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Subroto Barma Suvo
ID No: 163-126-009
Batch: 39th MBA
Major in Marketing
Department of Business Administration
Metropolitan University, Sylhet.
Md. Emran Uddin
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Department of Business Administration
Metropolitan University, Sylhet
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Table of Contents
Introduction
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1. 1 Introduction
The cosmetic industry in Bangladesh is growing rigorously in last few years. Although
Bangladesh’s local products have less demand as compared to the international brands. The
increasing of cosmetic products is due to the reason that people are bombarded with the
advertisements through which they gather information and this factor motivate them to
purchase it. Cosmetic industry is directly related with the fashion industry as consumers have
the deep insight about their looks and the fashion trending at specific time. Person’s desire to
look good and be acceptable in the society highly influences the people to buy the cosmetic
products.
This particular thesis focuses on the advertisement and various spending of advertisements on
different factors of consumer buying behavior. Consumer buying behavior is mostly affected
by some factors which include culture, family and brand image. On the other hand brand
awareness also helps the customer to buy a certain product. Due to this fact, cosmetic
companies focus on advertising the products. This report also put light on other factors which
cal also influence the buying behavior of the consumers such as life styles, purchasing power,
technology, traditional culture and income. Advertisers spend much amount of investment
while advertising their product so they keep their focus on these factors so that they can
influence consumer mind with advertisements.
Advertisement helps the company to create the awareness in their customers and ingredients
the advertisements shape the perception of the customers either in the positive or in a
negative way. People can perceive the quality of the products by gathering the information
which they usually get through advertisements. The perception of the quality, awareness of
the product and consumer opinion drives the consumer buying decision. Study critically
evaluates these factors which shape the buying behavior and provides the deep insights
towards the role of advertisements shaping the consumer behavior.
The essence of being in business by any business outfits is to produce for sales and profits. In
order to remain in business an organization must generate enough sales from its products
cover operating costs and post reasonable profits. For many organizations, sales estimate is
the starting point in budgeting or profit planning. It’s so because it must be determined, in
most cases, before production units could be arrived at while production units will in turn
affect material purchases. However, taking decision on sales is the most difficult tasks facing
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many business executives. This is because it is difficult to predict, estimate or determine with
accuracy, potential customers ‘demands as they are uncontrollable factors external to an
organization. Considering, therefore, the importance of sales on business survival and the
connection between customers and sales, it is expedient for organizations to engage in
programmers that can influence consumers’ decision to purchase its products. This is where
advertising and brand management are relevant. Advertising is a subset of promotion mix
which is one of the4ps in the marketing mix i.e product, price, place and promotion. As a
promotional strategy, advertising serve as a major tool in creating product awareness and
condition the mind of a potential consumer to take eventual purchase decision.
Advertising, sales promotion and public relations are mass-communication tools available to
marketers. As its name suggests, mass communication uses the same message for everyone in
an audience. The mass communication tools trade off the advantage of personal selling, the
opportunity to tailor a message to each prospect, for the advantage of reaching many people
at a lower cost per person (Etzel et al., 1997). Today, definitions of advertising abound. We
might define it as communication process, a marketing process, an economic and social
process, a public relations process or information and persuasion process (Arens, 1996).
Dunn et al. (1978) viewed advertising from its functional perspectives, hence they define it as
a paid, non-personal communication through various media by business firms, non-profit
organization, and individuals who are in some way identified in the advertising message and
who hope to inform or persuade members of a particular audience. Morden (1991) is of the
opinion that advertising is used to establish a basic awareness of the product or service in the
mind of the potential customer and to build up knowledge about it. Kotler (1988) sees
advertising as one of the four major tools companies use to direct persuasive communications
to target buyers and public noting that “it consists of non-personal forms of communication
conducted through paid media under clear sponsorship”. According to him, the purpose of
advertising is to enhance potential buyers’ responses to the organization and its offering,
emphasizing that “it seeks to do this providing information, by channeling desire, and by
supplying reasons for preferring a particular organization’s offer. While writing on
advertising nature and scope, Etzel et al. (1997) succinctly capture all advertising as having
four features
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A verbal and or visual message
A sponsor who is identified
Delivery through one or more media
Payment by the sponsor to the media
1.2Problem Statement:
As companies are spending large amount of investment on the TV advertisement because
they want to keep their product at the top of the customer’s mind.TV Advertisement has
proven to be a successful tool for the communication but companies are still in the confusion
that what kind of ingredients should be there and how do these advertisements will help to
change the consumer buying behavior.
