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Why People Buy

by John O'shaughnessy

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ISBN13: 9780195040876
ISBN10: 0195040872
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Although consumers have a strong vision of "the good life," they wrestle with the problem of how best to express that vision in material terms through what they want to buy. How do consumers choose the brands they buy? What circumstances lead consumers to make their purchases--habit, weighing the pros versus the cons, pure liking or simple whim? Why People Buy provides an original approach to understanding and studying the consumer--it details a way of identifying the goals, wants, beliefs and choices currently motivating consumers. O'Shaughnessy discusses many situations from the point of view of the marketing manager seeking to attract new users, retain customers, increase business or convert from rivals. He argues that the consumer's choice criteria never involve more than six categories of reason, which he explains at length.

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Why People Buy provides an original approach to studying and understanding consumers, showing how to identify their goals, wants, dbeliefs, and choices. Discussing these and many other issues from the point of view of the marketing manager seeking to attract new customers, retain old ones, increase business, or convert customers from rivals, O'Shaughnessy explains all the major criteria that enter into consumer choices. Original and provocative, Why People Buy is "must" reading for anyone involved in selling or buying.

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ISBN:
9780195040876
Author:
O'Shaughnessy, John
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Author:
O'Shaughnessy, John
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Business
Subject:
Purchasing
Subject:
Consumer behavior
Subject:
Marketing - Research
Subject:
Business | Management | Marketing Management
Edition Number:
4
Edition Description:
Bibliography: p. 185-189.
Series Volume:
v. 17
Publication Date:
December 1989
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
11 illus.
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
8.03x5.36x.44 in. .40 lbs.

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