BMP:SEM4:MARKETING SPECIALIZATION:PAPER 3/4:CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR

 UNIT - I

Consumer Behaviour and Marketing Action - An overview - Consumer involvement - Decision-making processes - Purchase Behaviour and Marketing Implications - Consumer Behaviour Models

UNIT - II

Environmental influences on Consumer Behaviour - Cultural influences - Social class - Reference groups and family influences - Opinion leadership and the diffusion of innovations - Marketing implications of the above influences.

UNIT - III

Consumer buying behaviour - Marketing implications - Consumer perceptions – Learning and attitudes - Motivation and personality – Psychographics - Values and Lifestyles, Click-o- graphic.

UNIT - IV

Strategic marketing applications - Market segmentation strategies - Positioning strategies for existing and new products, Re-positioning, Perceptual Mapping - Marketing communication - Store choice and shopping behaviour - In-Store stimuli, store image and loyalty - Consumerism - Consumer rights and Marketers' responsibilities.

UNIT - V

The Global Consumer Behaviour and Online buying behaviour - Consumer buying habits and perceptions of emerging non-store choices - Research and applications of consumer responses to direct marketing approaches - Issues of privacy and ethics.