Decision-making style of Chinese consumer on clothing

The purpose of this study was to investigate the style of decision making of Chinese consumer in Malaysia towards clothing. This research is based on the Sproles and Kendall’s (1986) Consumer Style Inventory (CSI). 200 Chinese consumers in Klang Valley were selected as sample. Six reliable factors...

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Main Authors: Radam, Alias, Ali, Mass Hareeza, Yong, Siew Leng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Global Business Management 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22846/
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author Radam, Alias
Ali, Mass Hareeza
Yong, Siew Leng
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description The purpose of this study was to investigate the style of decision making of Chinese consumer in Malaysia towards clothing. This research is based on the Sproles and Kendall’s (1986) Consumer Style Inventory (CSI). 200 Chinese consumers in Klang Valley were selected as sample. Six reliable factors of consumer decision-making styles on clothing were identified in this study, which are price/value of money, confused by over choice, habitual/brand-loyal, novelty/fashion consciousness, brand consciousness, and impulsive/careless. The findings in this study were useful in helping marketer to reallocate their marketing strategies and provide information to marketers about the consumer’s decision-making profile of Chinese consumers in particularly in Malaysia.
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spelling upm-228462015-10-30T07:09:59Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22846/ Decision-making style of Chinese consumer on clothing Radam, Alias Ali, Mass Hareeza Yong, Siew Leng The purpose of this study was to investigate the style of decision making of Chinese consumer in Malaysia towards clothing. This research is based on the Sproles and Kendall’s (1986) Consumer Style Inventory (CSI). 200 Chinese consumers in Klang Valley were selected as sample. Six reliable factors of consumer decision-making styles on clothing were identified in this study, which are price/value of money, confused by over choice, habitual/brand-loyal, novelty/fashion consciousness, brand consciousness, and impulsive/careless. The findings in this study were useful in helping marketer to reallocate their marketing strategies and provide information to marketers about the consumer’s decision-making profile of Chinese consumers in particularly in Malaysia. The Journal of Global Business Management 2011-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22846/1/Decision.pdf Radam, Alias and Ali, Mass Hareeza and Yong, Siew Leng (2011) Decision-making style of Chinese consumer on clothing. Journal of Global Business Management, 7 (2). pp. 12-19. ISSN 1817-3179 http://www.jgbm.org/page/previous_V7-2.htm
spellingShingle Radam, Alias
Ali, Mass Hareeza
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Decision-making style of Chinese consumer on clothing
title Decision-making style of Chinese consumer on clothing
title_full Decision-making style of Chinese consumer on clothing
title_fullStr Decision-making style of Chinese consumer on clothing
title_full_unstemmed Decision-making style of Chinese consumer on clothing
title_short Decision-making style of Chinese consumer on clothing
title_sort decision-making style of chinese consumer on clothing
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22846/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22846/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22846/1/Decision.pdf