Reviews the research work and conceptual development of the International Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) group into the nature of buyer‐seller relationships which has evolved during the past 20 years. The themes of interaction, relationships and networks encapsulate the major research thrusts of this group and underlie much of the contemporary academic research in Europe. Addresses these themes, which represent the major phases of challenging conceptual and empirical research with which the IMP group has been concerned since its inception in 1976. Aims to show the development process of the IMP research and to integrate some of its various themes and findings.
The healthy lifestyle is a growing trend that involves the search for general well-being and physical, mental, and emotional health, leading the consumer to improve their eating habits and dedicate time to their physical activity and the implements required for its development. The consumer is more exposed to external stimuli that affect their decisions, opening the way for a consumer of trends and knowledge, derived from the digital age, where by having greater access to information about products and brands, and therefore likewise, the more feedback from other consumers, you can be more analytical or influential in your purchases; At the same time, given the growth and development of technologies, a more demanding consumer is also expected. In this sense, organizations must know the consumer profile and investigate the reason for their behavior, optimally meeting demand and offering products according to their target audience. For its part, the consumption of brands is a volatile variable that implies the consumer's psychographic perception, prompting him to prefer one over others available in the market. Given the lack of studies in the city of Barranquilla in relation to the above, the purpose of this research is to analyze the influence of a healthy lifestyle on the consumption behavior of international brands of sports textiles, establishing the following specific objectives: (i) Identify current sports trends in the market of the city of Barranquilla. (ii) Identify the current competition in the textile sector of international sports brands in the market of the city of Barranquilla. (iii) Characterize the demographic and psychographic profile of Barranquilla consumers in relation to international sportswear brands. Accordingly, the instrument was applied to a segmented sample of 147 people who practice physical activity in an age range between 18 and 40 who have purchased sportswear brands in the last two years; The reliability of this was determined through the Alpha Cronbach coefficient and three constructs were considered: attitudes towards physical activity, consumption habits and assessment of attributes and purchase intention of the sports client. Based on the data ESTILO DE VIDA SALUDABLE Y MARCAS DEPORTIVAS EN BARRANQUILLA 7 obtained in the survey, together with the observation guide, the characterization of the demographic and psychographic profile of the Barranquilla consumer of sports textiles was carried out. The results obtained showed that the Barranquilla consumer is not loyal to a brand and is susceptible to acquiring others on the market that are consistent with their criteria in the price-material composition-quality relationship. Likewise, it allowed identifying the strategies implemented by international sports brands, where each one develops its own identity of visual merchandising and window dressing, with standardized advertising at the national level, and applying psychological pricing strategies, hi-lo prices, and prices in relation to with the competition.
His areas of expertise include international marketing and purchasing, the management of customer relationships and portfolios and health care management and marketing. He is a member of a number of professional bodies, has had positions as the editor and associate editor of journals and is on a number of editorial boards. During his career he has acted as a consultant for a number of companies including HSBC Bank. His work has been published widely, including contributions to Industrial Marketing Management, the
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