UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA; FACULTY OF BUSINESS DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR THEORY AND PRACTICE (MKT 201) COURSE OUTLINE SEMESTER TWO‚ 2011 Course Instructor: Dr R. Makgosa Email: Makgosa@mopipi.ub.bw; Office: 245/ 017; Office Telephone no: 3554060 Class Time: Tuesday 09.00; Thursday 08:00-10:00 Venue: 245-042. Consultation hours: Tueday 14:00-16:00; Thursday: 14:00-16:00 Nature of the Course Contemporary approaches to business emphasize the importance of adopting a
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CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS AND ITS IMPACT ON CONSUMER BUYING BEHAVIOUR (In context to India) Amit Kumar Msc Management with Marketing‚ 2010 The Executive Business School‚ Bournemouth University Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1802531 4243123 MS MMF AMIT KUMAR Acknowledgement First of all‚ I would like to express my gratitude to Bournemouth University for giving me an opportunity to pursue Masters in my field of studies. I am heartily thankful to my supervisor
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– To understand a Filipino consumer‚ businesses should focus on 4 factors: beauty‚ hygiene‚ health and convenience. These are the "key trends that would explain [Filipinos’] buying behavior‚” stressed Luz Barra‚ commercial director of consumer knowledge and insights firm‚ Kantar Worldpanel. READ: Factors influencing Filipinos’ decision to buy‚ according to Nielsen In a media briefing on Thursday‚ September 4‚ Barra detailed why these matter to the local consumer: Filipinos like to look
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Consumer Traits and behavior Paper Team B Eduardo Becerra‚ Irinia Gomez‚ Takeshia Seeden PSY/322 November 4‚ 2013 Earnest Broussard University of Phoenix Consumer Traits and Behavior Paper Today’s users are demonstrating a fantastic desire for new services and products. It has created possibilities for users‚ marketing providers and companies too eventually approve or disapprove latest ideas. For users to help and view their behaviors in making correct decisions‚ thorough
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CONSUMER BEHAVIOR Consumer behavior is the study of consumers and the processes they use to choose‚ use‚ and dispose of products and services. A more in depth definition will also include how that process impacts the world. Consumer behavior incorporates ideas from several sciences including psychology‚ biology‚ chemistry and economics. (Tim Friesner). This following analysis will point out the differences between holiday decision-making and traditional problem-solving model of consumer decision-making
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Product Appearance and Consumer Product Evaluation: A Literature Review This section describes the roles of product appearance in the process of consumer evaluation and choice. For this aim‚ literature in the fields of product development‚ product design‚ consumer behavior‚ marketing‚ and human factors has been searched. The literature shows that the visual appearance of a product can influence consumer product evaluations and choice in several ways. Several authors considered the role of product
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The perils of best practice: Should you emulate Apple? Outliers are exactly that. Duplicating their performance is harder than we might wish. SEPTEMBER 2012 • Marla M. Capozzi‚ Ari Kellen‚ and Sven Smit Source: Strategy Practice http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/The_perils_of_best_practice_Should_you_emulate_Apple_3013 It’s no mystery why companies emulate their most successful peers. Tried-and-true approaches often seem preferable to starting from scratch‚ whether for developing new products
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The Effect of Terminologies on Attitudes toward Advertisements and Brands: Consumer Product Knowledge as a Moderator Author(s): Shih-Chieh Chuang‚ Chia-Ching Tsai‚ Yin-Hui Cheng and Ya-Chung Sun Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Business and Psychology‚ Vol. 24‚ No. 4 (Dec.‚ 2009)‚ pp. 485-491 Published by: Springer Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27753928 . Accessed: 19/02/2013 01:24 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at
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Page 1 Part II - A Simple Model of Consumer Behavior The second set of factors that influence consumer behavior Individual Differences. Individual Differences: pertain to characteristics of the consumer such as: How much money do they have How much time do they have What is their knowledge level Is this someone relatively uninformed? a first time buyer? (Novice‚ a first time buyer‚ new to or inexperienced in a field) Is this an Expert? (someone who has made many prior purchase
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ollowing the Apple Press Event this morning the question I’ve been asked the most is “why do I need the Apple iPad?”. Apple’s head honcho Steve Jobs firmly believes the iPad will fill the third segment which stands square in the middle of the iPhone and MacBook. To help understand the target audience for the iPad I found it most helpful to begin by looking at the competition. Currently you have an eReader market heavily dominated by Amazon’s Kindle. The Kindle is a solid performer and everyone
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