consumer behavior Flashcards
Consumer decision-making
4 types of decisions a consumer in hospitality must make +Financial allocation How to spend the money we have available +Outlet / store patronage the distributions channels – TV , Mail deliver, retail stores, Internet etc. +Product purchase or not Made with respect to individual products or between competing purchases (Cola or Pepsi?) +Brand / style choice the specifications of the goods and services chosen
consumer decision-making
A final definitive solution in a problem solving process; act of choice - sequence of activities - decision
3 types of decision-making
+ Extensive problem-solving: effort, takes time and is complex evaluation + Limited problem solving consumer is unfamiliar with specific brands, styles, options or choices + Routine behavior Consumers understand a service offered Consumers are aware of options Consumers have developed likes and dislikes Consumers undertake limited information searches Decisions are reached quickly
Pre-purchase, purchase and post-purchase (stages)
+Identify the problem/need (motivation) INTERNAL: Previous experience stored in our memory may be suitable for similar decisions EXTERNAL: Media, conversations, observations, etc. +Clarify the goal /criteria for the outcome/info search +Evaluate the potential outcomes/choices +Definitive choice of action Satisfaction – Customers expectations are met: Reinforces positive attitude towards the product which increases the likelihood of repeated consumption Post-purchase dissonance: when consumers are insecure about their decision
Consumer Behavior
Individuals or groups acquiring, using and disposing of products, services, ideas, or experiences
Circle of Consumption
Production Acquisition Consumption Disposal
consumer behavior growth
+ Economy: Growth/Decrease GDP—> Political implications
+ Growth of youth market: Generation Y
+ Technological Change: Digitalization / Marketing
+ Social Change: focus on consumption
+ Mass media: Advertising
+ Facilitating Means: mail orders, credit cards, online booking growth.
+ Globalization: Corporations etc.
Different types of consumers
+ Economic consumer: rational decisions, analysis of potential benefits and losses. + Behavioral consumer: response to stimulus,relationship between experience and subsequent behavior + Experiential Consumer: choice, decision, learning.
role of consumer behavior
+ Producing/ Consuming + influence on business + Competitive advantage
goods and services
+ Goods are tangible objects + Services are acts of processes + Services are rented + Goods are possessed
Intangibility
unable to touch an item. Mental difficulty in accepting a concept/idea.
Decision making process
Environmental influences on cinsumer behavior
+ Culture
+ Ethnicity
+ Social Status
+ Personal Influences
+ Family & Other Groups
+ Situation
Culture Characteristics in relation to consumer behavior?
+ learned since childhood, process of education
+ behavior: ways of acting
+ difficult to change: (generation to generation)
+ dynamic; change/ adjust to reflect on society
+ differentiate from one another culture
Dimensions of culture characteristic on customer behavior
- Individualism vs collection
- uncertaininty in avoidance (accepting rules/customs)
- Power distance: centralization of power
- Masculinity : achievement, acquisition, assertiveness
vs
Femininity: concern, community, nurtuting