effective target and creating more creative communication strategy. Keywords: Working wife‚ Perception‚ Norm‚ Schwartz Value‚ Household Purchase Decision‚ Family Decision Making Process 1. Introduction Family is an important unit of analysis in consumer decision-making field (Xia et al.‚ 2006)‚ but the vast interest in family as unit of analysis in research has not happened only until recently (So and Yao‚ 2006). Family is a main reference group when individual family member is
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widely and extensively contributed in many ways towards the Fijian society. She continues to play her role as Chief Executive Officer of Consumer Council of Fiji. Her efforts in making consumers aware of their rights and responsibilities have been recognized and Mrs. Kumar is still combating issues that affect the consumer of Fiji. TABLE OF COTENTS INTRODUCTION The empowerment of women is presently occurring in many societies around the world. The word ‘woman’ is certainly one word that has
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Bank loan advertisement. Finally‚ we try to personify that advertisement. 1. Introduction Personality of a person is the result of his individual traits. Personality distinguishes one person from another. It also determines how and why a consumer behaves in a particular way. A person ’s attitudes‚ his values in life‚ and the influence exerted by the people around him shape his personality. As a person grows up‚ his personality is altered or modified by the people or events surrounding him
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An Empirical Study of Consumer Switching from Traditional to Electronic Channel: A Purchase Decision Process Perspective Alok Gupta* (agupta@csom.umn.edu) Bo-chiuan Su (bsu@mgt.ncu.edu.tw) Zhiping Walter (Zhiping.Walter@cudenver.edu) ALOK GUPTA (agupta@csom.umn.edu) is an Associate Professor of the Department of Information and Decision Sciences‚ Carlson School of Management‚ University of Minnesota‚ USA. He received his PhD in Management Science and Information Systems from the University of Texas
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ABOUT CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR Consumer behavior is an applied discipline. Its application exists at two different levels of analysis. One is at the micro level perspective and other at the macro level perspective. Micro level seeks application of the knowledge faced by the individual‚ firm or an organization. The macro perspective applied knowledge of consumer include the aggregate level of problem faced by large groups or by society as a whole. Buying behavior is an attempt to understand and predict
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Taking that quote into consideration‚ it is not only true to an individual but also to every industry. A business cannot aim to sell their products to the whole market‚ because every customer has different wants and needs. Only a group of similar consumers that suites the products’ property best should be considered‚ so the business can use the right marketing strategy. In other words‚ business should segment their market in order to have clear image about their customers. Thus the business would
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Explain how consumers form evaluations of brands. Show how marketers seek to influence this process using examples from the marketing activities of an organisation of your choice Introduction Evaluation is the process of judging or determining whether an activity or product meet a specified criteria. According to Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary‚ to evaluate is ‘to judge or calculate the quality‚ importance‚ amount or value of something. When consumers evaluate a brand‚ they are trying
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ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Vol.1 Issue 1‚ May 2011‚ ISSN 2231-5780 CONSUMER PROTECTION AND CONSUMERISM IN INDIA Ms Kiran Chaudhry*;Ms Tanu Chandhiok**;Mrs Parveen Dewan*** * Assistant Professor‚ Shivaji College‚ University of Delhi‚ Delhi‚ India **Lecturer‚ Yamuna Group of Institutions‚ Gadholi‚ Jagadhri‚ Haryana‚ India *** Principal‚ Sanatan Dharam Model School Jagadhri‚ Yamunanagar‚ Haryana‚ India __________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 4 : Consumer Markets and Consumer Buyer Behavior Question 1 How might a marketer influence a consumer’s information search through each of the four information sources discussed in the chapter? A marketer might influence a consumer information search through several information sources include personal sources (family‚ friends‚ neighbors‚ acquaintances)‚ commercial sources (advertising‚ salespeople‚ dealer Web sites‚ packaging‚ displays)‚ public sources (mass media‚ consumer rating
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Consumer Motivation LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter students should be able to: 1. Understand the types of human needs and motives and the meaning of goals. 2. Understand the dynamics of motivation‚ arousal of needs‚ setting of goals‚ and interrelationship between needs and goals. 3. Learn about several systems of needs developed by researchers. 4. Understand how human motives are studied and measured. CHAPTER SUMMARY Motivation is the driving force within individuals
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