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Marketing Management-Bangalore University
Marketing Management-Bangalore University
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Customers
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undersLandlng Lhe envlronmenL
Company
Microenvironment
Macroenvironment
egaI
!oIiticaI
TechnoIogicaI
SociaI
Economic
SuppIiers Customers
Distributors
Competitors
VMV
C%EGO# EXPLES
Product %esting
design/performance/appearance
Services %esting new services or means of
services delivery
Customer Why customers buy (or do not buy)
Where they buy from
Pricing Changes/discounts/promotions/
seasonality
Substitution/elasticity
Promotion %o reduce risks/costs
%o effectively promote to target
markets
Distribution mproving supply chain
Going direct
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1ypes of research
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MarkeLlng research meLhods
rlmary ('fleld') or Secondary ('desk')
CuanLlLaLlve (who whaL when where how) or
CuallLaLlve (why)
Cccaslonal or ConLlnuous
LxploraLory (galnlng ldeas lnslghL)
uescrlpLlve (esLabllshlng frequencles) or Causal
(deLermlnlng cause effecL)
lL sLarLs wlLh secondary research
- used Lo deflne Lhe markeLlng problem
- 8ased on publlshed daLa
- usually based on a range of lnLernal and exLernal
sources
- Jhole ofLen greaLer Lhan Lhe sum of Lhe parLs
Secondary daLa sources
&SNESS
NFO#%ON
NEEDS
Quality
press
usiness Periodicals
%rade
agazines
cademic Journals
Government
statistics
Directories
Company #eports
External
nternal
Customer records Sales reports
Supplier statistics
#esearch data
Customer complaints
Customer enquiries
And ls followed wlLh prlmary research
- CollecLlon and lnLerpreLaLlon of quallLaLlve/
quanLlLaLlve daLa noL avallable Lhrough oLher
means
1ypes of prlmary research
CuanLlLaLlve daLa
used Lo measure evaluaLe and compare markeL slze segmenLs brand
lmage adverLlslng effecLlveness eLc
rovldes sLaLlsLlcally robusL numerlcal daLa for declslonmaklng
MeLhods l2l phone selfcompleLlon emall onllne
CuallLaLlve daLa
used Lo flnd ouL how and why people Lhlnk feel behave ln cerLaln ways
nfluences on consumer
purchasing behaviour
information
processing
motivation
beIiefs and
attitudes
personaIity
IifestyIe
IifecycIe
cuIture
sociaI cIass
geodemo-
graphics
reference
groups
!ersonaI
infIuences
SociaI
infIuences
Consumer
The buying
situation
SCClAL lAC1C8S
5ocio/ c/oss soclal classes are relaLlvely
homogeneous and endurlng dlvlslons ln a
socleLy whlch are hlerarchlcally ordered and
whose members share slmllar values
lnLeresLs and behavlour Soclal classes do noL
reflecL lncome alone buL also oLher lndlcaLors
such as occupaLlon educaLlon and area of
resldence
SCClAL lAC1C8S
Soclal classes have several characLerlsLlcs
ersons wlLhln each soclal class Lend Lo behave more allke
Lhan persons from Lwo dlfferenL soclal classes
ersons are percelved as occupylng lnferlor or superlor
poslLlons accordlng Lo Lhelr soclal class
A person's soclal class ls lndlcaLed by a clusLer for varlables
(llke lncome occupaLlon and wealLh educaLlon and value
orlenLaLlon) raLher Lhan by any slngle varlable
SCClAL lAC1C8S
keference qroups a person's reference groups
conslsL of all Lhe groups LhaL have a dlrecL
(faceLoface) or lndlrecL lnfluence on Lhe
person's aLLlLudes or behavlour eople are
slgnlflcanLly lnfluenced by Lhelr reference
groups ln aL leasL Lhree ways
8LlL8LnCL C8Cu
1 8eference groups expose an lndlvldual Lo new
behavlors and llfesLyles
21hey also lnfluence Lhe person's aLLlLudes and
selfconcepL
3 1hey creaLe pressures for conformlLy LhaL may
affecL Lhe person's acLual producL and brand
cholces
lAMlL?
