Intro to Consumer Behavior

Consumer behavior-what is it? Applications Consumer Behavior and Strategy

Elements of strategy Consumer Analysis

Consumer behavior outcomes

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One Definition
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.
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Applications of Consumer Behavior

Marketing Strategy Regulatory (Public) Policy Social Marketing Personal Consumer Skills

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Orientations in the Study of Consumer Behavior

Anthropology Economics History and geography Psychology Sociology

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Anthropology
The study of people within and across cultures Emphasis on crosscultural differences Questioning of assumptions within own culture
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Economics
Basic economic issues
Supply and demand Rational decision making Perfect information

Emphasis on predicting behavior Complications in real life Behavioral economics e.g., mental accounting

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History and Geography

Origins of behavior, perspectives, and traditions Impact of geography on individuals
Isolation Language development Climate

Geographic determinism

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Psychology
Study of human thinking and behavior Some issues
Personality Personal development Cognition (thinking), perception Attention and its limitations Learninge.g., MKTG 371acquired tastes INTRO TO ONSUMER BEHAVIOR

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Sociology
Cultural and interpersonal influences on consumptione.g.,
Fads, fashions Diffusion of innovation Popular culture

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Marketing Strategy and Consumer Behavior

MARKET ANALYSIS

MARKET SEGMENTATION

MARKETING STRATEGY
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CONSUMER DECISION PROCESSES

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OUTCOMES

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Market Analysis Components

Consumers Firms Competitors Conditions (environment)

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Market Segmentation
(covered in more detail later)

Product-related need sets Segments: customers with similar needs and responses Segment description Segment selection
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Elements in Marketing Strategy

Product Communications Price Distribution Service

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Outcomes
Firm
Product position/perception Sales Customer satisfaction

Society
Economic Physical environment Social welfare

Individual
Need satisfaction Injurious consumption

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The Nature of Consumer Behavior

External Influences Internal Influences Self-Concept Situations Experiences and acquisitions

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Why We Buy: Some Issues

Questions academics relatively well: Whether, how, why? Questions academics answer less well:
How much? Which effect is stronger? What if?

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Why We Buy Issues

Conversion and interception rates The Transition Zone Thinking like a consumer who is in the shopping setting! A note on exam questions from the text: You need to have read the book to be able to answer! (The answers are not obvious.)
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