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A New Theory of Consumer Buying Intent

Journal of Marketing 1964 28(3), 23-28
Do products have certain characteristics which establish the relative importance of basic elements of the marketing mix? Here is an attempt to provide a framework by which all products may be related for conceptual and practical purposes. Rather than classify products, the unusual approach developed in this article involves the establishment of a spectrum as a model. All products can be located on this spectrum of consumer buying intent by the measurement of product characteristics.