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What Influences Shopping? Flashcards

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Culture can be described as…

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The beliefs, customs and behaviour of a particular group of people

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The culture of a group of people can determine:

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What they wear
How they speak
Where they travel
What they eat
Where they live
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Examples of how culture would affect shopping

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Those with strong beliefs about protecting the environment would consider energy efficiency and recycling when purchasing electrical goods e.g. fridge freezer.

Mediterranean countries value food quality (i.e. home grown f+v, avoiding convenience foods, cooking with raw ingredients). Food shopping mainly carried out at small independent shops (i.e. delicatessens, bakeries and fishmongers) rather than at large supermarkets.

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What happens during periods of economic growth?

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Wages increase
Easy access to credit
Consumer confidence is high
Retailers make large profits due to:
- people shopping more frequently 
- impulse buying
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What happens during periods of economic decline?

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Disposable income decreases
Cost of living increases
Focussed shopping patterns (needs over wants)

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How would high consumer confidence affect shopping?

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High consumer confidence = increase on buying on credit. Many buy luxury things (e.g. holidays, fridge freezers, furniture) using interest free loans offered either in store or via credit card deals.

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People’s income decreases for various reasons like…

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Unemployment
Ill health
Retirement
Being a student/ single parent

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How would a decrease in income affect shopping?

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You might review use of services like gym membership, cable TV or internet use and ‘shop around’ for better deals.

A change in what/when/where you buy

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Environmental and ethical factors

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It’s our responsibility to consider these factors

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Environmental factors

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If it is food, is it organic?
Can it, and its packaging, be recycled?
Does it use a lot of energy?
In the case of fish, is it sustainable?

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Ethical factors

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We also need to think about the people involved in making/providing the product/service…

Has child labour been used?
Are they treated fairly?
Has a positive/negative impact been made on their culture/work force?

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Examples of how environmental/ethical factors influence shopping

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‘Bags for Life’ bags encourage consumers to recycle and reduce the amount of plastic carrier bags going to landfill.

Clothing brands that rely on child labour have been exposed in the press and consumers have been encouraged to stop buying the clothes.

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Consumers’ personal characteristics and circumstances

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Age
Likes/dislikes
Occupation
Lifestyle
Amount of free time

These factors tend to change at different stages of the lifespan.

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Examples of how personal factors affect shopping

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A student may have a quick packed lunch or canteen meal at a set time.
A business person may entertain clients over leisurely meal at restaurant.

A consumers interest in technology and branding may affect their choice of mobile phone.

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Physiological factors relate to…

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Maintenance of the body
Prevention of disease
Dietary disorders

Depend on interest and motivation to take care of well-being.

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Examples of how physiological factors affect shopping

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Avoiding food/ clothing material if you’re allergic to it.

Consumers wanting to achieve a healthy weight may consider

  • weight loss services e.g. slimming club
  • gym membership
  • personal trainer
  • new clothes
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Psychological factors that inform who we are and what we do as individuals

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Attitudes
Emotions
Body image
Personality (aggressive, sociable, self confident)

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Examples of how psychological factors affect shopping

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Sociable people

  • eat out regularly (frequency of purchase)
  • meet friends for coffee/drinks (types of things bought)

People with negative feelings about body image may choose to shop online rather than trying on clothes in store.

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Social influences

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Family
Friends
Sports teams
Church groups

Shops often use social factors in their marketing campaigns

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Examples of how social factors affect shopping

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Adults often loyal to supermarket chain and brands most frequently used by their family growing up.

Teenagers often take on attitudes and values of their peer group and this can impact on type, style and brand of clothing they purchase and wear.

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Advantages and disadvantages of Independent shops

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Advantages

  • offer personal and friendly service
  • usually in residential areas for ease of access
  • usually sell things in small quantities, helping consumers to save money and reduce waste

Disadvantages

  • may be more expensive
  • stock may not be rotated or replaced regularly
  • limited range of products for sale
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Advantages and disadvantages of high street chain stores

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Advantages

  • uniform store layout making shopping easier
  • stock wide range of items
  • buy in bulk and can offer consumers value for money

Disadvantages

  • can be very busy, making shopping stressful
  • impersonal customer service
  • lack individuality
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Advantages and disadvantages of supermarkets

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Advantages

  • Economy of Sale means they can offer value for money
  • offer extensive range of products, services and facilities
  • offer range of financial incentives eg loyalty cards

Disadvantages

  • usually situated out of town - need car or public transport
  • often busy and large, making shopping time consuming
  • special offers can encourage impulse buying, increase in expenditure
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Advantages and disadvantages of shopping centres

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Advantages

  • offer range of shops under one roof
  • extended opening hours and extensive parking improve accessibility
  • often well designed and luxurious, and making experience enjoyable

Disadvantages

  • if situated out of town - car or public transport
  • often busy - stressful
  • can be very large - difficult to navigate and time consuming
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Advantages and disadvantages of internet shopping

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Advantages

  • products/services can be accessed/evaluated in comfort of own home
  • available 24 hours a day
  • extensive range of products/services, including specialist and overseas brands

