Topic 1: Developments in Marketing Thinking and Strategy
Lecture 1: Introduction lecture
Knowledge clip
Consumer Behavior (CB): What and why?
Why do we study CB?
- Because we can (technically!)
- Because we should! (Value for customers, what do they want and need)
- Because it is fun!
Marketing: Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating,
communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients,
partners, and society at large.
Are children consumers? (McNeal 1979)
What is a consumer?
- consumer is a broad label that refers to any individuals or households that use goods
and services generated within the economy (wikipedia)
Consumers vs Customers
- consumer: someone who buys or uses goods or services
- customer: the buyer or user of the products of an individual / organization
- Strictly speaking:
- consumer: consumes/uses
- customer: purchases
- When are they different? Who should we focus on?
CB lessons
1. CB as such is descriptive
a. Is it ‘bad’ to treat children as consumers? morally questionable?
2. CB is broad
a. Consumer behavior > product purchase
i. Information search, shop visits, complaints, returning goods etc
b. Consumer Behavior > Behavior
, i. ‘consumer decision making processes’
c. Consumer Behavior has a broad theoretical basis
i. Economics, psychology, sociology, business
CB Components Lessons from McLean 1979 in a more theoretical framework
The American Marketing Association (AMA) defines consumer behavior as the dynamic
interaction of affect and cognition, behavior, and the environment by which human
beings conduct the exchange aspects of their lives. In other words, consumers.
CB involves:
- affect and cognition
- behavior
- environment
CB is:
- dynamic
- about interaction
- about exchanges
Wheel of Consumer Analysis
All of these components relate to each other,
the main component is the Marketing Strategy.
Constant interaction between stimuli that
change responses, what are mental responses
and what are behavioral responses.
CB & Marketing Strategy
, Peter & Olson 2010
Consumer insight: between research analysis and strategy. if a strong consumer insight is
developed based on research and analysis and hopefully input for strategy.
Lecture
WHAT is marketing?
- Functions & processes/activities to deliver “customer value”
A business philosophy → a way to approach the market
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