1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………….6
1.1 Background................................................................................................................6
1.2 Motivation...................................................................................................................7
1.3 Research question......................................................................................................7
1.4 Scope and limitation of the thesis...............................................................................8
1.5 Thesis structure..........................................................................................................8
2 Theoretical framework..........................................................................................9
2.1 Characteristics affecting consumer behavior..............................................................9
2.1.1 Cultural factors..................................................................................................10
2.1.2 Social factors…………………………………………………………………………11
2.1.3 Personal factors………………………………………………………………………13
2.1.4 Psychological factors…………………………………………………………………14
2.2 Segmenting consumer markets……………………………………………………………16
2.2.1 Geographic segmentation……………………………………………………………16
2.2.2 Demographic segmentation…………………………………………………………17
2.2.3 Psychographic segmentation………………………………………………………18
2.2.4 Behavioral segmentation……………………………………………………………19
2.3 Product and packaging design……………………………………………………………21
2.4 International product decisions……………………………………………………………22
3 Methods………………………………………………………………………………23
4 Primary research analysis…………………………………………………………24
4.1 Characteristics of the respondents………………………………………………………24
4.2 Attitudes of respondents for packaging design…………………………………………26