This research will also be useful for the policy makers as well as for the economists to make
economies. This will explain that to which extent an ad is having an impact on the sale of that
product and it would be easy for the policy makers and the economists to make policies
according to that.
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1.5. Scope of the Study:
The conclusions drawn from the study are based on the responses given by the consumers in
a specific area. This study will be helpful in getting an insight into the perception of
Consumers on Advertisements and its impacts on changing the buying behaviors of
consumers.
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Chapter: 02
Literature Review
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2.1 Literature Review
In the present era, marketers are focusing customer rule that is customer is their first
preference. To keep deep eye on customers the primary responsibility to the organization is to
gain the knowledge about the customers. In this way marketers will be successful in fulfilling
the needs and wants of the customers and seek the better opportunities in the market.
Researchers find out that marketers need to understand these four things in order to serve
their customers better. Firstly marketers must know that customers make rational decisions so
they can get the best product available in the market. Secondly customers also make irrational
decisions and they are very impulsive and can be attracted towards the promotional activities.
In the same way emotional association also put an influence on the mind of customers. In the
last customers also buy as a problem solver, they seeks the products which can solve their
problem
Rafique et al, 2016 argued that advertisement is a way to communicate with the audience.
They believed that culture highly influence the buying behaviors of the people because every
person has different wants and trends according to their life styles. Thus if we say that
advertisement is like a magic than it will not be false because advertisement actually changes
the needs and wants of the people and sometimes it creates the need among the people (Yasir
Rafique, 2016). People are highly affected by the advertisements and organizations are trying
to target the masses of the people. Organizations are using above the line and below the line
techniques of the advertisement which fit best with their products. Researchers have found
that media advertisement are most popular advertisements and people like television ads, so it
is a suitable medium to advertise products like cosmetics and FMCG.
A research conducted in India found that adolescents are highly attracted towards the TV
commercial. Along with that teen girls also influenced by the TV commercials and they tend
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to buy the products which they saw in commercials. So it gives us idea that mass media has
the great impact on the advertisements. Organizations are moving towards the creative
content which attracts the teenage girls as well as boys to buy the products (Nidhi Kotwal,
2008).
With the modern era there has been seen a remarkable boom in technology, with this
technology advertisers now considering the number of mass media channels and means of
communications which provide them the easy and fast access to the consumers. Other side of
this technology advancement is that customers are now having plenty of information and they
can get the thing which best suits to them. So it becomes very difficult for the advertiser to
build the brand awareness and condition the mind of the customers to make final purchase
decision, as customers are gaining more control over the products and information.
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2.4. Impact of Advertisement:
Role of advertisement is to carry message to the far distances. It is also use to target the
scatter mass audience. The role of advertising on sales volume is very important. It is proved
to be very essential tool in enhancing the sales of brand. Advertisement is directly linked with
the sales of the products.
Advertisements customer behavior shaped and they motivate to buy such products.
Researchers found that repetition in the advertisement hit the mind of the customers which
also help them to remember that product and purchase repeatedly.
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2.7. Strategic Innovation in Cosmetic Industry:
Practitioners and strategists think that strategic innovation is an inclusive term which involves
the different innovation and creativity like new products and services. The companies are
expanding due to saturation of the local markets and these companies are going
internationally and globally. Several strategic innovation must me take into account for these
kind of expansions. Strategic innovation involves four things that are new market creation,
product value addition, competitive disruption and service value addition (Caroline SueLin,
2010). Cosmetic industry is focusing in these four dimensions. Cosmetics are not essential in
the life of human beings yet they have to create their market and expand their circle. So they
have to focus on these things. They can attract the customers by providing the best services
and assuring the quality. Marketers in the cosmetic industry are continuously finding ways to
bring new and innovative products for their customers. Along with this they are also focusing
on making the most attractive and appealing advertisements, so that they can attract more and
more customers.
Cosmetic companies are making the standardized products for the consumers all over the
world. This gives them way to create the strong brand image and personality in the mind of
the customers. With the analysis of some global cosmetic companies like Chanel and
Guerlain are making the standardized products for the all over the world. Companies launch
the products three to four times in a year. As we have seen that cosmetic companies are
offering the same products with little or minimum changes all over the world. Companies do
so for attaining the economies of the scales and ensuring the quality. Along with that,
companies also follow the localization strategy, in order to penetrate in the new market.
