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Consumer Buying
Behaviour
Philip Kotler & Gary Armstrong

Definitions
Consumer Buying Behavior
• Buying

behavior of individuals and households that buy
products for personal consumption.

Consumer Market
• All

individuals/households who buy products for personal
consumption.

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Model of Buyer Behavior

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Model of Consumer Behavior
Stimulus Response Model
• Marketing

and other stimuli enter the buyer’s
“black box” and produce certain choice /
purchase responses.

• Marketers

must figure out what is inside of the
buyer’s “black box” and how stimuli are changed
to responses.


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Factors Influencing Consumer
Behavior

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Characteristics Affecting Consumer
Behavior

Key Factors
Cultural
Social
Personal
Psychological
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Culture
Subculture
• Hispanic
• African
• Asian

consumers

Americans

Americans

• Mature

consumers

Social Class


Characteristics Affecting Consumer
Behavior

Key Factors
Cultural
Social
Personal
Psychological
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• Groups
• Membership
• Reference
• Aspirational groups

• Opinion leaders
• Buzz marketing


• Family
• Kids can influence
• Roles and Status

Characteristics Affecting Consumer
Behavior

Key Factors
Cultural
Social
Personal
Psychological

Age and life-cycle
Occupation
Economic situation
Lifestyle
Activities, interests, and
opinions

Lifestyle segmentation

Personality and selfconcept
Brand personality

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Lifestyles:
Jeep targets
people who
want to “leave
the civilized
world behind”
What other
types of images
could be used
to appeal to this
lifestyle?

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Characteristics Affecting Consumer
Behavior

Key Factors

Motivation
Needs provide motives
Motivation research

Cultural
Social
Personal
Psychological
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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

Perception
Selective attention, selective
distortion, selective retention

Learning
Drives, stimuli, cues, responses and
reinforcement

Beliefs and attitudes

Maslow’s Hierarchy

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The Buyer Decision Process


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The Buyer Decision Process

Stages

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Need recognition

Needs can be
triggered by:




Information search





Evaluation of
alternatives



Purchase decision



Postpurchase
behavior

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Internal stimuli




Normal needs become strong
enough to drive behavior

External stimuli
– Advertisements
– Friends of friends

The Buyer Decision Process

Stages

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Consumers exhibit
heightened attention
or actively search for
information.



Need recognition



Information search



Evaluation of
alternatives



Purchase decision

Personal, Commercial,
Public, Experiential



Postpurchase
behavior

Word-of-mouth

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Sources of information:

The Buyer Decision Process

Stages

16



Need recognition



Information search



Evaluation of
alternatives



Purchase decision



Postpurchase
behavior

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• Evaluation procedure
depends on the consumer
and the buying situation.
• Most buyers evaluate
multiple attributes, each of
which is weighted
differently.
• At the end of the
evaluation stage, purchase
intentions are formed.

The Buyer Decision Process

Stages

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Need recognition



Information search



Evaluation of
alternatives



Purchase decision



Postpurchase
behavior

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Two factors intercede
between purchase intentions
and the actual decision:
• Attitudes of others
• Unexpected situational
factors

The Buyer Decision Process

Stages

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Satisfaction is key:



Need recognition



Information search

• Delighted consumers
engage in positive word-ofmouth.



Evaluation of
alternatives

• Unhappy customers tell on
average 11 other people.



Purchase decision



Postpurchase
behavior

• It costs more to attract a
new customer than it does
to retain an existing
customer

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Buyer Decision Process for New
Products
Stages in the Adoption Process:

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1.

Awareness

2.

Interest

3.

Evaluation

4.

Trial

5.

Adoption

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Buyer Decision Process for New
Products

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Buyer Decision Process for New
Products
Product Characteristics
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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Relative Advantage
Compatibility
Complexity
Divisibility
Communicability

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