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Consumer and Business Buyer Behavior

Nathan George

Consumer Buying Behavior


Consumer Buying Behavior refers to the buying behavior of final consumers individuals & households who buy goods and services for personal consumption. The central question for marketers is: How do consumers respond to various marketing efforts the company might use?

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Model of Buyer Behavior


Product Price Place Promotion

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Marketing and Other Stimuli

Economic Technological Political

Cultural
Buyer Characteristics

Buying Decision Process

Buyers Black Box

Product Choice

Brand Choice
Dealer Choice

Buyers Response

Purchase Timing Purchase Amount

Factors Influencing Consumer Behavior


Cultural Social Personal
Culture Subculture Reference groups Family Roles and status
Age and life-cycle Occupation Economic situation Lifestyle Personality and self-concept

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Psychological
Motivation Perception Learning Beliefs and attitudes

Buyer

Social class

Factors Affecting Consumer Behavior: Culture


Culture
Most basic cause of a person's wants and behavior. Values, Perceptions, Wants & Behavior Subculture
Groups of people with shared value systems based on common life experiences. Hispanic Consumers African American Consumers Asian American Consumers Mature Consumers

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Social Class
Societys relatively permanent & ordered divisions whose members share similar values, interests, and behaviors. Measured by: Occupation, Income, Education, Wealth and Other Variables.

Factors Affecting Consumer Behavior: Social


Groups Membership Reference Family Husband, wife, kids Influencer, buyer, user

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Social Factors

Roles and Status

Factors Affecting Consumer Behavior: Personal


Personal Influences
Age and Life Cycle Stage
Economic Situation Occupation

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Personality & Self-Concept

Lifestyle Identification

Activities
Interests

Opinions

Factors Affecting Consumer Behavior: Psychological


Motivation

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Beliefs and Attitudes

Psychological Factors

Perception

Learning

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Perception

Perception
Information Inputs Interpretation Selective Exposure Selective Distortion Selective Retention

Maslows Hierarchy of Needs


Self Actualization
(Self-development)

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Esteem Needs (self-esteem, status) Social Needs


(sense of belonging, love)

Safety Needs
(security, protection)

Physiological Needs
(hunger, thirst)

The Buyer Decision Process


Need Recognition

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Information Search

Evaluation of Alternatives

Purchase Decision

Post-purchase Behavior

The Buyer Decision Process


Step 1. Need Recognition
Need Recognition
Buyer Recognizes a Problem or Need

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Internal Stimuli
Hunger
Thirst A persons normal needs

External Stimuli
TV advertising Magazine ad Radio slogan Stimuli in the environment

The Buyer Decision Process


Step 2. Information Search
Personal Sources
Family, friends, neighbors Most effective source of information

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Commercial Sources

Advertising, salespeople Receives most information from these sources Mass Media Consumer-rating groups

Public Sources

Experiential Sources

Handling the product Examining the product Using the product

The Buyer Decision Process


Step 3. Evaluation of Alternatives
Consumer May Use Careful Calculations & Logical Thinking Consumers May Buy on Impulse and Rely on Intuition Consumers May Make Buying Decisions on Their Own.

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Consumers May Make Buying Decisions Only After Consulting Others.

Marketers Must Study Buyers to Find Out How They Evaluate Brand Alternatives

The Buyer Decision Process


Step 4. Purchase Decision
Purchase Intention Desire to buy the most preferred brand Unexpected Situational Factors

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Attitudes of Others

Purchase Decision

The Buyer Decision Process


Step 5. Post-purchase Behavior
Consumers Expectations of Products Performance Products Perceived Performance

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Satisfied Customer!

Dissatisfied Customer

Cognitive Dissonance

Buying Decision Process


Consumer satisfaction is a function of consumer expectations and perceived product performance.
Performance < Expectations Disappointment

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Performance = Expectations

Satisfaction

Performance > Expectations

Delight

Buying Decision Process


Cognitive dissonance: a buyers doubts shortly after a purchase about whether it was the right decision.

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Stages in the Adoption Process


Awareness

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Interest

Evaluation

Trial

Adoption

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Stages in the Adoption Process


1. 2. 3. Awareness:

4.
5.

Consumer becomes aware of the new product, but lacks information about it. Interest: Consumer seeks information about new product. Evaluation: Consumer considers whether trying the new product makes sense. Trial: Consumer tries new product on a small scale to improve his or her estimate of its value. Adoption: Consumer decides to make full and regular use of the new product.

Adopter Categories
Percentage of Adopters

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Early Majority Innovators

Late Majority

Early Adopters
13.5%

34%

34% 16%

Laggards

2.5%

Time of Adoption Late

Early

Influence of Product Characteristics on Rate of Adoption


Communicability Can results be easily observed or described to others? Relative Advantage Is the innovation superior to existing products?

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Divisibility
Can the innovation be used on a trial basis?

Product Characteristics

Compatibility Does the innovation fit the values and experience of the target market?

Complexity
Is the innovation difficult to understand or use?

What is a Business Market?

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Business Buyer Behavior refers to the buying behavior of all the organizations that buy goods and services for use in the production of other products and services that are sold, rented, or supplied to others.
The business market is huge and involves many more dollars and items than do consumer markets.

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The Business Buying Process

Characteristics of Business Markets


Market Structure and Demand
Fewer, larger buyers Geographically concentrated Demand derived from consumers Fluctuating demand

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Nature of the Buying Unit


More members

More professional purchasing effort

Types of Decisions & the Decision Process


More complex decisions

Process is more formalized Buyer and seller are more dependent on each other Build close long-term relationships with customers

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Participants in the Business Buying Process


Decision-making unit of a buying organization is called its buying center. Not a fixed and formally identified unit. Membership will vary for different products and buying situations. Buying Center Members:
Users Deciders Influencers Buyers Gatekeepers

Participants in the Business Buying Process: The Buying Center


Gatekeepers Users

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Buying Center Buyers Deciders

Influencers

Model of Business Buyer Behavior


Product Price Place

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Marketing and Other Stimuli

Economic Technological

Political
Cultural The Buying Organization Interpersonal and Individual Influences

Promotion

Organizational Influences

The Buying Center Buying Decision Process

Product or Service Choice Supplier Choice Order Quantities

Buyers Response

Delivery Terms and Times Service Terms

Payment

Major Influences on Business Buyer Behavior


Environmental
Economic, Technological, Political, Competitive

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Organizational
Objectives, Policies, Procedures, Structure, & Systems

Interpersonal
Authority, Status, Empathy & Persuasiveness

Individual
Age, Education, Job Position, Personality & Risk Attitudes

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Major Types of Buying Situations


Straight Re-buy
The buyer routinely reorders something without any modifications.

Modified Re-buy

The buyer wants to modify product specifications, prices, terms, or suppliers.

New Task

The buyer purchases a product or service for the first time.

Business Buying Situations

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New Task Buying Involved Decision Making

Modified Re-buy

Straight Re-buy

Rest Stop: Reviewing the Concepts

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Understand the consumer market and the major factors that influence consumer buyer behavior. Identify and discuss the stages in the buyer decision process. Describe the adoption and diffusion process for new products. Define the business market and identify the major factors that influence business buyer behavior. List and define the steps in the business buying decision process.

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