Introduction to Consumer Behavior What is Consumer behavior? – pg 6-8 Consumer Behavior The study of individuals‚ groups‚ or organizations and the processes they use to select‚ secure‚ use‚ and dispose of products‚ services‚ experiences‚ or ideas to satisfy needs and the impacts that these processes have on the consumer and society. Application of consumer behavior – pg 9-11 1) Marketing Strategy 2) Regulatory Policy Social Marketing The application of marketing strategies and tactics
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customer’s life-cycle might look something like this: Younger consumer - small gifts for girlfriend Slightly older consumer - engagement ring‚ holiday gifts Slightly older yet - Bridal ring‚ holiday gifts Maturing consumer - watches‚ anniversary gifts‚ holiday gifts‚ Consumer with children - birthday presents‚ holiday gifts‚ Sweet 16 gifts‚ bar mitsvah gifts and First Communion gifts So‚ you can see how reaching a consumer earlier in life offers the potential to make more sales to that
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Chapter 1 – consumer behavior 1. Decision making at margin marginal cost: the additional cost of consuming or producing one more unit of a good marginal benefit: the additional benefit of consuming or producing one more unit of good Utility: satisfaction derived from consuming units of good consumed in a given period of time Marginal utility: additional satisfaction gained from consuming an extra unit of good within a period of time 2. The law of diminishing utility marginal utility
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CHAPTER 3 – LEARNING AND MEMORY • Marketers understand that long-standing‚ learned connections between products and memories are a potent way to build and keep brand loyalty. • Learning is a relatively permanent change in behavior caused by experience (not always directly‚ but by observation of events that affect others). - An ongoing process - Ranges from simple association between a stimulus (product logo - Coke) to a response (“refreshing soft drink”) – to a complex series of cognitive
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Marketers expend considerable effort to have consumers learn about their products. Therefore it is vital that we understand how consumers‚ and that includes us‚ learn. Learning: Learning refers to any change in the content or organisation of long-term memory. Consumer behaviour is largely learned behaviour. Learning is defined as any change in the content or organisation of long-term memory. Consumers must learn almost everything related to being a consumer: product existence‚ performance‚ availability
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activity as well as to overt actions. Secondly‚ learning results in relatively permanent changes in behavior. This excludes changes brought about by fatigue or other short-lived influences such as drug-induced behavior. Thirdly‚ we must exclude the effects of physical damage to the body or brain and of natural human growth. Types of learned behavior a) Physical Behaviour People learn many physical behaviors in everyday life. Firstly‚ all healthy humans learn to walk‚ talk and socialize. Secondly‚ they
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Consumer Spending During this past years spending was not a word used on people’s conversation. Prices have been rising like crazy and people have not been spending a lot. The recession was one of the reasons consumers spending decreased. Prices started rising and unemployment rate was increasing. At the end of 2010 and at the beginning of this year people were spending little by little‚ so the consumer spending is increasing slowly. Everything is a cycle‚ which means that we all depend on each
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Consumer Behavior A Vera Bradley handbag can be one of the many fashion statements made by almost any female ranging from the age of 10 to 90. “Vera Bradley is a leader in fashionable‚ colorful‚ cotton quilted handbags‚ accessories‚ luggage‚ and paper and gift items for women of every age.” As one can see this product is mostly purchased by women. However‚ each individual has their own personal characteristics like gender‚ age‚ family life cycle‚ personality‚ self-concept‚ and lifestyle that influence
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CHAPTER 1 QUESTION 1: Explain the concept of the 80/20 rule and why it is important to marketers. The 80/20 rule of marketing is derived from the broader Pareto Principle concept introduced by Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto in 1906. Pareto noted that the majority of wealth in a free market economy is concentrated within a relatively small group of people -- roughly 20 percent of the population. Importance of rule 80/20 to marketers: Marketing investment: relates to how money is spent on advertising
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Consumer Behaviour Consumer Behaviour Canadian Edition Schiffman/Kanuk/Das Copyright © 2006 Pearson Education Canada Inc. Consumer Behaviour The behaviour that consumers display in searching for‚ purchasing‚ using‚ evaluating‚ and disposing of products and services that they expect will satisfy their needs. Copyright © 2006 Pearson Education Canada Inc. 1-2 Personal Consumer The individual who buys goods and services for his or her own use‚ for household use‚ for
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