Roger D. Blackwell
Paul W. Miniard
James F. Engel
Consumer Behavior
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Consumer Behavior and
Consumer Research
CHAPTER 1
What Is Consumer Behavior?
Activities people undertake when
obtaining, consuming, and
disposing of products and
services
ObtainingObtaining ConsumingConsuming DisposingDisposing
ConsumerConsumer
InfluencesInfluences
OrganizationalOrganizational
InfluencesInfluences
Consumer Behavior
ConsumerConsumer
InfluencesInfluences
OrganizationalOrganizational
InfluencesInfluences
ConsumerConsumer
InfluencesInfluences
OrganizationalOrganizational
InfluencesInfluences
Culture
Ethnicity
Personality
Family
Life-stage
Values
Income
Available Resources
Attitudes
Opinions
Feelings
Motivations
Past Experiences
Peer Groups
Knowledge
Brand
Product Features
Advertising
Word of Mouth
Promotions
Retail Displays
Price
Quality
Service
Store Ambiance
Convenience
Loyalty Programs
Packaging
Product Availability
ObtainingObtaining ConsumingConsuming DisposingDisposing
ConsumerConsumer
InfluencesInfluences
OrganizationalOrganizational
InfluencesInfluences
Consumer Behavior
ObtainingObtaining ConsumingConsuming DisposingDisposing
ObtainingObtaining ConsumingConsuming DisposingDisposing
•How you decide
you want to buy
•Other products
you consider
buying
•Where you buy
•How you pay for
product
•How you
transport
product home
•How you use the
product
•How you store the
product in your
home
•Who uses the
product
•How much you
consume
•How product
compares with
expectations
•How you get rid of
remaining product
•How much you
throw away after
use
•If you resell items
yourself or
through a
consignment
store
•How you recycle
some products
OBTAINING
•How you decide you want
to buy
•Other products you
consider buying
•Where you buy
•How you pay for product
•How you transport
product home
CONSUMING
•How you use the product
•How you store the product
in your home
•Who uses the product
•How much you consume
•How product compares with
expectations
DISPOSING
•How you get rid of
remaining product
•How much you throw
away after use
•If you resell items yourself
or through a consignment
store
•How you recycle some
products
CONSUMER INFLUENCES
Culture Ethnicity
Personality Family
Life-stage Values
Income Available Resources
Attitudes Opinions
Motivations Past Experiences
Feelings Peer Groups
Knowledge
ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCES
Brand Product Features
Advertising Word of Mouth
Promotions Retail Displays
Price Quality
Service Store Ambiance
Convenience Loyalty Programs
Packaging Product Availability
Consumer Behavior
What Is Consumer Behavior?
Activities people undertake when
obtaining, consuming, and
disposing of products and
services
A field of study that focuses on
consumer activities
What Is Consumer Behavior?
Activities people undertake when
obtaining, consuming, and
disposing of products and
services
A field of study that focuses on
consumer activities
Scope goes beyond just why and
how people buy to include
consumption analysis
Consumption Analysis
Why and how people use products
in addition to why and how they
buy
The Marketing Concept
The process of planning and
executing the conception, pricing,
promotion, and distribution of
ideas, goods, and services to
create exchanges that satisfy
individual and organizational
objectives
The Marketing Concept
The process of planning and
executing the conception, pricing,
promotion, and distribution of
ideas, goods, and services to create
exchanges that satisfy individual
and organizational objectives
Satisfaction with an exchange
depends on satisfaction with
consumption of product and the
exchange of money
Why Study Consumer Behavior?
Why Study Consumer Behavior?
Consumer Behavior Determines the
Economic Health of a Nation
Why Study Consumer Behavior?
Consumer Behavior Determines the
Economic Health of a Nation
Consumer Behavior Determines the
Success of Marketing Programs
Why Study Consumer Behavior?
Consumer Behavior Determines the
Success of Marketing Programs
Marketing can be used to
influence brand choice and
purchase, while Demarketing
can influence people to stop
harmful consumption
“The Customer is King”
Organization influenced by
consumer needs and wants
Why Study Consumer Behavior?
Consumer Behavior Determines the
Success of Marketing Programs
Organizations that are Customer-
centric use a total marketing approach
to focus their resources on satisfying
customers
Marketing
Process of transforming or changing
an organization to have what people
will buy
Why Study Consumer Behavior?
