BUS602: Marketing Management

Globally, the term 'marketing' is not a new phenomenon. It has become the focal point of any business. No commodities can move from a production point to a consumption point without putting the marketing machinery at work. The consumers aim at attaining optimum consumer surplus, be it durables or non-durables, while making such purchases to satisfy their wants. Conversely, the marketers do constantly strive for maximization of profit margin for their survival and growth in the long run. These twin paradoxical ends (producers and consumers) must reach a compromise at a point entailing a profitable and satisfactory exchange of goods. For this reason, marketers continually rely on research studies about the dynamic consumer behavior to position their product planning and development strategies to meet the requirements efficiently. There are innumerous factors inducing their buying behavior of consumers even in brand preferences of durables. This complex consumer buying behavior does, therefore, necessitate a critical investigation by the researchers in every nook and corner of the world. In India, many studies have been undertaken by various researchers on varied products in fits and starts.

Focus of this paper is to analyze the consumer buying behavior of the selected durable goods in Nagaland, India, to examine the factors inducing the buying behavior of the consumers, and to suggest appropriate measures to the marketers for designing a right marketing mix to match the tastes and preferences of consumers in the State.

Keywords: consumer buying behavior, nagaland, durables, marketing mix, decision making process, brand preferences.

Source: E. Thangasamy and Dr. Gautam Patikar, https://globaljournals.org/GJMBR_Volume14/4-Factors-Influencing-Consumer-Buying.pdf
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