Analyzing Consumer
Markets
Muhammad Umair Raza
What Influences Consumer Behavior
Consumer Behavior: is the study of how individuals,
groups, and organizations select, buy, use, and dispose off
goods, services, ideas, or experiences to satisfy their needs
and wants.
Consumer’s buying behavior influenced by
Cultural Factors
Social Factors
Personal Factors
Cultural Factors
Culture: Culture is the fundamental determinant of a
person’s wants and behavior.
Sub Cultures: that provide more specific
identification and socialization for their members.
Includes nationalities, religions, racial groups, and
geographic regions.
Social Classes: relatively homogeneous and enduring
divisions in a society. Members who share similar
values, interests, and behavior.
Social Factors
Reference Groups
Family
Role and Status
Reference Groups
A person’s reference groups are all groups that have a
direct (f to f) or indirect influence on their attitudes
and behavior.
Primary Groups: interacts fairly and informally such as
family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers.
Secondary Groups: Such as religious, professional and
trade union groups, which tends to be more formal
and less continues interaction.
Reference Groups
Aspirational Groups: are those a person hopes to join
Dissociative Groups: are those whose values and
behavior an individual rejects.
Opinion Leader: is the person who offers informal
advice or information about a specific product
category.
Family
Family of orientation: consists of parents and siblings
Family of Procreations: Person’s spouse and children
Roles and Status
Role: consists of the activities a person is expected to
perform.
Personal Factors
Age Personality
Life cycle stage Values
Occupation Lifestyle
Wealth Self-concept
Brand Personality
Sincerity
Excitement
Competence
Sophistication
Ruggedness
Lifestyle Influences
Multi-tasking
Time-starved
Money-constrained
Key Psychological Processes
Motivation
Perception
Learning
Memory
Motivation
Maslow’s Herzberg’s
Freud’s Hierarchy Two-Factor
Theory of Needs Theory
Behavior Behavior Behavior is
is guided by is driven by guided by
subconscious lowest, motivating
motivations unmet need and hygiene
factors
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Physiological needs
Safety needs
Social needs
Esteem needs
Self-actualization needs
Perception
Selective attention
Selective retention
Selective distortion
Subliminal perception
Consumer Buying Process
Problem recognition
Information search
Evaluation
Purchase decision
Postpurchase behavior
Sources of Information
Personal
Commercial
Public
Experiential
Non-Compensatory Models of Choice
Conjunctive
Lexicographic
Elimination-by-aspects
Perceived Risk
Functional
Physical
Financial
Social
Psychological
Time
Other Theories of
Consumer Decision Making
Involvement Decision Heuristics
Elaboration Likelihood Availability
Model Representativeness
Low-involvement Anchoring and
marketing strategies adjustment
Variety-seeking buying
behavior
Mental Accounting
Consumers tend to…
Segregate gains
Integrate losses
Integrate smaller losses with larger gains
Segregate small gains from large losses