Consumer Styles: Research Review

Written by Darrin Coe


From The Darrin Coe Ezine

According to research done by Elizabeth Sproles and George Sproles (1990) inrepparttar Journal of Consumer Affairs, there is a significant link between peoples learning styles and their “consumer styles”.

1. The perfectionist consumer style, which describes a consumer that searches carefully and systematically forrepparttar 100632 best quality in products tend to learn through serious, analysis and through both active and observation oriented learning. These types of consumers are highly goal oriented.

2. The brand conscious, price equals quality consumer tends to be oriented toward buyingrepparttar 100633 more expensive, well known brands tend to find choosing known brands an expedient strategy that replaces thinking and learning in their consumer choices.

3. The novelty and fashion conscious consumer seems to line new and innovative products and gains excitement from seeking out new things. This consumer tends to not be concerned withrepparttar 100634 implications or consequences of purchasing new or innovative products and services.

4. The recreational shopping consumer finds shopping a pleasant activity and engages in it because i t’s fun. This consumer engages in shopping as a social experience or because they like to be involved in their shopping.

5. The price value consumer tends to focus on sales and lower prices balanced against quality. This consumer tends to focus on active, fact acquisition. This consumer tends to shoprepparttar 100635 market in-depth and do many comparisons to findrepparttar 100636 proper balance of low price and quality.

6. The impulsive consumer buys atrepparttar 100637 spur of repparttar 100638 moment and are unconcerned with how much is spent. This consumer does not want to be bothered with new information or learning about products or services..

7. The confused-by-overchoice consumer perceives too many brands and stores and experiences information overload inrepparttar 100639 market. This person is overly detailed and fact oriented in their consumer process and becomes mentally overloaded, especially in a complex multichoice market.

8. The habitual, brand loyal consumer repetitively choosesrepparttar 100640 same brands and stores. This consumer engages in a serious learning process to find products and services that provide them with positive experiences and then stick with them.

Corporate Identity

Written by Van Freytag


This article is aboutrepparttar importance of good Corporate Identity, and it's more than just your sales team andrepparttar 100631 people who answer your telephones that portraysrepparttar 100632 image of your business. When not in direct contact with your firm, your customers or potential customers userepparttar 100633 impression that they already have in their heads of your company. When we remember something we use images to categorize in our heads what we are trying to remember, when it's a company we remember things about it by thinking aboutrepparttar 100634 corporate identity (usuallyrepparttar 100635 Logo and colours used).

In conclusion it is usually your corporate look that customers think of when they think of your business. The first impression of your company for a customer will probably be your logo, which they will use to make assumptions about your business. If your an entertainment or events company and your logo is dull boring and been done before then thatsrepparttar 100636 exact impression that they will have of your services. If your an IT company and your logo is sharp swift and technical, thatsrepparttar 100637 exact first impression that your customer will have of you and your business. - You know what they say, first impressions do last! Onrepparttar 100638 same note Corporate Identities are remembered.

Your Corporate Identity is also an important attraction mechanism for your company, therefore it must look good and be aesthetically pleasing torepparttar 100639 customer as well as having a conceptual meaning behind it in accordance with what products and/or services your business provides. Your logo must be an easy object forrepparttar 100640 eyes to pick up and forrepparttar 100641 brain to remember, this is because if your competitors logo is much easier to rememberrepparttar 100642 client will remember it first! You'll loose that customer, and many more.

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