Research Article

GENERATION Y CONSUMERS' SHOPPING STYLES: A RESEARCH BY GENDER

Volume: 6 Number: 4 December 15, 2017
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GENERATION Y CONSUMERS' SHOPPING STYLES: A RESEARCH BY GENDER

Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the clothing shopping styles of generation Y consumers and  whether there exist differences in shopping styles according to the gender of generation Y consumers.

Methods: For the main purpose, a questionnaire was designed from the literature review. Convenience sampling is used and data were gathered from a survey of 402 respondents aged between 18-36 who completed a questionnaire, which was then factor-analysed to identify generation Y consumers shopping styles and t-tests were conducted for hypotheses testing.

Results: Findings indicate that seven shopping styles are valid and reliable: quality conscious, brand conscious, novelty seeking, entartainment conscious, confused by overchoice, habitual/brand loyal, and fashion conscious. The results of study show that two shopping styles are different by gender of generation Y consumers. These gender-based shopping styles differences are fashion conscious and entartainment concious. This study is providing useful data for the consumer behavior of generation Y and deeper understanding for their shopping styles.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Economics

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Hande Arıkan Kılıç This is me

Publication Date

December 15, 2017

Submission Date

October 10, 2017

Acceptance Date

December 11, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 6 Number: 4

APA
Arıkan Kılıç, H., & Kılıç, S. (2017). Y KUŞAĞI TÜKETİCİLERİNİN ALIŞVERİŞ STİLLERİ: CİNSİYETE GÖRE BİR ARAŞTIRMA. Kırklareli Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 6(4), 61-72. https://izlik.org/JA58XP37LP