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How in-store sampling influences your choice?

Can in-store sampling motivate you to act and purchase a cosmetics product? In this research, we looked at the significant motivations driving cosmetics shopping in retail setting, and examined how in-store sampling can be used to enhance choice goal attainment. We also focused on the influence of choice goal attainment on decision satisfaction when in-store sampling is used as a promotion technique.

Luxury brands & interpersonal influences

The article discusses the importance of interpersonal influences in consumption decision and why it is important in the context of luxury however has not been tested till date. Provides avenues of how it can be explored in the case of luxury.

Luxury Consumption Tendencies in Recession: Early Evidence

In my last blog post (Luxury consumption: will it really be affected by recession?) I stated that luxury brands will not be affected as much by recent recession as they did in past. The main reasons I gave were (a) consumption tendencies of masses (where Armani, LVMH, Gucci, Prada and such others have become a regular consumption item); (b) geographical scope and the emergance of emerging markets in Asia and (c) tourism trends (where Chinese, Indian and other tourists are flocking the Western markets and buying luxury items in numbers).

This led me to do a quick a quick study [Read Story]

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2012 IMRA Emerging Markets Conference in London

      International Management Research Academy (IMRA) 2012 Emerging Markets Conference Emerging Markets and the New Dynamics of Management Since centuries, it has been perceived that, the western world is at the forefront of innovative theories and practices in management. Last two decades have evidently demonstrated that now it is no more the hegemony of the developed world in contributing towards management art and science. The BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and other European countries are now emerging as sunrise economies and are offering new dynamics of management. Be it grassroots level technologies or socio-economic development, the emerging [Read Story]

Comparing the luxury brand value

Luxury brands are bought in different countries for different values. This study evaluates those values consumers consider and provides a comparison between Indian and British luxury consumers.

Luxury Consumption Tendencies in Recession: Early Evidence

In my last blog post (Luxury consumption: will it really be affected by recession?) I stated that luxury brands will not be affected as much by recent recession as they did in past. The main reasons I gave were (a) consumption tendencies of masses (where Armani, LVMH, Gucci, Prada and such others have become a regular consumption item); (b) geographical scope and the emergance of emerging markets in Asia and (c) tourism trends (where Chinese, Indian and other tourists are flocking the Western markets and buying luxury items in numbers).

This led me to do a quick a [Read Story]

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