MM I - Session 3 - Understanding Consumers
MM I - Session 3 - Understanding Consumers
MM I - Session 3 - Understanding Consumers
Prof. Karnika
Individual Assignment
• Brand Analysis
Buying Decision
Process
Purchase Decision
CHARACTERISTICS PSYCHOLOGY
Consumer Characteristics
• Cultural Factors
• Social Factors
• Personal Factors
Culture
Way of life…
For a group of people…
Behaviours, values, beliefs…
• Generally accepted
• Passed on from generation to generation
• Subcultures
POWER
DISTANCE
LONG-TERM
INDIVIDUALISM
vs
vs
SHORT-TERM
COLLECTIVISM
ORIENTATION
CULTURAL
DIMENSION
RESTRAINT
UNCERTAINTY
vs
AVOIDANCE
INDULGENCE
MASCULINITY
vs
FEMININITY
• Aspirational Groups
• Dissociative Groups
Personal Factors
• Age, Life Cycle Stage, Occupation, Economic Status
• Perception
• Learning
• Memory
Consumer Motivation
• Needs when intensified become a motivation to purchase or consume
• Selective Distortion
• Selective Retention
Buying Decision Process
Evaluation Post-
Problem Information Purchase
of purchase
Recognition Search Decision
Alternatives Behaviour
Information Search And Evaluation
Total Set
Awareness Set
Consideration Set
Choice Set
Choice
Evaluation Parameters
Evaluation Post-
Problem Information Purchase
of purchase
Recognition Search Decision
Alternatives Behaviour
Interventions
Level of Involvement
• Low Involvement – low risk, (maybe) low cost, routine
purchases
• Chocolate, Toothpaste, Shampoo, Coffee
• Others’ Opinion
• Post-purchase Dissonance