3. Methodology Given the limited previous research on the factors that affect consumer attitudes towards and behaviour with regards to mobilemarketing, and more specifically mobile marketing in the smart-phone era, and the use of QR codes, it was deemed appropriate toundertake an exploratory research study. Since the intention wasto profile patterns of behaviour and the factors that influence it, aquantitative survey approach was adopted (Bryman & Bell, 2011).The limitations of this approach are acknowledged, specifically,potential low response rate, and non-response bias (Gravetter &Forzano, 2010), often leading to a convenience sample.