this world of ever increasing competition and removal of barriers to trade due to the enforcement of the WTO (World Trade Organization)‚ branding has become even more important. In a situation where a multitude of alternatives are available to the consumer at lower prices‚ the establishment of a strong brand name is extremely important. A strong brand can make all the difference between a successful brand and a failure. Branding is at the heart of marketing. The reason for this statement is that
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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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and Robert E. Burnkrant. 2001. “The Moderating Role of Commitment on the Spillover Effect of Marketing Communications.” Journal of Marketing Research 38 (4): 458-470. Alba‚ Joseph W. and J. Wesley Hutchinson. 1987. “Dimensions of Consumer Expertise.” Journal of Consumer Research 13 (March): 411-454. Alba‚ Joseph‚ John Lynch‚ Barton Weitz‚ Chris Janiszewski‚ Richard Lutz‚ Alan Sawyer‚ and Stacy Wood. 1997. Anderson‚ James and James A. Narus. 1990. “A Model of Distributor Firm and Manufacturer Firm
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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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Rouen Business School Master Grand Ecole Marketing in French Excellence Program ______________________________________________________ Mémoire CONSUMER BEHAVIOR IN THE FRENCH ANDROID GAMING MARKET CHRISTOPHER LLOYD HONOUR SANTANDER SUPERVISOR: JOONAS ROKKA ______________________________________________________ Non-confidential Thesis Rouen‚ France Sunday‚ 17th of June‚ 2012 Table of Contents SUMMARY CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION i. Project Description………………………...……………………………
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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 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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UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENTS’ PURCHASE BEHAVIOR SANITPONG SAITHIP CHUNHAPAK MOUNGTHONG PAMITTASIL UNGTAWORNDEE An Independent Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Master of Business Administration Degree (International Program) May 2008 Copyright 2008 by Naresuan University The independent study entitled “Purchase of Cosmetic Products: A Study of Factors Influencing Naresuan University Graduate Students’ Purchase Behavior”‚ submitted in partial fulfillment of
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Managing Customer-Based Brand Equity The author presents a conceptual model of brand equity from the perspective of the individual consumer. Customer-based brand equity is defined as the differential effect of brand knowledge on consumer response to the marketing of the brand. A brand is said to have positive (negative) customer-based brand equity when consumers react more (less) favorably to an element of the marketing mix for the brand than they do to the same marketing mix element when it
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