TOPIC 2.
The Consumer Behavior
Management in the Distribution
Policy
• Marketing Distribution Policy
PLAN
1. Model of Consumer Behavior
2. The Buyer Decision Process
1. Model of Consumer Behavior
Figure 1. The “black box” model
Figure 2. Simplified model of consumer buying behavior
Figure 3. Maslow’s hierarchy needs
Figure 4. Factors influencing consumer behavior
CUSTOMERS
Frontline people
Top
management Middle
management
Middle
Top
management
management
Frontline people
CUSTOMERS
Figure 5. Traditional Organization versus Modern Customer-Oriented
Company Organization
2. The Buyer Decision Process
Figure 6. Organizational buying process
Figure 7. Influences on organizational buying
Figure 6. Knowledge of consumer behavior facilitates
development of successful marketing strategies
Customer relationship management (CRM) is
the process of carefully managing detailed
information about individual customers and all
customer “touch points” to maximize loyalty.
Cultivating Customer Measuring Customer
Relationships Lifetime Value
Figure 7. Connecting with Customer