The marketing industry is experiencing a revolution in the emerging era. A wide range of items and services are available in the digital market. Through social media, the Internet has evolved into an intelligent agent that allows for complex interaction between networks of individuals. Customers can quickly find the best product or service cost. The goal of this article is to look at the numerous elements that influence customer purchasing decisions. The impact of psychological elements on customer purchasing behavior is investigated. The study is based on consumer perceptions and satisfaction in order to better understand consumer buying behavior and decision-making in the social market.

Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as customer satisfaction, ethics, entrepreneurship, global business, and managing change. Introduction to Business includes hundreds of current business examples from a range of industries and geographic locations, which feature a variety of individuals. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of business concepts, with attention to the knowledge and skills necessary for student success in this course and beyond. This is an adaptation of Introduction to Business by OpenStax. You can access the textbook as pdf for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better ebook reading experience. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Consumer Behaviour is a comprehensive textbook designed to meet the requirements of post graduate management students specializing in marketing. While dealing with the consumption choices and behaviour of individuals from socio-cultural and psychological point of view, it also describes contemporary concepts such as online buying behaviour and consumer engagement marketing which promises to change the face of marketing forever. The book has been divided into 6 parts. Part I, Overview of Consumer Behaviour (CB) gives an outline of the subject including consumer decision making models, consumer analysis, segmentation and strategy. The nature of B2B buying behaviour and its difference from consumer buying behaviour has also been discussed. Part II, Consumer as an Individual is devoted to understanding the effect of personality, motivation, perception, and attitude of an individual on their buying behaviour. Part III, Influences on CB gives an insight into how family, class and culture impact consumption behaviour of customers. Part IV, Modifying CB discusses innovations and adoption of new ideas by companies for designing marketing communications for their products. Part V, Analysing CB describes the consumer research process and approaches used by companies to build long term loyalties with customers. Part VI, The Modern Consumer talks of the exploding social media usage in which the power of brands is shifting from companies to consumers. Ethics and CSR policies used by marketing organizations have also been covered. Owing to the inclusion of numerous real life examples and discussion of the changing nature of CB, the book would also be an interesting read for young professionals in this field.

Academic Paper from the year 2017 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, , course: Ph.D, language: English, abstract: The influence of media on consumer behavior is profound. The billions of dollars spent in advertising each year attest to the impact of media on consumer purchasing and buying preferences. The ability of media to shape consumer trends and tastes through media such as movies, television shows and music is all-pervasive. New media such as Internet sites accelerates consumer receptivity to products through comments made on websites and blogs. Media is such a part of our daily lives that we don’t even realize it's influencing us in big and small ways. Media use in advertising is purposely designed to elicit a change in consumer action, belief and perception. It unabashedly woos us to buy products we don’t need and trust wholly with product claims that are puffer or exaggerated. In today’s dynamic world, it is almost impossible for advertisers to deliver advertising message and information to buyers without use of advertising. Certainly, this may be because of the globalization and accessibility of hundreds of channels for the viewers of this modern era. Now a day, due to globalized economy, this made available a bulk of marketing stimuli to the modern consumers. More often consumerism describes the way of equating personal happiness, with purchasing material possessions and consumption in excess of one’s need. The main purpose of media advertising itself is to persuade audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. The success of media advertisements can be determined by the consumer’s final decision to consume the said products or service, in oppose to the competitors. In correlation, consumer behavior indicates the act of acquiring, using and disposing of products, services, ideas, or experiences whilst includes the search for information and actual purchase. The outlets of mass media include, but not limited to billboards, Internet, magazine, television, and radio. Mass media advertising generally dwells on multiple outlets and tends to be consistent when it comes to visually branding their image. This serves the purpose of generating consumer’s association with specific value and concepts with the company’s products.