the fam||y ls Lhe mosL lmporLanL consumerbuylng
organlzaLlon ln socleLy lamlly members consLlLuLe Lhe mosL
lnfluenLlal prlmary reference group MarkeLers are lnLeresLed
ln Lhe roles and relaLlve lnfluence of Lhe husband wlfe and
chlldren ln Lhe purchase of a large varleLy of producLs and
servlces MarkeLers need Lo deLermlne whlch member
normally has Lhe greaLer lnfluence ln chooslng varlous
producLs
8CLLS Anu S1A1uSLS
ko/es ond 5totuses a person parLlclpaLes ln
many groups LhroughouL llfe (famlly clubs
and organlzaLlons) 1he persons poslLlon ln
each group can be deflned ln Lerms of role
and sLaLus A role conslsLs of Lhe acLlvlLles LhaL
a person ls expecLed Lo perform
L8SCnAL lAC1C8S
4qe ond 5toqe in the /ife cyc/e people buy dlfferenL goods
and servlces over Lhelr llfeLlme 1hey eaL baby food ln Lhe
early years mosL foods ln Lhe growlng and maLure years and
speclal dleLs ln Lhe laLer years eoples LasLe ln cloLhes
furnlLure and recreaLlon ls also age relaLed
ConsumpLlon ls also shaped by Lhe famlly llfecycle MarkeLers
ofLen choose llfecycle groups as Lhelr LargeL markeL
LllL S1?LL
Lifesty/e eople comlng from Lhe same
subculLure soclal class and occupaLlon may
lead qulLe dlfferenL llfesLyles
A petsoos llfestyle ls tbe petsoos potteto of
llvloq lo tbe wotlJ os exptesseJ lo tbe petsoos
octlvltles lotetests ooJ oploloos llfestyle
potttoys tbe wbole petsoo lotetoctloq wltb bls
ot bet eovltoomeot
LCCnCMlC lAC1C8S
conomic circumstonces producL cholce ls greaLly affecLed by
ones economlc clrcumsLances eoples economlc
clrcumsLances conslsL of Lhelr lncome MarkeLers of lncome
senslLlve goods pay consLanL aLLenLlon Lo Lrends ln personal
lncome savlngs and lnLeresLs raLes lf economlc lndlcaLors
polnL Lo a recesslon markeLers can Lake sLeps Lo redeslgn
reposlLlon and reprlse Lhelr producLs so Lhey conLlnue Lo
offer value Lo LargeL cusLomers
1?LS Cl 8u?lnC 8LPAvlCu8
1 comp/ex buyinq behoviour consumers engage ln
complex buylng behavlour when Lhey are hlghly lnvolved ln a
purchase and aware of slgnlflcanL dlfferences among brands
1hls ls usually Lhe case when Lhe producL ls expenslve boughL
lnfrequenLly rlsky and hlghly selfexpresslve 1yplcally Lhe
consumer does noL know much abouL Lhe producL caLegory
eg a person buylng a personal compuLer
8u?lnC 8LPAvlCu8
uissononce keducinq buyer behoviour
someLlmes Lhe consumer ls hlghly lnvolved ln
a purchase buL sees llLLle dlfference ln Lhe
brands 1he hlgh lnvolvemenL ls based on Lhe
facL Lhe purchase ls expenslve lnfrequenL and
rlsky ln Lhls case Lhe buyer wlll shop around
Lo learn whaL ls avallable buL wlll buy qulckly
perhaps respondlng prlmarlly Lo a good prlce
or Lo purchase convenlence
8u?lnC 8LPAvlCu8
nobituo/ 8uyinq behoviour many producLs are boughL under
condlLlons of low consumer lnvolvemenL and Lhe absence of
slgnlflcanL brand dlfferences eg salL sugar Consumers have
llLLle lnvolvemenL ln Lhls producL caLegory 1hey go Lo Lhe
sLore and reach for Lhe brand 1here ls good evldence LhaL
consumers have lowlnvolvemenL wlLh mosL lowcosL
frequenLly purchased producLs AfLer purchase Lhey may noL
even evaluaLe Lhe cholce because Lhey are noL hlghly lnvolved
wlLh Lhe producL
8u?lnC 8LPAvlCu8
Ioriety seekinq buyinq behoviour some buylng
slLuaLlons are characLerlzed by low consumer lnvolvemenL buL
slgnlflcanL brand dlfferences Pere consumers ofLen do a loL
of brand swlLchlng eg sweeLs and cookles 1he consumer
evaluaLes Lhe producL durlng consumpLlon 8uL nexL Llme Lhe
consumer may reach for anoLher brand ouL of boredom or
wlsh for a dlfferenL LasLe 8rand swlLchlng occurs for Lhe sake
of varleLy raLher Lhan dlssaLlsfacLlon
CCnSuML8 uLClSlCn MAklnC
8CCLSS
%he consumer
decision-making process
Need
recognition/probIem
awareness
Information
search
EvaIuation
Of aIternatives
!urchase
!ost-purchase
evaIuation of
aIternatives