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                                                                                    <journal-title>International Journal of Social Inquiry</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">1307-8364</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">1307-9999</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>CONSUMERS’ COLOR PERCEPTION AND GENDER:  A RESEARCH FROM MARKETING PERSPECTIVE</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>TÜKETİCİLERİN RENK ALGISI VE CİNSİYET: PAZARLAMA BAKIŞ AÇISINDAN BİR ARAŞTIRMA</trans-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Bican Şen</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ayşe</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Özdemir</surname>
                                    <given-names>Erkan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                            </contrib>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20171010">
                    <day>10</day>
                    <month>10</month>
                    <year>2017</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>8</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>183</fpage>
                                        <lpage>221</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20171026">
                        <day>10</day>
                        <month>26</month>
                        <year>2017</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20170903">
                        <day>09</day>
                        <month>03</month>
                        <year>2017</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2008, International Journal of Social Inquiry</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2008</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>International Journal of Social Inquiry</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>The colors possessedby physical objects can affect people’s feelings, thoughts, and even physiologyin different ways. In terms of marketing, color is an important factor thatmust be used with care at almost every stage of marketing such as productdevelopment, product management, pricing, distribution and promotion. Thepurpose of this study is to reveal the color perception of the people in termsof marketing by considering the gender variable. Survey data were collected byface-to-face survey method. The study was carried out in Bursa city/Turkey and theobtained data were evaluated by frequency analysis. As a result of theanalysis, color perception of consumers and gender differences in colorperception are revealed. If gender is taken into consideration, marketingexecutives can effectively use colors in their products and packaging,expressing the country’s origin, creating brand and company image, creatingadvertising campaigns, and creating a store (online and offline) atmosphere.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Fizikselobjelerin sahip olduğu renkler, insanların duygularını, düşüncelerini hattafizyolojilerini dahi farklı şekillerde etkileyebilmektedir. Pazarlama açısındanrenk unsuru, yeni ürün geliştirme ve ürün yönetimi, fiyatlama, dağıtım vetutundurma gibi pazarlamanın hemen her aşamasında dikkatle kullanılması gerekenönemli bir faktördür. Bu çalışmanın amacı, pazarlama açısından kişilerin renkalgısını cinsiyet değişkenini de dikkate alarak ortaya koymaktır. Araştırmaverileri yüz yüze anket yöntemiyle toplanmıştır. Araştırma Bursa/Türkiyegerçekleştirilmiş olup, elde edilen veriler frekans analiziyledeğerlendirilmiştir. Analiz sonucunda tüketicilerin renk algısı ve renkalgısındaki cinsiyet farklılıkları ortaya konmuştur. Eğer cinsiyet değişkeni dedikkate alınırsa, pazarlama yöneticileri üründe ve ambalajında, ülke orijininiifade etmede, marka ve şirket imajı oluşturmada, reklam kampanyalarında vemağaza (çevrimiçi ve çevrimdışı) atmosferini oluşturmada renkleri etkin birşekilde kullanabilirler.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Color</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Color Perception</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Color Preference</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Marketing</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Gender</kwd>
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                                                                            <kwd-group xml:lang="tr">
                                                    <kwd>Renk</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Renk Algısı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Renk Tercihi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Pazarlama</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Cinsiyet</kwd>
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