G rounded on Status Consumption Theory (SCT) approach, this article analyzes how the consumption habits of children of high and low Brazilian social classes are constituted, it also criticizes the Global Trickle-down Model (GTDM) and analyzes the precision of the recent theoretical modifications suggested by Üstüner and Holt (2010) concerning the inadequacy of SCT to the developing countries. We carried on a theoretical-empirical research based on 36 in-depth interviews with children between 9 and 12 years old, of high or low classes. Based on a content analysis, we present and discuss the results through the following analytical categories: influence agents, relation with the universe of possibilities and (2008), em relação a classes sociais extremas. Nesta pesquisa analisamos criticamente a adequabilidade, a precisão e a completude desses desenvolvimentos teóricos à realidade brasileira, oferecendo, a partir de uma pesquisa teórico-empírica, uma nova visão teórica a respeito da TCS.Além dos aspectos acima apontados, é notório que a TCS ignora em sua construção o processo de sociabilização (ROEDDER JOHN, 2008), fundamental para entender como uma criança se torna um consumidor e como seus hábitos de consumo se relacionam com essa corrente teórica. Considerando que os hábitos (inclusive os de consumo) são constituídos ainda na infância, sob forte influência da escola e da família (BOURDIEU, 2008), a falta de atenção quanto à relação do desenvolvimento das crianças com o contexto social limita a compreensão do processo de formação dos hábitos de consumo. A literatura sobre a formação dos hábitos de consumo e do gosto considera, principalmente, suas transformações/transferências através das gerações, mas desconsidera a infância na sua construção teórica. (COOK, 2008) Ademais, nas Ciências Sociais predominam estudos que lidam com aspectos mais pragmáticos do consumo infantil (por exemplo, produção, distribuição e consumo). Aspectos simbó-licos e subjetivos, fundamentais na formação do hábito de consumo, normalmente são negligenciados. (MARTENS et al., 2004) No Brasil, as crianças e adolescentes até 14 anos correspondem a cerca de 24% da população, aproximadamente 5% menos do que a uma década atrás (IBGE, 2010). Apesar do declínio na natalidade, o foco no segmento infantil por parte das indústrias não deixa de crescer. O faturamento da indústria de brinquedos, por exemplo, gira em torno de 3,5 bilhões de reais por ano. (ABRINQ, 2011) Já o mercado de higiene e cosméticos para crianças movimentou 945 milhões de dólares em 2009, sendo o Brasil o segundo maior consumidor mundial, representando cerca de 14% do total do mercado mundial de produtos de higiene e cosméticos para crianças. (ABIHPEC, 2010). O segmento de moda infantil, por sua vez, gera US$ 4,5 bilhões em negócios ao ano. Além disso, 38% dos pais reconhecem que os filhos escolhem as próprias roupas e acessórios. (ABIT, 2012) Todo esse crescimento de vendas, entretanto, vem acompanhado de críticas ao ambiente de culto ao consumo em que as crianças est...
Hedonic adaptation can explain why individuals enjoy their products less over time. One key feature of hedonic adaptation is its dependence on consumption repetition. Our research investigates when the perception of repetitive consumption leads consumers to predict faster hedonic adaptation (i.e., less enjoyment). We conducted four studies testing the impact of repetition on predicted enjoyment (Studies 1A and 1B), the interaction between repetition and assortment variety (Study 2), and the interaction between repetition and attention drawn by the product (Study 3). Results show that repetition leads consumers to predict less future enjoyment, weakens the effect of assortment variety on hedonic adaptation prediction, and strengthens the effect of attention drawn by product on hedonic adaptation prediction. Our results also show that consumers who predict less future enjoyment with a product are less likely to purchase this product. Overall, the findings advance knowledge on hedonic adaptation by presenting the impact of the most relevant feature of hedonic adaptation (i.e., consumption repetition) when it is made salient for consumers, and its interaction with common contextual cues.
Past research on product upgrades has focused either on understanding who and when will upgrade or on figuring out why consumers will upgrade, but seldom on all. It has also neglected the interplay between these matters with decision context and timing. This manuscript depicts a comprehensive approach where, for the first time, product characteristics, individual differences, process, and contextual variables are analyzed on a predictive model of real product upgrades, identified through the systematic collection of primary data from a panel of smartphone consumers. We tested one traditional linear logistic regression model and two types of non-linear, state-of-the-art machine-learning models (extreme gradient boosting and deep learning) to explain upgrading behavior. Results provide an integrative, yet parsimonious, product-upgrade model showing the importance of resources; news about the smartphone brand; sentimental value; predicted, current, and remembered enjoyment; update capacity; and how much the smartphone meets the user's current needs as the most relevant variables to determine which consumers are more prone to upgrade their smartphones. Our findings advance upgrade decision theory by taking a holistic approach to the phenomenon and bridging different theoretical accounts of the replacement decision literature.
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