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Analyzing
Consumer Markets
Chapter Questions
• How do consumer characteristics
  influence buying behavior?
• What major psychological processes
  influence consumer responses to the
  marketing program?
• How do consumers make purchasing
  decisions?
• How do marketers analyze consumer
  decision making?
Tata Steel used
steeljunction® to
   encourage
consumers to go
 steel shopping
 and to develop
     deeper
understanding of
 individual and
   household
   customers.
Figure 6.1
Model of Consumer Behavior
What Influences
Consumer Behavior?
   Cultural Factors



           Social Factors



                 Personal Factors
What is Culture?
 Culture is the fundamental determinant of
 a person’s wants and behaviors acquired
through socialization processes with family
        and other key institutions.
Subcultures
Nationalities


       Religions


            Racial groups


                   Geographic regions
Social Classes

  Upper uppers
  Lower uppers
  Upper middles
   Middle class
  Working class
  Upper lowers
  Lower lowers
Characteristics of Social
            Classes
• Within a class, people tend to behave alike
• Social class conveys perceptions of
  inferior or superior position
• Class may be indicated by a cluster of
  variables (occupation, income, wealth)
• Class designation is mobile over time
Social Factors


Reference
            Family
 groups



 Social
            Statuses
  roles
Reference Groups
Membership groups


      Primary groups


           Secondary groups


                Aspirational groups


                       Dissociative groups
Provogue uses teenage icons as
 brand ambassadors and a youth
targeted website to connect to its
           customers
Radio Shack Targets Women with
    Female Store Managers
Roles and Status

   What degree of status is
   associated with various
   occupational roles?
Personal Factors

               Age
 Self-                    Life cycle
concept                     stage

Lifestyle             Occupation

Values                     Wealth
            Personality
The Family Life Cycle
Brand Personality

            Sincerity

           Excitement

           Competence

          Sophistication

           Ruggedness
Lifestyle Influences


  Multi-tasking


  Time-starved


Money-constrained
Faysal Bank of
 Pakistan has
   extended
banking hours
   for time-
   pressed
  executives.
Table 6.2 LOHAS (Lifestyles of
    Health and Sustainability) Market
               Segments
•   Sustainable Economy
•   Healthy Lifestyles
•   Ecological Lifestyles
•   Alternative Health Care
•   Personal Development
Key Psychological Processes


     Motivation   Perception




     Learning      Memory
Motivation

                Maslow’s       Herzberg’s
  Freud’s       Hierarchy      Two-Factor
  Theory        of Needs         Theory

  Behavior        Behavior     Behavior is
is guided by    is driven by    guided by
subconscious     the lowest,    motivating
 motivations    unmet need     and hygiene
                                 factors
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory
Perception

      Selective Attention


      Selective Retention


      Selective Distortion


     Subliminal Perception
Figure 6.3 State Farm Mental
            Map
Figure 6.4 Consumer Buying
          Process
     Problem Recognition

      Information Search

          Evaluation

      Purchase Decision

        Postpurchase
          Behavior
Problem Recognition
Sources of Information


 Personal    Commercial



  Public     Experiential
Figure 6.5 Successive Sets
Involved in Consumer Decision
            Making
Table 6.8 Sales and Product
         Life Cycle
Figure 6.6 Stages between
Evaluation of Alternatives and
          Purchase
Non-Compensatory Models of
           Choice
• Conjunctive
• Lexicographic
• Elimination-by-aspects
Perceived Risk
Functional

    Physical

             Financial

                   Social

                   Psychological

                            Time
Figure 6.7 How Customers Use
   and Dispose of Products
Rural Consumer Behaviour
• Rural consumers are more brand loyal
• Restrictions on consumption
• Collective consumption behaviour: for
  family rather than individual
• Seasonality of consumption based on
  seasonality of agricultural
  production/income
• Specific patterns in the five-stage buying
  decision process
Other Theories of
   Consumer Decision Making

Involvement          Decision Heuristics
• Elaboration        • Availability
  Likelihood Model   • Representativeness
• Low-involvement    • Anchoring and
  marketing            adjustment
  strategies
• Variety-seeking
  buying behavior
Mental Accounting

• Consumers tend to…
  – Segregate gains
  – Integrate losses
  – Integrate smaller losses with larger gains
  – Segregate small gains from large losses
Marketing Debate

 Is target marketing ever bad?

