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Chapter Five
Consumer Markets and
Consumer Buyer Behavior
Principles of Marketing
Consumer Markets and Consumer
Buyer Behavior
• Model of Consumer Behavior
• Characteristics Affecting Consumer
Behavior
• The Buyer Decision Process
• The Business Decision-Making Process
Topic Outline
• Consumer buyer behavior refers to the
buying behavior of final consumers—
individuals and households who buy
goods and services for personal
consumption
• Consumer market refers to all of the
personal consumption of final
consumers
Model of Consumer Behavior
Culture is the learned values,
perceptions, wants, and behavior from
family and other important institutions
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
• Subculture are groups of people within
a culture with shared value systems
based on common life experiences and
situations
– Hispanic
– African American
– Asian
– Mature consumers
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
Social classes are society’s relatively
permanent and ordered divisions whose
members share similar values,
interests, and behaviors
• Measured by a combination of
occupation, income, education, wealth,
and other variables
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
Groups and Social Networks
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
• Word-of-mouth influence and buzz
marketing
– Opinion leaders are people within a
reference group who exert social influence
on others
– Also called influentials or leading adopters
– Marketers identify them to use as brand
ambassadors
Groups and Social Networks
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
• Online social networks are online
communities where people socialize or
exchange information and opinions
• Include blogs, social networking sites
(facebook), virtual worlds (second life)
Groups and Social Networks
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
• Family is the most important consumer-
buying organization in society
• Social roles and status are the groups,
family, clubs, and organizations that a
person belongs to that can define role
and social status
Social Factors
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
• Age and life-cycle stage
• Shaped by the stage of family life style
Personal Factors
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
Occupation affects the goods and
services bought by consumers
Economic situation includes trends in:
Personal Factors
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
Lifestyle is a person’s pattern of living as
expressed in his or her psychographics
• Measures a consumer’s AIOs
(activities, interests, opinions) to
capture information about a person’s
pattern of acting and interacting in the
environment
Personal Factors
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
• Personality and Self-Concept
– Personality refers to the unique
psychological characteristics that lead to
consistent and lasting responses to the
consumer’s environment
Personal Factors
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
Psychological Factors
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
A motive is a need that is sufficiently
pressing to direct the person to seek
satisfaction
Motivation research refers to qualitative
research designed to probe consumers’
hidden, subconscious motivations
Psychological Factors
Motivation
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
Perception is the process by which
people select, organize, and interpret
information to form a meaningful picture
of the world from three perceptual
processes
– Selective attention
– Selective distortion
– Selective retention
Psychological Factors
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
Selective attention is the tendency for
people to screen out most of the
information to which they are exposed
Selective distortion is the tendency for
people to interpret information in a way that
will support what they already believe
Selective retention is the tendency to
remember good points made about a brand
they favor and forget good points about
competing brands
Psychological Factors
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
• Learning is the change in an
individual’s behavior arising from
experience and occurs through
interplay of:
Psychological Factors
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
Belief is a descriptive thought that a
person has about something based on:
• Knowledge
• Opinion
• Faith
Psychological Factors
Beliefs and Attitudes
Characteristics Affecting
Consumer Behavior
Attitudes describe a person’s relatively
consistent evaluations, feelings, and
tendencies toward an object or idea
Psychological Factors
The Buyer Decision Process
• Occurs when the buyer recognizes a
problem or need triggered by:
– Internal stimuli
– External stimuli
Need Recognition
The Buyer Decision Process
• Personal sources—family and friends
• Commercial sources—advertising,
Internet
• Public sources—mass media,
consumer organizations
• Experiential sources—handling,
examining, using the product
Information Search
Sources of Information
The Buyer Decision Process
• How the consumer processes
information to arrive at brand choices
Evaluation of Alternatives
The Buyer Decision Process
• The act by the consumer to buy the most
preferred brand
• The purchase decision can be affected
by:
– Attitudes of others
– Unexpected situational factors
Purchase Decision
The Buyer Decision Process
• The satisfaction or dissatisfaction that the consumer
feels about the purchase
• Post purchase satisfaction.
