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PRESENTED BY:-

SHERRY
MBA- 2nd SEM
1) Definition of Consumer Behavior
2) Need of Study of Consumer
Behavior
3) Consumer Decision Process Model
4) Factors Affecting Consumer
Behavior
5) Changes in Consumer Behavior
 Consumer Behavior is defined as activities
people undertake when obtaining , consuming
and disposing of products and services.
OBTAINING CONSUMING
DISPOSING
How You Decide How You Use The How you get rid of
You Want To Buy Product Remaining Product

Where You Buy Who Uses The Product How You Recycle It

How You Transport How Much You Are You Going To


Product Home consume. Resell.
 To Design the optimal product or services
for customers.
 To Determine what price will the customer
give up for purchasing product or service.
 To Determine where the product or
services should be available so that it
would be easy for the customer to buy.
 To Determine which method of promotion
would be most effective for getting the
customers to buy a product.
 It Helps in changing the behavior of the
consumers.
 The Important reason for studying consumer
behavior is the significance in our lives.
Stage 1: Need (or Problem) Recognition:
The starting point of any purchase decision is a
consumer’s need or problem. Consumer buys the
product if he believes that its ability to solve a
problem is more than its cost of buying.
Manufacturers must examine the needs of the
consumers before making the product.
Example of Need Recognition:
Need of car to university going student who is
wiling to spend 5 lacs.
Stage 2 : Search For Information: Once need
recognition occurs , consumers begin searching
for information and solutions to satisfy unmet
needs . The sources of information can be of 2
types:
1) Market-dominated source: Advertisements ,
salesperson , websites etc…
2) Non Market-dominated sources: Friends ,
family , peers etc…
Example of search for information:
Now Student begin his quest of information
Stage 3 : Pre-Purchase Evaluation of Alternatives:
This includes evaluation of various alternatives
identified during the search process. Factors
affecting evaluation of alternatives are:
 Price
 Features
 Reliability
 Safety
Example of Pre-Purchase evaluation of alternatives:
After collecting information and compiling a list of
models, he evaluate models on the basis of price,
features, Style, safety, mileage, maintenance cost
etc…
Stage 4 : Purchase: After choosing the alternative,
the customer decides from which retailer to buy
the product. Factors influencing the consumer to
choose the retailer are:
 Price Discount
 Influence of salesperson
 Availability of Product
 Credit Card Facility
 Location
Example of Purchase: Student Choose a reliable, four
door red car that priced under 5 lacs.
Stage 5: Consumption:
After Taking the possession of a product,
Consumption can occur at the point at which
consumer use the product. Consumption can either
occur immediately or delayed.

Durable Goods: consumption can be immediately or


delayed.

Perishable Goods: consumption occurs in short time.


Stage 6 : Post Consumption Evaluation:
The success of product depends upon its
consumption i.e. how the consumer uses the
product and how much he uses.

Highly Satisfied

When Expectation Matched

Shorter Next Purchase Decision


Stage 7 : Divestment:
It is the last stage in consumer decision process. It
include Reuse of Product Or Reselling. As in case
of student car buyer, he has a choice of reselling or
taking it to junkyard.
 Culture: It refers to set of learned beliefs , values ,
attitude, morale ,customs ,habits and forms of behavior
that are shared and transmitted from generation to
generation.
 Sub-culture : A group of people with shared value
systems
based on
common life
experiences
and situations.
Example of cultural difference: People in north
India splurge money on luxuries on the other
hand people in south India prefer simple living.
The first showroom of Mercedes was opened in
Ludhiana owing to great scope
Social Class : Almost every society has some
form of social structure. Social classes are
society's relatively permanent and ordered
divisions whose members share similar values,
interests and behavior
 Family: Family size and Family
structure has considerable influence on
consumer behavior.
 Reference Groups: Reference groups refers to
persons with whom the customer interact while
taking purchase decisions. There are 2 types of
reference groups:
1) Primary Group: Family , close friends , neighbors
, relatives etc…
2) Secondary Group: It refers to groups with which
consumer interact occasionally like professional
groups , salesman etc…
 Roles and status: A person belongs to many
groups , family , clubs and organization . The
person's position in each group can be defined in
terms of both role and status.
For example: "X" plays the role of father and
husband in his family. In his company, he
plays the role of manager, etc. A Role consists
of the activities people are expected to
perform according to the persons around
them..
 Age and Life cycle: Purchasing tastes changes
with age.

 Occupation: Occupation
also shapes the pattern
of consumer behavior.
 Economic Situation:
 Personal Income “HIGH” – Demands “HIGH”
 Personal Income “LOW” -- Demands “LOW”

 Personality and Lifestyle: Personality refers to


traits such as self-confidence , sociability ,
aggressiveness etc. Everyone has its own lifestyle
, some lives simple lifestyle while other believes
in materialism.
 Motivation: It is an inner drive that reflects goal directed
arousal. It is the drive to satisfy needs and wants both
physiological and
psychological
through the
purchase and
use of products
and services.

MASLOW THEORY
OF MOTIVATION:
Perception : Perception is the process by which
person interpret and organize sensation to
produce a meaningful experience of the world.
Perception includes:
I. Exposure to stimuli

I. Interpretation of stimuli

I. Ability to identify
Learning: Learning is a behavioral modification that
occurs through experience . For instance we may
experience the sales people in one store being nicer
to us than those in other . Thus we develop a
preference for that store. Another example of
learning is that people avoid to buy those food that
they have consumed shortly before becoming ill.
Beliefs and Attitude: A belief is a descriptive
thought that a person has about something. A
person may believe that a certain cooking oil “X”
has the lowest fat and is best for health. This
belief may be based on some real facts or may
not be.
Attitude refers to person’s consistently favorable
and unfavorable evaluation or feelings towards a
project or an idea.
 Indian Consumers became more value
sensitive.
 They strictly follow their culture.
 They give preference to features of
product rather than Brand name.
 Rural Indian Consumers showing signs of
change.
 Emerging Trend of credit Shopping.
 Indian Consumers not confined to single
brand.
 Tastes and Preferences of current
generation are changing rapidly.
 Middle class Indian consumers provided
a big boost to consumer buying culture.
 Indian companies are doing well.
 Price?
 Utility?
 Need?
Consumer behavior plays an important role
in the market . It is the consumer behavior
that influences the sale of goods and
services . While manufacturing goods ,
manufacturer has to study consumer
buying behavior so that the consumer’s
unmet needs can be fulfilled and marketing
strategies can be formulated in accordance
with consumer behavior.
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