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What consumers say and do: planned and actual amounts bought in relation to brand benefits

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  • Rafael Barreiros Porto
  • Jorge Mendes de Oliveira-Castro
  • Diogo Conque Seco-Ferreira

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The present study investigates whether consumers purchase the amount they plan to buy, considering the levels of informational and utilitarian benefits of the brands. The design was a natural experiment between subjects. A questionnaire was applied to 1016 consumers who entered a large retail store. At the exit, their purchases were examined. Probit regressions of amount bought as a function of amount planned, including brands' benefit levels as factors, showed a significant interaction effect. They demonstrated that consumers buy more units of brands with low benefits than with high benefits when they plan to buy above the average of other consumers.

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  • Rafael Barreiros Porto & Jorge Mendes de Oliveira-Castro & Diogo Conque Seco-Ferreira, 2010. "What consumers say and do: planned and actual amounts bought in relation to brand benefits," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(15), pages 2559-2570, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:31:y:2010:i:15:p:2559-2570
    DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2011.529607
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