Disadvantages

  • need internet access and know how to use it
  • need credit/debit card
  • goods/services can be time consuming to compare and may be misrepresented
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Advantages and disadvantages of mail order

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Advantages

  • convenient for those who have difficulty accessing shops
  • often payment can be spread over no of months
  • large/heavy items can be delivered directly to your address

Disadvantages

  • can be difficult to judge quality from catalogue
  • consumer needs to be at home to accept delivery
  • may have to pay for postage to return unwanted goods
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Advantages and disadvantages of going to markets

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Advantages

  • may be cheaper than shops
  • local products often available
  • friendly, sociable shopping experience

Disadvantages

  • packaging/labelling may not be available to help determine quality
  • often outdoors, affected by weather
  • usually operate early in the morning, or on specific days only
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Advantages and disadvantages of shopping channels

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Advantages

  • can see products being demonstrated by experts
  • products can be viewed in comfort of own home
  • entertaining

Disadvantages

  • persuasive selling can encourage impulse buying
  • difficult to determine quality
  • returning unsatisfactory products can be time consuming and expensive
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What is marketing?

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Marketing is a complex process which ultimately persuades consumers to buy a particular product or service

30
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What is a marketing strategy?

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A marketing strategy is a plan of action designed to promote and sell a product or service - used to increase sales and achieve a competitive advantage

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What are the principles of marketing?

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PRODUCT what is it?
PRICE what does it cost?
PLACE where will we sell it?
PROMOTION how will we tell consumers it exists?

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What are the 3 main marketing strategies?

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Advertising
Selling techniques
Financial incentives

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Contexts for advertising

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Media (newspapers, magazines, TV)

Outdoors (billboard posters, transportation eg bus shelters, illuminated signs)

Direct mail (leaflets, fliers, vouchers)

Sponsorship (sports events, entertainment events, charitable events)

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What is the main purpose of advertising?

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To develop increased levels of recognition and awareness among consumers.

Advertisements often provide limited factual information and instead rely on matching up with consumers’ desires, dreams and aspirations.

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What is a target group?

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A target group of consumers within the market, that a business has decided to aim its marketing efforts towards.

Egs children, girls, students

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Packaging as a selling technique

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Bright, colourful, glossy packaging creates a perception of quality and increases likelihood of purchase

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Loss leaders as a selling technique

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Stores may sell a product at a special offer price which is so low that the sales make the store a loss rather than a profit - encourages consumers into store, hoping that they’ll buy other things while they’re there

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Own brands as a selling technique

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Stores that offer their own brands as cheaper alternatives to branded products

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Price checking as a selling technique

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Shops highlight products that they are offering at lower prices than other stores, to show that they are giving better value for money

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Beacon colours as a selling technique

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Stores use bright colours to highlight special offers

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Pester power as a selling technique

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Products are marketed specifically at children, often with endorsements from TV/cartoon characters

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Store layout as a selling technique

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To encourage consumers through the door and get them to stay for some time, bc the longer they stay, the more they spend

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Financial incentives - price promotions

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May take form of discount
eg Buy one get one free
or 20% extra free

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Financial incentives - cross-brand promotions

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Where different brands are sold together, as part of a special offer. They offer consumers the opportunity to buy a product and sample the complementary product free e.g. perfume/aftershave

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Financial incentives - money-off vouchers

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Often used to offer a current or future discount. Highly versatile as they can be included on the pack (to encourage repeat purchase), in direct mail or in newspaper ads

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Financial incentives - loyalty cards

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Allows consumers to collect points which are then used to give them money off vouchers or to offer them a choice of gifts.

Brands/retailers will retain more customers if the focus of their loyalty cards is on building long-term relationships between the retailer and the customers

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Financial incentives - gift with purchase

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E.g. spend £25 on groceries and get a free set of BBQ utensils. This style of promotion is often used with luxury goods, with the gift hopefully enhancing quality of purchase

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Store layout - entrance

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Clear space to allow adjustment to atmosphere

Heating blows warm air on customer - psychologically welcoming

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Store layout - look to right

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75% customers look to right when entering

Magazines encourage browsing

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Store layout - fruit and veg

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Near front - associated with freshness and quality

Positive effect on sales

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Store layout - on the shelf

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From left to right - more expensive on right

Cheaper products on highest/lowest shelves to prevent customers from seeing it too easily

Items appealing to children on lower shelves

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Store layout - aisle

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Customers with trolleys slow down at end of aisle - “hot spots” where they display special offers and impulse purchases

Grouping items around theme e.g. BBQs - encourages customers to buy more than they’d planned

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Store layout - bread and milk

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Essential purchases displayed at back so customers have to walk past everything else to get there

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Store layout - end

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Alcohol displayed at end

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Store layout - at the checkout

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Last chance to tempt customers - usually include sweets or other good depending on the weather/season

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Lifestyle changes that impact on choices and management of resources

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Commitments e.g. dependents (children)
Economic climate
Time
Stress
Leisure
Travel
Work

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