نوع مقاله : مقاله مستخرج از رساله دکتری
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Online shopping has increased dramatically in recent years. The product color name is used as a new strategy and marketing tool by increasing competition in online businesses and improving customer awareness. This study was aimed to identify the effect of color naming on consumer behavior and to present an appropriate model. This study was performed in a sequential exploratory mixed method. The qualitative study was interpretive phenomenology and quantitative study was semi experimental. The statistical population included customers of top online stores in Tehran who had online shopping experience. Sampling was done purposefully with maximum variation. The Results of a qualitative study showed that in six themes included attitudes toward different types of color names, semantic load of color names, consumer expectations of hearing color names, consumption perceptions from hearing the name of color, consumer behavior according to the type of product and finally consumer characteristics were categorized and the research model was presented. In quantitative phase, 3 scenarios were developed and the model were measured. The results showed that common names did not affect consumer behavior in any goods, but uncommon names did affect on consumers' attitudes toward the product. In goods with primary color characteristics, there is a significant relationship between color names and the purchase decision to the product. The semantic burden of color name was decisive on attitudes toward the product and consequently on consumer behavior.
کلیدواژهها English