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Consumers behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic: A quantitative study on consumers' experience and purchase decision about fast fashion advertising on social media during the Covid-19 pandemic
Halmstad University, School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability.
Halmstad University, School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability.
2022 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Konsumenters beteende under Covid-19-pandemin : En kvantitativ studie om konsumenters upplevelse och köpbeslut om snabbmodeannonsering på sociala medier under Covid-19-pandemin. (Swedish)
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Sociala medier har blivit en plattform för kommunikation mellan företag och konsumenter. Konsumenter kan samla information innan ett köp och därför är annonsering på sociala medier ett strategiskt verktyg för att rikta in sig på konsumenter och skapa behov. När pandemin av Covid-19 inträffade gav det konsekvenser som att stanna hemma och social distansering. Detta resulterade i att företagen var tvungna att anpassa sig till de förändrade kosnumentbeteendena. Syfte: Denna studien syftar till att studera hur konsumenter upplevde sabbmode-reklamen på sociala medier under Covid-19-pandemin. Dessutom, hur konsumenter har upplevt individualiserad snabbmode-reklam på sociala medier under pandemin. Slutligen, om reklamen har påverkat konsumenternas köpbeslut under pandemin. Forskningsfrågor: Hur och på vilket sätt har konsumenter upplevt snabbmode-reklam på sociala medier under Covid-19-pandemin? Hur och på vilket sätt har konsumenter upplevt individualiserad snabbmodereklam på sociala medier under Covid-19-pandemin? Hur och på vilket sätt har fast fashion-reklamen på sociala medier påverkat konsumenternas köpbeslut under Covid-19-pandemin? Teorier: Det teoretiska ramverket börjar med teorier kopplade till sociala medier som inkluderar reklam på sociala medier och rörlighet. Den består också av individualiserad reklam med teorier om interaktiv kommunikation och beteendereklam online. Slutligen kommer konsumentbeteende där köpbeslut, varumärkesimage och förtroende presenteras. Metod: En kvantitativ metod användes i denna studie med en deduktiv ansats. En enkät skickades ut för att få fram den data som behövdes för denna studie. 312 svar samlades in och analyserades med hjälp av SPSS. Resultat: Baserat på analysen av studiens empiriska data kan det konstateras att svenska konsumenter upplevde reklam på sociala medier och individualiserad reklam om snabbmode under pandemin på olika sätt. Flera faktorer och jämförelser hade inverkan. Samma resultat kunde hittas när det gäller konsumentköpbeslut för snabbmode under pandemin.

Abstract [en]

Background: Social media have become a platform for communication between companies and consumers. Further, consumers can gather information before a purchase and therefore social media advertising is a strategic tool to target consumers and create needs. However, when the pandemic of Covid-19 occurred it gave consequences such as staying home and social distance. As a result, companies had to adapt to the changed behaviors. Purpose: This research thesis aims to study how consumers experienced fast fashion advertising on social media during the pandemic of Covid-19. Furthermore, how consumers have experienced individualized fast fashion advertising on social media during the pandemic. Lastly, if the advertisement has impacted consumers' purchase decisions during the pandemic. Research questions: How and in what way have consumers experienced fast fashion advertising on social media during the pandemic of Covid–19? How and in what way have consumers experienced individualized fastfashion advertising on social media during the pandemic of Covid-19? How and in what way has fast-fashion advertising on social media affected consumers' purchase decisions during the pandemic of Covid-19? Theoretical framework: The theoretical framework starts with theories connected to social media which includes advertising on social media and vividness. It also consists of individualized advertising with theories about interactive communication and online behavioral advertisements. Lastly, comes consumer behavior where purchase decision, brand image and trust is presented. Methodology: A quantitative method was used in this study with a deductive approach. A survey was sent out to obtain the data necessary for this study. 312 answers were collected and analyzed with the help of SPSS. Findings: Based on the analysis of the study’s empirical data it can be stated that Swedish consumers experienced advertising on social media and individualized advertising about fast fashion during the pandemic in different ways. Several factors and comparisons had an impact. The same result could be found regarding consumer purchase decisions for fast fashion during the pandemic.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 90
Keywords [en]
Social media, online advertising, vivid advertising, interactive communication, OBA, online consumer behavior and consumer purchase decision.
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-47087OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-47087DiVA, id: diva2:1669703
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Business
Educational program
The International Marketing Programme, 180 credits
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Available from: 2022-06-23 Created: 2022-06-14 Last updated: 2022-06-23Bibliographically approved

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