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Covid-19 - pushes marketers to sell differently to global millennials in emerging markets
Journal title : Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results
Publisher : SynthesisHub Advance Scientific Research
Print ISSN : 0976-9234
Page Number : 6993-7003
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CoronaVirus’ is a hard hit on both Millennial consumers and marketers. It forced consumers and marketers to do the usual activities of buying and selling differently. Panic buying and herd mentality was widely noticed among millennials. Their unusual buying behavior which reflects behavior during a crisis is highly influenced by environmental stimuli. From this study, it is found that there has been a significant buying behavioral shift of global millennials in emerging markets (BRIC – Brazil, Russia, India, China; CIVETS – Columbia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa). It is evident that the initial marketing attempts of marketers failed during COVID-19 due to the lack of understanding of the significance of environmental and marketing stimuli in consumers’ purchase decisions. This study brings out the various positive substantial changes brought about through internetization in marketing goods and services to millennial customers during the pandemic. The pandemic enabled a rapid digital revolution in buying and selling using digital/online platforms. The study suggests the application of the Black Box Model by marketers in marketing and selling decisions. The Internet has been the most important tool used by customers and sellers to access what they need. This study is useful to marketers and upcoming entrepreneurs to understand that it is the consumer’s buying behavior that triggers and pushes marketers to sell differently.
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DOI : https://doi.org/10.47750/pnr.2022.13.S07.847
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Article Keywords Details
- Black box model
- Consumer behavior
- Environmental stimuli
- Herd mentality
- Internetization
- Panic buying
- Emerging markets
- Millennial buying behavior