred and the Buying behaviour of customer‚ I collected the information by a structured questionnaire that included all the requirements what the SMPL needed and the questionnaire
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Consumer Behaviour Topic 10 Group Influence on the Purchasing Decision Consumers belong to or admire many different groups and are often influenced in their purchase decisions by a desire to be accepted by others. One form of group that has a definite impact on consumer behaviour is the reference group. A reference group is “an actual or imaginary individual or group conceived of having significant relevance upon an individual’s evaluations‚ aspirations‚ or behaviour.” Reference groups have
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European Journal of Scientific Research ISSN 1450-216X Vol.28 No.4 (2009)‚ pp.522-532 © EuroJournals Publishing‚ Inc. 2009 http://www.eurojournals.com/ejsr.htm An Empirical Study of Consumer Impulse Buying Behavior in Local Markets Muhammad Ali Tirmizi PH.D Candidate‚ FUIEMS‚ Foundation University‚ Islamabad‚ Pakistan E-mail: m5alitahir@gmail.com Kashif-Ur-Rehman Associate Professor‚ Iqra University‚ Islamabad‚ Pakistan E-mail: dr.kashifurrehman@gmail.com M. Iqbal Saif Head of the Department
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Consumer Behaviour of Two Wheeler customer towards Small Cars Introduction "The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.“ – Peter Drucker. As Peter Drucker puts it‚ a marketer needs to understand Consumer behaviour so that the marketing concepts have the essence of consumer orientation and the emphasis is more on the customer than the product. The core of modern marketing lies in creating meaningful value satisfaction
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1. Introduction Consumers have a number of abiding images of themselves. Those self-images are very closely associated with personal characteristics‚ memories and experiences which are determinants of the influences of self-reference and involvement on consumer behavior. Marketers have long tried to appeal to consumers in terms of self-reference and involvement‚ because according to Bettman‚ Capon and Lutz. consumers combine involvement and self-reference with information about product attributes
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Study of consumer behavior in Bangalore city *G. Vani1‚ M. Ganesh Babu2‚ N. Panchanatham3 Professor‚ Acharya Institute of Technology‚ Solladevanahalli 2Assistant Manager‚ ICICI Bank‚ Bangalore‚ 129/2‚ AGBG Layout Chikkabanavara 3Dept Head‚ Dept of Business Administration‚ Annamalai University‚ Chidambaram‚ Tamilnadu *gvani3333@yahoo.co.in 1Asst. Abstract: ‘Consumer is king’ –the statement carries profound truth in it. Today the success of any firm depends upon the satisfaction of consumers. For satisfying
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Consumer behavior Soft drink – Thums Up Introduction The soft drink industry in India is one of the most competitive with many international and domestic players operating in the market. Initially domestic players like Parle group dominated the Indian soft drink market with brands like Thums up‚ Limca‚ Goldspot etc. However with the re-entry of MNC players like Pepsi in 1991 and Coca-Cola in 1993‚ the market took a decisive shift in favour of these MNCs and over the years Coca-Cola and Pepsi have
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Consumer behavior Simona Romani Chapter 1 – Consumer motives and values Motivation (I) Motivation is a driving force that moves individuals to take a particular action; this driving force is produced by a state of tension‚ which exists as a result of an unfulfilled need. Need Satisfaction Homeostasis We strive for a state of equilibrium (Homeostasis) Physiological needs (e.g. hunger) move us away from this But so do social and psychological needs Deprivation Motivation (II) Biogenic
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