Consumer Behavior Determines the
Economic Health of a Nation
Consumer Behavior Determines the
Success of Marketing Programs
Consumer Behavior Determines the
Economic Health of Everyone
Why Study Consumer Behavior?
Consumer Behavior Determines the
Economic Health of Everyone
The individual’s decisions as a
consumer determine their economic
health by making more effective
consumption decisions while avoiding
deceptive practices harmful to them
Why Study Consumer Behavior?
Consumer Behavior Determines the
Economic Health of Everyone
Public policy leaders and social
commentators study consumer
behavior to alleviate overconsumption
and underconsumption by educating
consumers about problems and
providing assistance
Educating
Consumers
About
Crises
Understanding consumers’ issues or
problems and developing methods to
reach and educate consumers
Educating Consumers About Health
Understanding consumers’ issues or
problems and developing methods to
reach and educate consumers
Educating Consumers About Health
Why Study Consumer Behavior?
Consumer Behavior Determines the
Economic Health of a Nation
Consumer Behavior Determines the
Success of Marketing Programs
Consumer Behavior Determines the
Economic Health of Everyone
Consumer Behavior Helps
Formulate Public Policy
Understanding
consumers’
needs to
formulate
public policy
and predicting
behavioral
changes that
follow
Helps Formulate Public Policy
Interestrates
Warning
labels
Economics
SocialWelfare Family
Planning
Government
Regulations
Government Protection
and Education
Protection from
Competitive Markets
Why Study Consumer Behavior?
Consumer Behavior Affects
Personal Policy
Why Study Consumer Behavior?
Consumer Behavior Affects
Personal Policy
Personal policy includes how you
behave towards others and in buying
situations, your values and beliefs,
and how you live your life
A person’s economic quality of life is
determined by personal policy
Evolution of ConsumerBehavior
Evolution of ConsumerBehavior
Supply Chain:
all the organizations involved in taking a
product from inception to final
consumption
- Manufacturers
- Wholesalers
- Retailers
- Facilitating Organizations
Evolution of ConsumerBehavior
Supply Chain:
all the organizations involved in taking a
product from inception to final
consumption
- Manufacturers
- Wholesalers
- Retailers
- Facilitating Organizations
Consumers’ Increased Influence on
Business
Evolution of ConsumerBehavior
Wholesaler Manufacturer Retailer Consumer
Manufacturing
Orientation
Consumer
Orientation
Selling
Orientation
Marketing
Orientation
U.S. 1750-1850 1850-WWII 1970-2000 2000+
Europe 1750-1850 1760-WWII 1970-2000 2000+
Evolution of ConsumerBehavior
Wholesaler Manufacturer Retailer Consumer
Manufacturing
Orientation
Consumer
Orientation
Selling
Orientation
Marketing
Orientation
Consumers’ Increasing Influence
U.S. 1750-1850 1850-WWII 1970-2000 2000+
Europe 1750-1850 1760-WWII 1970-2000 2000+
Manufacturing Orientation
Evolution of ConsumerBehavior
Manufacturing Orientation
Selling Orientation
Evolution of ConsumerBehavior
Manufacturing Orientation
Selling Orientation
Marketing Orientation
Evolution of ConsumerBehavior
Manufacturing Orientation
Selling Orientation
Marketing Orientation
- Motivation research
- Positivism
- Postmodernism
Evolution of ConsumerBehavior
Evolution of ConsumerBehavior
Manufacturing Orientation
Selling Orientation
Marketing Orientation
Consumer Orientation
ConsumerOrientation
Beyond a marketing focus
How all organizations in a demand chain
adapt to changing consumer lifestyles
and behaviors bringing product design,
logistics, manufacturing, and retailing
together
Role of consumers in shaping many
aspects of life—society, government,
social programs, health cares, and other
areas
Consumer Research:
Methods of Studying Consumer
Behavior
Consumer Research Methods
Observation
Consumer Research Methods
Observation
Observing consumer behaviors in
different situations such as natural or
artificial settings
Consumer Research Methods
Observation
In-home observation: examining how and
when consumers use and consume products in
their households
Shadowing: following and observing
consumers in the shopping and consumption
processes. Researchers may ask questions
about reasons for behaviors
Physiological methods: Techniques
borrowed from medicine, psychology and other
sciences including cameras to measure eye
movement, galvanic skin response, and MRI
Consumer Research Methods
Interviews and Surveys
Consumer Research Methods
Interviews and Surveys
Surveys: efficient method for gathering
information from a large sample of consumers
by asking questions and recording responses
(telephone and Internet surveys, mall
intercepts, and mail questionnaires)
Consumer Research Methods
Interviews and Surveys
Surveys: efficient method for gathering
information from a large sample of consumers
by asking questions and recording responses
(telephone and Internet surveys, mall
intercepts, and mail questionnaires)
Focus Groups: a group discussion led by a
moderator skilled in persuading consumers to
thoroughly discuss a topic of interest
Consumer Research Methods
Interviews and Surveys
Surveys: efficient method for gathering
information from a large sample of consumers
by asking questions and recording responses
(telephone and Internet surveys, mall
intercepts, and mail questionnaires)
Focus Groups: a group discussion led by a
moderator skilled in persuading consumers to
thoroughly discuss a topic of interest
Longitudinal Studies: repeated measures of
activities over time to determine changes in
opinions, buying, and consumption behaviors
Consumer Research Methods
Experimentation
Measuring cause-and-effect relation-ships
by manipulating independent variables to
determine the effects of changes on
dependent variables
- Laboratory experiment
- Field experiment