Marketers represent their strategies in their advertisements. In cosmetics advertising is very
important in creating the brand. For this they are using the stars and celebrities from
Hollywood and Bollywood in their commercials (Ivančová, 2013). While analyzing these
commercials it is obvious that cosmetics companies target the elite class and arouse the desire
in them to own the product even these are not accessible in market. Companies want to
spread the same brand image all over the world so they are showing the standardized
commercials all over the world.
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2.9. Attitudes toward Cosmetic Products:
Attitudes are formed through experience and learning and that attitude influence the buying
behavior. The positioning of the brand is dependent on the success and failure of the
company. Middle aged people have positive attitude towards the cosmetics and beauty
products because they want to look young and also they are settled in their life so they have
spending to spend on these luxuries.
Along with the women, men are also arriving in the world of cosmetics. Although common
men are reluctant in using the creams and beauty products but still they are now attracting
towards this industry. Interest of men in the cosmetics arises due to care of their body and
face impression. The competition in the professional world put influence on the men to care
for their looks.
Several factors influence on the men attitudes to shape the behavior. These factors include
environmental factors, socio demographic factors and economical factors. In environmental
factors culture, social class and group or family influences the attitude of the men and in
socio demographic factors age and location are the key factors which influence on the buying
behavior of the men.
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Along with these kinds of advertisement strategies, brands have various slogans which
influence the buying behavior of the customers all over the world. Brands use these slogans
cross culturally. In the world numbers of slogans are used in English and French languages to
enhance the brand validity, brand appeals, brand positives and brand philosophies.
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Chapter: 03
Data Analysis
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3.1 Introduction:
This chapter provided the methodology of the study. It gave the specific procedure that was
followed in undertaking the study. The research design, population, sampling design, data
collection methods and data analysis were described in this chapter.
Thus the design attempted to collect data from members of a given population so as to
determine the current status of that particular population with respect to one or more
variables. . Hence the design was selected to Impact on TV Advertisement of Consumer
Behavior was used to get characteristics of the target population too large to observe directly.
The population is well defined set of people, services elements and events, group of things or
households that are being investigated. Defines target population as that population to which
a researcher wants to generalize the results of a study. The target population of this study was
defined as TV Advertisement of Consumer Behavior in County. They were 50 Consumer
from TV Advertise Firm in the sub county as given in the table.
The study adopted a questionnaire as the main data collection tool. The developed
questionnaires were administered to the sampled respondents. It was a drop and pick method
since majority of targeted respondents were too busy to fill the questionnaires on the spot and
therefore needed extra time for the same. The questionnaires had a set of attitude statements
on Consumer.
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3.5 Data analysis procedures:
After data was collected it was inspected to ensure that only relevant and accurate data was
retained for analysis. The study TV Advertisement of consumer in the analysis of data.
Findings of the study were presented using frequency tables and percentages.
This chapter presents the findings of the study. The study sought to establish whether TV
Advertisement of Consumer is influenced by student discipline, determine the TV
Advertisement of Consumer.
Gender:
The destitution of respondent gender revealed that out of 50 respondents, 33 (66%) are male
and rest 17 (34%) are Female. Graphical presentation is given bellow:
Gender
34%
Male
100%
66% Female
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Age:
The destitution of respondent Age revealed that out of 50 respondents, 15(30%) respondents
age is 26-30. 26 (52%) respondents age is 31-35 and 9 (18%) respondent age 35.
Frequece
35+ 26-30
18% 30%
31-35
52%
3.6.2 Education:
Education
40%
30%
20%
10%
0% Education
Comments:
The destitution of respondent’s Education revealed that out of 100 respondents, 18(36%)
respondents Education is Graduation 32 (64%) respondent’s education is post graduation. 20
(36%) respondents Education is SSC, 30 (64%) respondent’s education is HSC.
