A STUDY ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR OF WOMEN IN DURABLE GOODS -With Special Reference To Pollachi Taluk I.INTRODUCTION In India there are various resources and people are more prone to use variety of products for their consumption. The process of consumption in the post liberalized era has started dominating the consumer community particularly in the women section. There are numerous products are available in the market for the consumption and this situation has created for consumers. The multiple products with similar utility have created a competitive situation in the market. People at one side are unable to decide what to buy and on the other side they remain faithful to some products in particular. Thus, consumer behavior is one of the significant areas to be studied. The globalization and liberalization operation of businesses have given an opportunity to the customers/ consumers to select one out of various similar products available in the market. The global trend in the market have affected the consumer 's behavior to a great extent, whether it is a case of seller operating in international, regional, local level or a case of consumers involved in purchasing consumable/ industrial products. Due to globalization of business and liberalized policies of the government the auto industry has witnessed a major selling prospect. Many multinational companies have entered to fray, turning the market place into a virtual battlefield. II. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The marketers
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Consumer behaviour is defined as the behaviour that consumers undertake in seeking, purchasing, using, evaluating and disposing of products and services that they expect will satisfy their personal needs (Nayeem 2012). Different consumer may have different choices in purchase that is dependent on various influences. High involvement purchase sets the best example of engaging in consumer behaviour in various aspects as complex buying behaviour occurs when the consumer is highly involved with the purchase and when there are significant differences between brands. This behaviour can be associated with the purchase of a something significant in value and meaning to consumer which could be risky (Tanner 2012). High
In an article called Cultural Factor Highly Influences On Consumers & Their Buying Behavior – In Indian Context, the basic characteristics of culture are described:
Over the last decade China and India have adopted trends from western-styles. These are two heavily populated countries and their youth are gravitate more to western styles. There are many goods and services that can be offered to their marketers. This paper will describe the products that interest these youth markets. Compare and contrast the micro- and macro-environmental forces that influence the marketing strategies for these goods and services. Analyze the marketing strategies of these two countries and compare them with the U.S. consumption marketers. And finally, what opportunity for U.S. companies I might foresee.
The booming economy and burgeoning development has made India more accessible to the world in-terms of tourism, business growth and quality of life for its citizens. Influences from North America and Europe and funding by the government has provided cities and towns all over the country with supermarkets, Walmart, that contain products from all over the world, mega shopping malls with the latest designer clothing such as Tommy Hilfiger, Louis Vuitton and many others, modern restaurants, bars, and clubs such as KFC, Subway, McDonald’s etc... In addition, people have more money to spend, especially the growing middle class as the economy has grow rapidly since the late 90’s. I was surprised to witness, people of every ethnicity purchasing automobiles, high end
I moved through the process of selecting the right gym to join quite quickly as I was very motivated to get started. I took into consideration that this purchase posed physical and social problems and considered those when making my decision.
There are several cultural factors that will be affected by Wal-Mart’s entrance into India. If a giant corporate retail company, such as Wal-Mart, enters India it will have a direct impact on millions of farmers and people employed in small businesses. India is a land of retail democracy with hundreds of thousands of bazaars located across the country. In India, main streets are called bazaars as they are lively, vibrant and a source of livelihood for millions of people. Many citizens believe it is part of Indian culture to have crowded lanes with people selling shoes, toys, clothes, and much more. There are cafe owners making coffee and frying potatoes for people on the road sides. Moreover,
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My generation, specifically Generation Y, has grown up with computers. Whether it was DOS or Windows or Macintosh, my peers have a knack for the virtual interface. Our parents and grandparents do not understand it. They fumble uncomfortably with their cell phones and become frustrated by the oncoming new media of video games (especially when my brothers and I would rather play Halo 3 than Pac-Man with my dad). Whereas we effortlessly communicate with each other like each button is an extra organic limb on our body. It is as if technology was in our blood, but not theirs.
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· The standardization of industry product: Vehicles products are standardized even though we still can find some differentiation between auto companies. For the consumers who feel they can find the equivalent vehicles between companies, they will compare them. However, since there are brand loyalty among the consumers in choosing a vehicle related to its differentiation, the switching costs for consumers may be high. Thus, the bargaining power of buyers seems to be moderate.
The report primarily starts by introducing the industry and overview of both WH Smith and its main competitor. The segmental analysis in terms of region and product will follow to have clear understanding of the companies’ structure.
It is also said that, “Differences men and women have, using different areas of the brain for solving tasks, enable researchers to attract particular shoppers by aligning marketing messages, advertising, product features, store displays (including colors), and customer service with the expectations of the desired customers’ gender and shopping characteristics.” (Lewis, “Topics”) This means that shopping not only has to do with what we like, but it goes way deeper than that; the ways our brain is step up contributes to how different we are shopping. Men have a larger brain size by about 10%, as women have substantially more nerve endings and connections than men have.
Understanding consumer buying behavior entails marketing, relationships, and consumer behavior. Consumer behavior comprises all the consumer decisions and activities connected with the choosing, buying, using and disposing of goods and services. Marketers must pay very close attention to consumer behavior that occurs before the purchase and after the particular product has been used. Studying consumer habits is one of the steps in marketing search and analysis. In addition to other basic principles of consumer buying habits, marketers also need to study the decision and actions of real people. Until recent history the study of consumer behavior was focused on generalized consumer decisions. With