Consumer Research Methods
Experimentation
Consumer Research Methods
Experimentation
Attempts to understand cause-and-effect
relationships by carefully manipulating
independent variables to determine how
these changes affect dependent variables
- Laboratory experiment
- Field experiment
Independent variables might include number
of advertisements and package design
Dependent variables might include purchase
intent or behavior
Consumer Research Methods
Consumption Research
Consumer Research Methods
Consumption Research
Builds on the three primary research
methods to examine how people use
products and services rather than how
they buy them
Understanding How Consumers
Use Products
Consumer Research Methods
Consumption Research
Builds on the three primary research
methods to examine how people use
products and services rather than how
they buy them
May use ethnographic tools to under-
stand how values and culture influence
usage of products and other behaviors
Consumer Research Methods
Consumption Research
Builds on the three primary research
methods to examine how people use
products and services rather than how
they buy them
May use ethnographic tools to under-
stand how values and culture influence
usage of products and other behaviors
May identify new uses for existing
products or new product to satisfy
unmet or changing consumer needs
The Underlying Principles of
Consumer Behavior
The Consumer Is Sovereign
The Underlying Principles of
Consumer Behavior
The Consumer Is Sovereign
The Consumer Is Global
The Underlying Principles of
Consumer Behavior
The Consumer Is Sovereign
The Consumer Is Global
Consumers Are Different;
Consumers Are Alike
Consumers appear different but
respond in similar ways to brands
Consumers appear different but
respond in similar ways to brands
The Underlying Principles of
ConsumerBehavior
The Consumer Is Sovereign
The Consumer Is Global
Consumers Are Different;
Consumers Are Alike
The Consumer Has Rights
Consumer Bill of Rights
Challenges for the Future
Gathering and interpreting
information that organizations need
to meet changing needs of
consumers
Developing effective consumer
research methods to capture
changes in trends and lifestyles
Understanding consumer behavior
from a broader perspective as an
important part of life

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    Roger D. Blackwell PaulW. Miniard James F. Engel Consumer Behavior Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be mailed to the following address: Permissions Department, Thomson Business and Economics 5109 Natorp Boulevard Mason, OH 45040 800–423–0563
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    What Is ConsumerBehavior? Activities people undertake when obtaining, consuming, and disposing of products and services
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    ConsumerConsumer InfluencesInfluences OrganizationalOrganizational InfluencesInfluences Culture Ethnicity Personality Family Life-stage Values Income Available Resources Attitudes Opinions Feelings Motivations Past Experiences PeerGroups Knowledge Brand Product Features Advertising Word of Mouth Promotions Retail Displays Price Quality Service Store Ambiance Convenience Loyalty Programs Packaging Product Availability
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    ObtainingObtaining ConsumingConsuming DisposingDisposing •Howyou decide you want to buy •Other products you consider buying •Where you buy •How you pay for product •How you transport product home •How you use the product •How you store the product in your home •Who uses the product •How much you consume •How product compares with expectations •How you get rid of remaining product •How much you throw away after use •If you resell items yourself or through a consignment store •How you recycle some products
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    OBTAINING •How you decideyou want to buy •Other products you consider buying •Where you buy •How you pay for product •How you transport product home CONSUMING •How you use the product •How you store the product in your home •Who uses the product •How much you consume •How product compares with expectations DISPOSING •How you get rid of remaining product •How much you throw away after use •If you resell items yourself or through a consignment store •How you recycle some products CONSUMER INFLUENCES Culture Ethnicity Personality Family Life-stage Values Income Available Resources Attitudes Opinions Motivations Past Experiences Feelings Peer Groups Knowledge ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCES Brand Product Features Advertising Word of Mouth Promotions Retail Displays Price Quality Service Store Ambiance Convenience Loyalty Programs Packaging Product Availability Consumer Behavior
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    What Is ConsumerBehavior? Activities people undertake when obtaining, consuming, and disposing of products and services A field of study that focuses on consumer activities
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    What Is ConsumerBehavior? Activities people undertake when obtaining, consuming, and disposing of products and services A field of study that focuses on consumer activities Scope goes beyond just why and how people buy to include consumption analysis
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    Consumption Analysis Why andhow people use products in addition to why and how they buy
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    The Marketing Concept Theprocess of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational objectives
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    The Marketing Concept Theprocess of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational objectives Satisfaction with an exchange depends on satisfaction with consumption of product and the exchange of money