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3.6.3 Monthly Family Income:
Percentiles %
10,000 or less 68
Above 10,000-30,000 22
Above 30,000- 50,000 6
Above 50,000 4
Total 100%
70 Percentiles
60
50
40
68
30
20
10
22
0 0
6
4
Comments: The destitution of respondent’s Monthly Family Income revealed that out
of100 respondents, 34(68%) respondents Income is 1-5 year’s, 11(22%) respondent’s
Income is 6-10 year’s, 3(6%) respondent’s Income is 30,00-50000, 2(4%) respondent’s
Income is
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3.6.4 Education level:
SSC 14%
Graduate 31%
HSC 35%
Percentage (%)
40%
35% 35%
30% 31%
25%
20%
Percentage (%)
15%
14%
12%
10%
5%
0%
SSC Graduate Post Graduate HSC
The above diagram shows us the percentage in the Education of respondents. As shows that
from SSC 14% the number of respondents are 31 % and from age of Graduate it is 12 %
and from Post Graduate it is 35% and from HSC this is the above data which is shown by the
this Line chart
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3.6.5 To know the occupation of the respondents?
Occupation
10%
23%
18%
Professional
Students
Govt Employed
12%
Self-Employed
37%
Others
Interpretation
This graph help us to know the occupation of the respondents, this is to know that
which segment of people are buying more products on the internet whether they are the
segment of students of government employees or professional , the above graph shows
that the segment of the students i.e. 37% of the students are using internet and use to buy
online products.
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3.6.6 I enjoy TV advertising.
Working Independents:
Frequency Percentiles %
Strongly Agree 3 6
Agree 12 24
Neutral 26 52
Disagree 9 18
Strongly Disagree 0 0
Total 50 100%
60 52
40 24
6 18
20 Frequency
Frequency; 26
Frequency; 3 0 Percentage
0 Frequency; 12 Frequency; 9 Percentage
Strongly Frequency; 0 Frequency
Agree
Agree Neutral
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
Comments: The analysis conclude that as high as 52% Respondent’s Neutral, 24%
Respondent’s Agree, 18% Respondent’s Disagree, 6% Respondent’s Strongly Agree, and 0%
Respondent’s Strongly Disagree to the statements of enjoy TV. In the view of total
respondents, maximum respondents neutral.
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3.6.7 I believe that only reputed brands can provide TV advertisement
Frequency Percentiles %
Strongly Agree 3 6
Agree 31 62
Neutral 13 26
Disagree 3 6
Strongly Disagree 0 0
50 100%
62
70
60
50
40 26
6
30
Frequency
20 Frequency; 31
6 Percentiles %
10
0
0 Frequency; 3 Frequency; 13
Strongly Frequency; 3
Agree
Agree Neutral Frequency; 0
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
Comments: The analysis conclude that as high as 62% Respondent’s Agree, 26%
Respondent’s are Neutral, 6% Respondent’s Strongly agree, 6% Respondent’s Disagree, and
0% Respondent’s Strongly Disagree to the statements of reputed brands. In the view of total
respondents, maximum respondents Agree.
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3.6.8 Only good quality products are advertised on TV.
Frequency Percentiles %
Strongly Agree 6 12
Agree 21 42
Neutral 15 30
Disagree 8 16
Strongly Disagree 1 2
50 100%
60 42
12 30
40
16
20 Frequency
Frequency; 21 2
Frequency; 6 Frequency; 15
0 Percentiles %
Frequency; 8
Strongly Agree Frequency; 1
Agree Neutral
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
Comments: The analysis conclude that as high as 42% Respondent’s Agree, 30%
Respondent’s are Neutral, 16% Respondent’s Disagree, 12% Respondent’s Strongly agree,
and 2% Respondent’s Strongly Disagree to the statements of good quality products. In the
view of total respondents, maximum respondents Agree.
Frequency Percentiles %
Strongly Agree 6 12
Agree 21 42
Neutral 15 30
Disagree 8 16
Strongly Disagree 1 2
50 100%
22
50 42
40
30
30
21 Frequency
20 15 16
8 Percentiles %
10 6
2.4 1 2
0
Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
Agree Disagree
Comments: The analysis conclude that as high as 42% Respondent’s Agree, 12%
Respondent’s Strongly agree, 30% Respondent’s are Neutral, 16% Respondent’s Strongly
Disagree, and 2% Respondent’s Strongly Disagree to the statements of product is reliable. In
the view of total respondents, maximum respondents Agree.
