...Abdul Wahid Khan; Jatin Pandey Purpose Consumers’ lifestyle and financial decision-making affects their overall well-being. This paper aims to explore the factors that motivate consumers to pursue the goal of financial independence and retiring early (FIRE). Design/methodology/approach...

...Ping Qing; Antonio Lobo; Li Chongguang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how variables related to lifestyle and ethnocentrism influence Chinese consumers' attitudes and intentions towards the purchase of domestic and imported fresh fruit. Design/methodology/approach A survey...

...Yanqun He; Deqiang Zou; Liyin Jin Purpose The objective of this paper is to investigate the lifestyles of contemporary Chinese affluent consumers and their influences on a number of consumption variables such as brand preference (local versus foreign), attitudes toward innovative products, luxury...

... attractiveness, state of health), socio‐cultural variables (i.e. beliefs, lifestyle), and marketing variables (i.e. advertising, purchase situation) on the attitude of Canadian and French males toward the purchase and consumption of men's cosmetics. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire was distributed...

... by corporate giants are hurting the public health. Marketers must team with public health officials to help improve public health through the marketing of healthy lifestyles. Practical implications If marketers implement strategies that can combine healthy products with effective marketing communication...

...Elena Fraj; Eva Martinez Purpose The aim of this study is to identify what values and lifestyles best explain environmentally friendly behaviours. Design/methodology/approach This paper adapts the Values and Lifestyle scale and the Environmental and Attitude and Knowledge scale to the Spanish...

...Christopher D. Hopkins; Catherine A. Roster; Charles M. Wood Purpose This research proposes to examine how the retirement experience in the USA is cultivated via the appraisal process and reflected in post‐retirement lifestyle postures and consumption changes. Design/methodology/approach...

...Richard L. Divine; Lawrence Lepisto Purpose The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the healthy lifestyle consumer by examining demographic, personal value and psychographic antecedents. Design/methodology/approach A cluster analysis was used to divide consumers...

...Tao Sun; Marty Horn; Dennis Merritt Based on a multi‐national lifestyle survey, this study investigated consumer lifestyle differences between individualist cultures (Britain and the USA) and collectivist cultures (China and Japan). Congruent with previous findings on values and lifestyles...

...Sung‐hyuk Kim; Hong‐bumm Kim; Woo Gon Kim This study examines how the lifestyle of senior citizens affects their choices of retirement communities. A survey was conducted among 256 potential customers of elderly housing, targeting citizens over 45 years old who were residents of Seoul, the capital...

...Teresa Davis; Gary Gregory This paper tries to draw links between the creation of new Diderot unities (products consumed in a group and that have an internal consistency based on lifestyle) with “impulse purchases” as key departure products. A study, using exploratory in‐depth interviews...

... ambivalent feelings towards the dependency and security of childhood and the independence of adults. The growing importance of peer groups as far as their opinions and values are concerned in regard to winning acceptance. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Consumer behaviour Lifestyles National...

...Lois Shufeldt; Barbara Oates; Bobby Vaught The conflicting research on the elderly has led many to question the wisdom of using age alone to segment the market. Psychographics, or lifestyle groupings, has emerged as a more robust technique of identifying distinct categories of the 65 and older...

... the realities of television viewing and technology′s impact on viewer habits. We argue that a major part of that reality involves the basic concept of polychronic time use. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Advertising Consumer behaviour Focus groups Gender Leisure Lifestyles Perceptions Psychographics...

... everywhere. Increasing affluence in some countries, rapid population growth and congestion in others, rising numbers of working women and dual‐income families, hectic lifestyles, and the desire to pursue“me‐time” activities to enhance physical and mental wellbeing are prompting consumers to place greater...

... such as alcohol and cigarettes (Spratten, 1991). © MCB UP Limited 1994 Consumer attitudes Ethics Green issues Lifestyles Market segmentation Marketing strategy Minorities Multi‐cultural society Social responsibility Allegiance among members of sensitive groups has become a critical...