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    Why Study ConsumerBehavior? Consumer Behavior Determines the Economic Health of a Nation
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    Why Study ConsumerBehavior? Consumer Behavior Determines the Economic Health of a Nation Consumer Behavior Determines the Success of Marketing Programs
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    Why Study ConsumerBehavior? Consumer Behavior Determines the Success of Marketing Programs Marketing can be used to influence brand choice and purchase, while Demarketing can influence people to stop harmful consumption “The Customer is King” Organization influenced by consumer needs and wants
  • 21.
    Why Study ConsumerBehavior? Consumer Behavior Determines the Success of Marketing Programs Organizations that are Customer- centric use a total marketing approach to focus their resources on satisfying customers Marketing Process of transforming or changing an organization to have what people will buy
  • 22.
    Why Study ConsumerBehavior? Consumer Behavior Determines the Economic Health of a Nation Consumer Behavior Determines the Success of Marketing Programs Consumer Behavior Determines the Economic Health of Everyone
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    Why Study ConsumerBehavior? Consumer Behavior Determines the Economic Health of Everyone The individual’s decisions as a consumer determine their economic health by making more effective consumption decisions while avoiding deceptive practices harmful to them
  • 24.
    Why Study ConsumerBehavior? Consumer Behavior Determines the Economic Health of Everyone Public policy leaders and social commentators study consumer behavior to alleviate overconsumption and underconsumption by educating consumers about problems and providing assistance
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    Understanding consumers’ issuesor problems and developing methods to reach and educate consumers Educating Consumers About Health
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    Understanding consumers’ issuesor problems and developing methods to reach and educate consumers Educating Consumers About Health
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    Why Study ConsumerBehavior? Consumer Behavior Determines the Economic Health of a Nation Consumer Behavior Determines the Success of Marketing Programs Consumer Behavior Determines the Economic Health of Everyone Consumer Behavior Helps Formulate Public Policy
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    Understanding consumers’ needs to formulate public policy andpredicting behavioral changes that follow Helps Formulate Public Policy Interestrates Warning labels Economics SocialWelfare Family Planning Government Regulations Government Protection and Education Protection from Competitive Markets
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    Why Study ConsumerBehavior? Consumer Behavior Affects Personal Policy
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    Why Study ConsumerBehavior? Consumer Behavior Affects Personal Policy Personal policy includes how you behave towards others and in buying situations, your values and beliefs, and how you live your life A person’s economic quality of life is determined by personal policy
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    Evolution of ConsumerBehavior SupplyChain: all the organizations involved in taking a product from inception to final consumption - Manufacturers - Wholesalers - Retailers - Facilitating Organizations
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    Evolution of ConsumerBehavior SupplyChain: all the organizations involved in taking a product from inception to final consumption - Manufacturers - Wholesalers - Retailers - Facilitating Organizations Consumers’ Increased Influence on Business
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    Evolution of ConsumerBehavior WholesalerManufacturer Retailer Consumer Manufacturing Orientation Consumer Orientation Selling Orientation Marketing Orientation U.S. 1750-1850 1850-WWII 1970-2000 2000+ Europe 1750-1850 1760-WWII 1970-2000 2000+
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    Evolution of ConsumerBehavior WholesalerManufacturer Retailer Consumer Manufacturing Orientation Consumer Orientation Selling Orientation Marketing Orientation Consumers’ Increasing Influence U.S. 1750-1850 1850-WWII 1970-2000 2000+ Europe 1750-1850 1760-WWII 1970-2000 2000+
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    Manufacturing Orientation Selling Orientation MarketingOrientation Evolution of ConsumerBehavior
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    Manufacturing Orientation Selling Orientation MarketingOrientation - Motivation research - Positivism - Postmodernism Evolution of ConsumerBehavior
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    Evolution of ConsumerBehavior ManufacturingOrientation Selling Orientation Marketing Orientation Consumer Orientation
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    ConsumerOrientation Beyond a marketingfocus How all organizations in a demand chain adapt to changing consumer lifestyles and behaviors bringing product design, logistics, manufacturing, and retailing together Role of consumers in shaping many aspects of life—society, government, social programs, health cares, and other areas
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    Consumer Research: Methods ofStudying Consumer Behavior
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    Consumer Research Methods Observation Observingconsumer behaviors in different situations such as natural or artificial settings
  • 46.
