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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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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Ravindran PGP 14/138 Section A Contact Lens: Study on the Consumer Buying Behavior Contents Executive Summary 3 Objective 3 Importance to business and marketing 3 Introduction 4 Types of contact lenses 4 Brands 5 Comparison with Spectacles and Lasik 5 Research Methodology 5 Insights from Secondary Research 6 Insights from Interview and Survey 6 Analysis 6 Hierarchy of Effects: ABC model 7 Consumer Involvement: High Involvement/Emotional 7 Looking Glass self
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Consumer Behaviour in Automobile Purchasing What is Consumer Behaviour? Consumer behaviour can be defined as the acts of consumers directly involved in obtaining‚ using and disposing of economic goods and services‚ including the decision process that precede and determine their acts. The study of how and why people purchase goods and services is termed consumer buying behaviour. The term covers the decision-making processes from those that precede the purchase of goods or services to the
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Identifying relevant Malaysian Financial Reporting Standard with Inventory Cycle Referring to have been stated above‚ the selected company was a small sized entity and therefore‚ the processes under its inventory cycle was not complex like those in retailers as well as manufacturers. Figure 1.1 Inventory cycle with shaded area for activities related to MFRS Principally‚ the fundamental issue in accounting for inventories is to define the amount to be recognized as asset as well as amount
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com/2005/08/04/news/funny/m_and_ms/ Marketing Research Design. (2012). SlideShare Inc. Retrieved from: http://www.slideshare.net/nbairstow/marketing-research-design Perner‚ L. (2010). Consumer Behavior: The Psychology of Marketing. Lars Perner. Retrieved from: http://www.consumerpsychologist.com/ Schiffman‚ L. & Kanuk‚ L. (2007). Consumer Behavior 9th Edition. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ‚ Pearson Education‚ Inc.
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