Take a position:
1. Targeting minorities is exploitive.
or
2. Targeting minorities is a sound
business practice.
Marketing Discussion


 Do you have rules you employ in
spending money?
 Do you follow Thaler’s four principles
in reacting to gains and losses?

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Consumer behavior

  • 2. Chapter Questions • How do consumer characteristics influence buying behavior? • What major psychological processes influence consumer responses to the marketing program? • How do consumers make purchasing decisions? • How do marketers analyze consumer decision making?
  • 3. Tata Steel used steeljunction® to encourage consumers to go steel shopping and to develop deeper understanding of individual and household customers.
  • 4. Figure 6.1 Model of Consumer Behavior
  • 5. What Influences Consumer Behavior? Cultural Factors Social Factors Personal Factors
  • 6. What is Culture? Culture is the fundamental determinant of a person’s wants and behaviors acquired through socialization processes with family and other key institutions.
  • 7. Subcultures Nationalities Religions Racial groups Geographic regions
  • 8. Social Classes Upper uppers Lower uppers Upper middles Middle class Working class Upper lowers Lower lowers
  • 9. Characteristics of Social Classes • Within a class, people tend to behave alike • Social class conveys perceptions of inferior or superior position • Class may be indicated by a cluster of variables (occupation, income, wealth) • Class designation is mobile over time
  • 10. Social Factors Reference Family groups Social Statuses roles
  • 11. Reference Groups Membership groups Primary groups Secondary groups Aspirational groups Dissociative groups
  • 12. Provogue uses teenage icons as brand ambassadors and a youth targeted website to connect to its customers
  • 13. Radio Shack Targets Women with Female Store Managers
  • 14. Roles and Status What degree of status is associated with various occupational roles?
  • 15. Personal Factors Age Self- Life cycle concept stage Lifestyle Occupation Values Wealth Personality
  • 17. Brand Personality Sincerity Excitement Competence Sophistication Ruggedness
  • 18. Lifestyle Influences Multi-tasking Time-starved Money-constrained
  • 19. Faysal Bank of Pakistan has extended banking hours for time- pressed executives.
  • 20. Table 6.2 LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) Market Segments • Sustainable Economy • Healthy Lifestyles • Ecological Lifestyles • Alternative Health Care • Personal Development
  • 21. Key Psychological Processes Motivation Perception Learning Memory
  • 22. Motivation Maslow’s Herzberg’s Freud’s Hierarchy Two-Factor Theory of Needs Theory Behavior Behavior Behavior is is guided by is driven by guided by subconscious the lowest, motivating motivations unmet need and hygiene factors
  • 25. Perception Selective Attention Selective Retention Selective Distortion Subliminal Perception
  • 26. Figure 6.3 State Farm Mental Map
  • 27. Figure 6.4 Consumer Buying Process Problem Recognition Information Search Evaluation Purchase Decision Postpurchase Behavior
  • 29. Sources of Information Personal Commercial Public Experiential
  • 30. Figure 6.5 Successive Sets Involved in Consumer Decision Making
  • 31. Table 6.8 Sales and Product Life Cycle
  • 32. Figure 6.6 Stages between Evaluation of Alternatives and Purchase
  • 33. Non-Compensatory Models of Choice • Conjunctive • Lexicographic • Elimination-by-aspects
  • 34. Perceived Risk Functional Physical Financial Social Psychological Time
  • 35. Figure 6.7 How Customers Use and Dispose of Products
  • 36. Rural Consumer Behaviour • Rural consumers are more brand loyal • Restrictions on consumption • Collective consumption behaviour: for family rather than individual • Seasonality of consumption based on seasonality of agricultural production/income • Specific patterns in the five-stage buying decision process
  • 37. Other Theories of Consumer Decision Making Involvement Decision Heuristics • Elaboration • Availability Likelihood Model • Representativeness • Low-involvement • Anchoring and marketing adjustment strategies • Variety-seeking buying behavior
  • 38. Mental Accounting • Consumers tend to… – Segregate gains – Integrate losses – Integrate smaller losses with larger gains – Segregate small gains from large losses
  • 39. Marketing Debate  Is target marketing ever bad? Take a position: 1. Targeting minorities is exploitive. or 2. Targeting minorities is a sound business practice.
  • 40. Marketing Discussion  Do you have rules you employ in spending money?  Do you follow Thaler’s four principles in reacting to gains and losses?