    Consumer Research Methods Observation In-homeobservation: examining how and when consumers use and consume products in their households Shadowing: following and observing consumers in the shopping and consumption processes. Researchers may ask questions about reasons for behaviors Physiological methods: Techniques borrowed from medicine, psychology and other sciences including cameras to measure eye movement, galvanic skin response, and MRI
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    Consumer Research Methods Interviewsand Surveys Surveys: efficient method for gathering information from a large sample of consumers by asking questions and recording responses (telephone and Internet surveys, mall intercepts, and mail questionnaires)
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    Consumer Research Methods Interviewsand Surveys Surveys: efficient method for gathering information from a large sample of consumers by asking questions and recording responses (telephone and Internet surveys, mall intercepts, and mail questionnaires) Focus Groups: a group discussion led by a moderator skilled in persuading consumers to thoroughly discuss a topic of interest
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    Consumer Research Methods Interviewsand Surveys Surveys: efficient method for gathering information from a large sample of consumers by asking questions and recording responses (telephone and Internet surveys, mall intercepts, and mail questionnaires) Focus Groups: a group discussion led by a moderator skilled in persuading consumers to thoroughly discuss a topic of interest Longitudinal Studies: repeated measures of activities over time to determine changes in opinions, buying, and consumption behaviors
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    Consumer Research Methods Experimentation Measuringcause-and-effect relation-ships by manipulating independent variables to determine the effects of changes on dependent variables - Laboratory experiment - Field experiment
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    Consumer Research Methods Experimentation Attemptsto understand cause-and-effect relationships by carefully manipulating independent variables to determine how these changes affect dependent variables - Laboratory experiment - Field experiment Independent variables might include number of advertisements and package design Dependent variables might include purchase intent or behavior
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    Consumer Research Methods ConsumptionResearch Builds on the three primary research methods to examine how people use products and services rather than how they buy them
  • 56.
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    Consumer Research Methods ConsumptionResearch Builds on the three primary research methods to examine how people use products and services rather than how they buy them May use ethnographic tools to under- stand how values and culture influence usage of products and other behaviors
  • 58.
    Consumer Research Methods ConsumptionResearch Builds on the three primary research methods to examine how people use products and services rather than how they buy them May use ethnographic tools to under- stand how values and culture influence usage of products and other behaviors May identify new uses for existing products or new product to satisfy unmet or changing consumer needs
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    The Underlying Principlesof Consumer Behavior The Consumer Is Sovereign
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    The Underlying Principlesof Consumer Behavior The Consumer Is Sovereign The Consumer Is Global
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    The Underlying Principlesof Consumer Behavior The Consumer Is Sovereign The Consumer Is Global Consumers Are Different; Consumers Are Alike
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    Consumers appear differentbut respond in similar ways to brands
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    Consumers appear differentbut respond in similar ways to brands
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    The Underlying Principlesof ConsumerBehavior The Consumer Is Sovereign The Consumer Is Global Consumers Are Different; Consumers Are Alike The Consumer Has Rights
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    Challenges for theFuture Gathering and interpreting information that organizations need to meet changing needs of consumers Developing effective consumer research methods to capture changes in trends and lifestyles Understanding consumer behavior from a broader perspective as an important part of life