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Nguyen, T. Q. N., & Giang, B. Q. N. (2021). An empirical study on factors influencing consumer impulsive purchase behavior: a case of Ho Chi Minh city in the 4.0 era. Journal of International Economics and Management, 20(3), 17-41. https://doi.org/10.38203/jiem.020.3.0014
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An empirical study on factors influencing consumer impulsive purchase behavior: a case of Ho Chi Minh city in the 4.0 era
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The fourth industrial revolution (the 4.0 era) has provided companies with more opportunities to attract potential clients across technology-based platforms, thus, bringing new factors that offer a tremendous incentive to buy impulsively, namely Contextual Targeting. Nevertheless, far too little attention has lately been paid to impulse buying behavior in Vietnam. This study offers a comprehensive view on how impulsive behavior is produced, analyzes factors having considerable significance to the impulsiveness, and proposes tactics businesses may use to maximize their sales. The data for this study were selected randomly from the population of Ho Chi Minh city via a survey in the second half of February 2020. From Exploratory Factors Analysis and Multiple Regression Analysis, results reveal that contextual targeting of advertising, packaging, and moods are strongly linked to impulse buying behaviors of Vietnamese consumers, especially in Ho Chi Minh city in the 4.0 era. The study proposes appropriate tactics for businesses to employ as a cheat-sheet, which helps manipulate customer mannerism to maximize profits.
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Impulsive purchase behavior, Impulse buying behavior, Vietnamese customer
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Maslow, A.H. (1943), “A theory of human motivation”, Psychological Review, Vol. 50 No. 4, pp. 370 - 396.
Mazhar, M., Daud, S., Arz Bhutto, S. and Mubeen, M. (2015), “Impact of product packaging on consumers buying behavior: evidence from Karachi”, Journal of Marketing and Consumer Research, Vol. 16 No. 1, pp. 35 - 42.
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Mix, M. (2018), Millenials, Jakarta, Indonesia: Fantasious x Loveable.
Meuter, M.L., Ostrom, A.L., Roundtree, R.I. and Bitner, M.J. (2000), “Self-service technologies: understanding customer satisfaction with technology-based service encounters”, Journal of Marketing, Vol. 64 No. 3, pp. 50 - 64.
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Nunally, J.C. (1994), Psychometric Theory 3E, Tata McGraw-Hill Education.
Oberecker, E.M. and Diamantopoulos, A. (2011), “Consumers’ emotional bonds with foreign countries: does consumer affinity affect behavioral intentions?”, Journal of International Marketing, Vol. 19 No. 2, pp. 45 - 72.
Park, H.J. and Burns, L.D. (2005), “Fashion orientation, credit card use, and compulsive buying”, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 22 No. 3, pp. 135 – 141.
Peterson, R.A. and Sauber, M. (1983), “A mood scale for survey research”, In W.O. Bearden, R.G. Netemeyer, and K.L. Haws, (Eds.), Handbook of Marketing Scales (pp. 187 - 188), SAGE Publications Inc.
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Rook, D.W. (1987), “The buying impulse”, Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp. 189 - 199.
Shaheen, M. and Lodhi, R.N. (2016), “Impact of social media marketing on consumer decision making process: descriptive study of Pakistan”, Journal of Business Strategies, Vol. 10, pp. 57 - 71.
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Suryadi, B. (2015), “Generasi y: karakteristik, masalah and peran konselor”, Seminar and Workshop Internasional Malindo 4 di Bali.
Thaler, R.H. (1985), “Mental accounting and consumer choice”, Marketing Science, Vol. 4 No. 3, pp. 199 - 214.
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Thompson, D. (2017), Hit makers: the science of popularity in an age of distraction, Penguin Audio Publishing.
Tien, M.B. (2018), “Attitudes and behavior of Vietnamese toward to consumer affinity in term of travel abroad”, Business and Economic Research, Vol. 8 No. 2, pp. 204 - 213.
Verlegh, P.W. (2007), “Home country bias in product evaluation: the complementary roles of economic and socio-psychological motives”, Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 38 No. 3, pp. 361 - 373. Weinberg, P. and Gottwald, W. (1982), “Impulsive consumer buying as a result of emotions”, Journal of Business Research, Vol. 10, pp. 43 - 57.
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