Frequency Percentiles %
Strongly Agree 7 14%
Agree 20 40%
Neutral 16 32%
Disagree 6 12%
Strongly Disagree 1 2%
50 100%
50 42
40
30
30
21 Frequency
20 15 16
8 Percentiles %
10 6
2.4 1 2
0
Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
Agree Disagree
Comments: The analysis conclude that as high as 42% Respondent’s Agree, 12%
Respondent’s Strongly agree, 30% Respondent’s are Neutral, 16% Respondent’s Strongly
Disagree, and 2% Respondent’s Strongly Disagree to the statements of All TV advertisements
do not provide complete information. In the view of total respondents, maximum respondents
Agree.
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3.6.11 Do you think TV advertising make a strong brand.
Frequency Percentiles %
Strongly Agree 6 35
Agree 21 20
Neutral 15 25
Disagree 8 15
Strongly Disagree 1 5
50 100%
35
100% 20 25 15 5
90%
80%
70%
60%
50% Percentiles %
40% Frequency; 21
30% Frequency
Frequency; 15 Frequency; 8
20%
10%
Frequency; 6 Frequency; 1
0%
Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly
Agree Disagree
Comments: The analysis conclude that as high as 35% Respondent’s Agree, 20%
Respondent’s are Neutral, 25% Respondent’s Disagree, 15% Respondent’s Strongly agree,
and 5% Respondent’s Strongly Disagree to the statements of strong brand. In the view of total
respondents, maximum respondents Agree.
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Chapter: 04
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4.1 Findings
Mostly youth believes that T.V advertisements are good source of information
regarding the product.
Youth believes that T.V advertisements help them to make a choice between
various alternative products.
These days’ advertisements are shown in interesting manner and youth show
interest in watching ads rather switching to other channels.
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4.2 Recommendations
Normally youth are attracted towards T.V media so advertiser should concentrate
more on T.V media for effectiveness.
Advertisements should be such that one can watch these sitting along with family
members.
T.V advertisements should not be presented in such a way that it promotes the
aggression among youth.
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4.3 Conclusion
This particular research was conducted to find out the impact of advertisements on the buying
behavior of the people in cosmetic industry. Study reveals that there are two important
variables which can influence the buying behaviors of the people but these two factors are not
solely reason to change the behaviors of the consumers rather they can contributing in
changing the behaviors of the consumers. Research was conducted under the premises of the
Karachi boundaries and 100 respondents were targeted who use various kinds of cosmetics
products from different brands. Results tell that advertisements are useful in coating the
awareness among the consumers. TVCs and billboards are widely used by the different
marketing departments of the cosmetic companies which are targeting above the line through
these medium. Their ads contain enough information to attract the consumers as well as
create the awareness in the mind of the customers. First hypothesis was supposed to check the
relationship between the advertisement and the consumer awareness. Results showed that
there is relationship present between these two. People get awareness through advertisement
regarding the cosmetics. Our second hypothesis was supposed to check the relationship
between perception and advertisements. In this we failed to reject the null hypothesis which
indicates that there is no relationship present between the advertisements and consumer
perceptions. This is because of the fact that advertisements cannot create the perceptions in
the mind of the customers. Perception drive from the use of the product mainly and other
options include recommendation of the peers, friends, colleagues etc. One thing is also
important to mention that users of the cosmetics are very loyal to their brands and they cannot
be easily shifted towards other brands. Cosmetics are sensitive products which are used for
the skin care and with the aim to look beautiful thus most of the people think that particular
brand which they have experienced is suitable to their skin and they don’t want to do
experiments with their skin, so it is difficult to change the perception of the people with
advertisements.
After analyzing these two variables which can be influence by the advertisements we find out
the relationship of these two variables with that of buying behavior of the people. In this
regards our third hypothesis which has aim that there is relationship present between
consumer awareness and perception with that of buying behavior was accepted and we reject
null hypothesis. Although the impact of these two variables on the buying behavior was low
but still they are two significant variables which can shape the buying behaviors of the
consumers while purchasing the cosmetics.
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In the end we conclude that cosmetic companies should use attractive and informative
content to create the awareness in the consumers and they should not rely on the
advertisement for changing the perceptions of the consumers instead they should use new
ways of sales promotion or other medium to change the perceptions of the people. It will be
easy for any company in cosmetic industry to change the buying behavior of consumer by
creating awareness and building strong perception in the mind of their customers.
So we can conclude that majority of youth believe that T.V ads are good source of
information and help them to make a choice between various alternative products.
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