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Japanese Consumer Behaviour

In: Japanese Consumer Dynamics

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  • Parissa Haghirian
  • Aaron Toussaint

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In general terms, consumer behaviour is strongly related to the national culture of the consumer group in question (Schütte and Ciarliante, 1998). Culture is defined as the set of values, beliefs and activities which are communicated from elders to younger people (Adler, 2001), or ‘patterns of thought and manners which are widely shared’ (Child and Kieser, 1977, quoted in Usunier, 2000). It is reasonable to expect, then, that consumer behaviour in Japan would be strongly related to Japanese culture; and, indeed, Japanese consumers have displayed very particular patterns of consumer behaviour. The Japanese predilection for brand products and European luxury goods is particularly well known in the West; what is perhaps less well known, but is nonetheless of significant interest, is the Japanese attitude towards product prices, which has in recent years changed from a preference for high prices to a wider acceptance of cheaper products.

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  • Parissa Haghirian & Aaron Toussaint, 2011. "Japanese Consumer Behaviour," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Parissa Haghirian (ed.), Japanese Consumer Dynamics, chapter 2, pages 18-30, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-30222-8_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230302228_2
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    1. Elhajjar, Samer, 2023. "Factors influencing buying behavior of Lebanese consumers towards fashion brands during economic crisis: A qualitative study," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).

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