The Luxury Indulgence Factor and Self-Control
Many marketers target humans’
natural want for a luxury good by promoting in the way that the consumer works
hard, so they in fact deserve the good.
However, this type of advertising may backfire on companies. Are consumers happier when they indulge for
no reason vs. a “work hard play hard” mentality? For example, Coca Cola marketed their “Open
Happiness” campaign towards making consumers happier if they drank a Coca Cola
product. The way that an “indulgent”
marketing campaign is received by consumers all depends on their level of
self-control when it comes to these goods.
The
study in this article had a number of hypotheses, focused around indulging with
reason (e.g., a reward for hard work) or indulgence for no reason (someone with
little self-control). The study took a
look at 175 students, aged averagely around 26 years and more than 60% female,
and received a reward for completing this study. The results of the study were concurrent and
agreed with the proposed hypotheses mentioned earlier. Those with higher self-control were happier
when they indulged for a reason vs. those without, and vice versa.
This
relates to the course content in terms of the marketing research topics
covered. This sample size here was the
perfect example of a focus group. When
analyzing the results, the people running the experiment also used analysis methods
such as a factor analysis and a regression analysis as well.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167811617300678?via%3Dihub
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