• Relationship between:
– Consumer’s expectations
– Product’s perceived performance
• The larger the gap between expectation and
performance, the greater the consumer’s
dissatisfaction
• Post purchase action
• Post purchase use and disposal
Post-purchase Decision
The Buyer Decision Process
Customer satisfaction is a key to
building profitable relationships with
consumers—to keeping and growing
consumers and reaping their customer
lifetime value
Post-Purchase Decision
THE BUSINESS BUYING
DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
-Business buyer behavior
-Business buying process
Stages In The Buying Process
Problem recognition
General need description
Product specification
Supplier search
Proposal solicitation
Supplier selection
Order-routine specification
Performance review
The End

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1588517171-chapter-5-marketing.pdf

  • 1. Chapter Five Consumer Markets and Consumer Buyer Behavior Principles of Marketing
  • 2. Consumer Markets and Consumer Buyer Behavior • Model of Consumer Behavior • Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior • The Buyer Decision Process • The Business Decision-Making Process Topic Outline
  • 3. • Consumer buyer behavior refers to the buying behavior of final consumers— individuals and households who buy goods and services for personal consumption • Consumer market refers to all of the personal consumption of final consumers Model of Consumer Behavior
  • 4. Culture is the learned values, perceptions, wants, and behavior from family and other important institutions Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior
  • 5. • Subculture are groups of people within a culture with shared value systems based on common life experiences and situations – Hispanic – African American – Asian – Mature consumers Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior
  • 6. Social classes are society’s relatively permanent and ordered divisions whose members share similar values, interests, and behaviors • Measured by a combination of occupation, income, education, wealth, and other variables Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior
  • 8. Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior • Word-of-mouth influence and buzz marketing – Opinion leaders are people within a reference group who exert social influence on others – Also called influentials or leading adopters – Marketers identify them to use as brand ambassadors Groups and Social Networks
  • 9. Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior • Online social networks are online communities where people socialize or exchange information and opinions • Include blogs, social networking sites (facebook), virtual worlds (second life) Groups and Social Networks
  • 10. Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior • Family is the most important consumer- buying organization in society • Social roles and status are the groups, family, clubs, and organizations that a person belongs to that can define role and social status Social Factors
  • 11. Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior • Age and life-cycle stage • Shaped by the stage of family life style Personal Factors
  • 12. Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior Occupation affects the goods and services bought by consumers Economic situation includes trends in: Personal Factors
  • 13. Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior Lifestyle is a person’s pattern of living as expressed in his or her psychographics • Measures a consumer’s AIOs (activities, interests, opinions) to capture information about a person’s pattern of acting and interacting in the environment Personal Factors
  • 14. Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior • Personality and Self-Concept – Personality refers to the unique psychological characteristics that lead to consistent and lasting responses to the consumer’s environment Personal Factors
  • 17. Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior A motive is a need that is sufficiently pressing to direct the person to seek satisfaction Motivation research refers to qualitative research designed to probe consumers’ hidden, subconscious motivations Psychological Factors Motivation
  • 18. Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior Perception is the process by which people select, organize, and interpret information to form a meaningful picture of the world from three perceptual processes – Selective attention – Selective distortion – Selective retention Psychological Factors
  • 19. Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior Selective attention is the tendency for people to screen out most of the information to which they are exposed Selective distortion is the tendency for people to interpret information in a way that will support what they already believe Selective retention is the tendency to remember good points made about a brand they favor and forget good points about competing brands Psychological Factors
  • 20. Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior • Learning is the change in an individual’s behavior arising from experience and occurs through interplay of: Psychological Factors
  • 21. Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior Belief is a descriptive thought that a person has about something based on: • Knowledge • Opinion • Faith Psychological Factors Beliefs and Attitudes
  • 22. Characteristics Affecting Consumer Behavior Attitudes describe a person’s relatively consistent evaluations, feelings, and tendencies toward an object or idea Psychological Factors
  • 23. The Buyer Decision Process • Occurs when the buyer recognizes a problem or need triggered by: – Internal stimuli – External stimuli Need Recognition
  • 24. The Buyer Decision Process • Personal sources—family and friends • Commercial sources—advertising, Internet • Public sources—mass media, consumer organizations • Experiential sources—handling, examining, using the product Information Search Sources of Information
  • 25. The Buyer Decision Process • How the consumer processes information to arrive at brand choices Evaluation of Alternatives
  • 26. The Buyer Decision Process • The act by the consumer to buy the most preferred brand • The purchase decision can be affected by: – Attitudes of others – Unexpected situational factors Purchase Decision
  • 27. The Buyer Decision Process • The satisfaction or dissatisfaction that the consumer feels about the purchase • Post purchase satisfaction. • Relationship between: – Consumer’s expectations – Product’s perceived performance • The larger the gap between expectation and performance, the greater the consumer’s dissatisfaction • Post purchase action • Post purchase use and disposal Post-purchase Decision
  • 28. The Buyer Decision Process Customer satisfaction is a key to building profitable relationships with consumers—to keeping and growing consumers and reaping their customer lifetime value Post-Purchase Decision
  • 29. THE BUSINESS BUYING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS -Business buyer behavior -Business buying process
  • 30. Stages In The Buying Process Problem recognition General need description Product specification Supplier search Proposal solicitation Supplier selection Order-routine specification Performance review