Understanding Consumer Behaviour: a Qualitative Research of Eco-Labelling in the Cosmetic Industry

This dissertation aims at investigating the way ethical and traditional consumers manage their eco-labelled cosmetics purchases. In this qualitative research, six participants have been interviewed around different topics drawn upon the research questions and the literature review: cosmetics purchas...

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Main Author: Pelissier, Camille
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26039/
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description This dissertation aims at investigating the way ethical and traditional consumers manage their eco-labelled cosmetics purchases. In this qualitative research, six participants have been interviewed around different topics drawn upon the research questions and the literature review: cosmetics purchases patterns, understanding of the eco-label concept, cosmetics buying criteria and price premium. Then, a discourse analysis method has been used to explore the data collected. The main findings of this thesis show that consumers who are aware of ethical issues are more likely to buy eco-labelled cosmetics. Moreover, the evidences prove that the concept of eco-labelling is not well-understood by consumers.
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spelling nottingham-260392017-10-19T13:13:55Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26039/ Understanding Consumer Behaviour: a Qualitative Research of Eco-Labelling in the Cosmetic Industry Pelissier, Camille This dissertation aims at investigating the way ethical and traditional consumers manage their eco-labelled cosmetics purchases. In this qualitative research, six participants have been interviewed around different topics drawn upon the research questions and the literature review: cosmetics purchases patterns, understanding of the eco-label concept, cosmetics buying criteria and price premium. Then, a discourse analysis method has been used to explore the data collected. The main findings of this thesis show that consumers who are aware of ethical issues are more likely to buy eco-labelled cosmetics. Moreover, the evidences prove that the concept of eco-labelling is not well-understood by consumers. 2012-09-21 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26039/1/dissertation-pelissier-mscCSR.pdf Pelissier, Camille (2012) Understanding Consumer Behaviour: a Qualitative Research of Eco-Labelling in the Cosmetic Industry. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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Understanding Consumer Behaviour: a Qualitative Research of Eco-Labelling in the Cosmetic Industry
title Understanding Consumer Behaviour: a Qualitative Research of Eco-Labelling in the Cosmetic Industry
title_full Understanding Consumer Behaviour: a Qualitative Research of Eco-Labelling in the Cosmetic Industry
title_fullStr Understanding Consumer Behaviour: a Qualitative Research of Eco-Labelling in the Cosmetic Industry
title_full_unstemmed Understanding Consumer Behaviour: a Qualitative Research of Eco-Labelling in the Cosmetic Industry
title_short Understanding Consumer Behaviour: a Qualitative Research of Eco-Labelling in the Cosmetic Industry
title_sort understanding consumer behaviour: a qualitative research of eco-labelling in the cosmetic industry
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/26039/