Impulse buying – demographic aspect

Journal Title: Journal of Management Research and Analysis - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of demographic factors viz Age sex Income Education on Impulsive buyingWhen a customer shows the tendency to buy goods or services without planning in advance or when a customer decides on the spur of the moment it can be called as Impulsive buying Normally the decision of Impulsive buying is taken by customer when he is highly emotional Customers are more likely to buy impulsively when they see free goods offer price discounts offered by stores More often than not marketers make use of this irrational behavior of a customer to make sales happen Researchers at the university of British Columbia and the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business found that impulse spending is a behavior associated with disorganized environmentsImpulsive buying disrupts the normal decision making models in consumer brains All the four demographic factors significantly influence impulsive buying behavior However among the demographic factors that influence the impulsive buying gender is the most reliable determinant of impulse buying as compared to other threeKeywords Impulsive buying behavior Age Sex Income Education

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Abhay Desai

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  • EP ID EP514252
  • DOI 10.18231/2394-2770.2018.0037
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Abhay Desai (2018). Impulse buying – demographic aspect. Journal of Management Research and Analysis, 5(3), 236-238. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-514252