Literature Review

Human being is usually quite rational and makes systematic use of the available information (Fishbein, 1975). To predict and understand an individuals purchasing pattern, focuses should be on the inuences of relevant factors on the behavioral intention, and that can be viewed as the immediate determinant of the action. A persons behavioral intention is determined by two factors - individuals attitude and the individuals perception towards the society (Shim, 1989). (Shim, 1989) To measure consumer attitudes toward domestic and imported clothing is strongly inuenced by the level of involvement. The luxury concept is quite difficult to define because it represents a social context (Nueno, 1998) that follows a cultural evolution. However, from an analysis of the literature (Amatulli, 2009), two main category of reasons for luxury goods consumption emerged out are as follows: one is external motivations, social and interpersonal; and the other one is internal motivations, subjective and reserved. In finding the determinants of customized product purchasing, studies by (Bardakci, 2005) show that a large proportion of consumers in UK & Turkey are willing to pay extra to own a new car exactly meeting their needs and preferences. Away from the daily life pressures today consumers are seeking quality, value and desirable environment (Soriano, 2002). In food industry, the growing affluent and educated society there is a demand of safe and better food quality to consume. The factors that can create the consumers purchase intentions towards their food purchasing behavior are such as safety, freshness, storage, preparation, consumption, price, packaging, and place of purchase (Rhr, 2005). Quality and safety are two important factors in consumers perception and hence making decision associated with choice of food (Grunert, 1997). As the perception of consumer is getting low, it is reasonable to suppose that the overall chances to induce the intention to purchase the product will be a regressive task to the marketer. According to (Creyer, 1997), real purchase behavior can be an alternative to measure the intention to purchase by consumers. The increasing competition has pushed companies to become more efficient in processing, reorganize management, develop new products, and explore new markets in order to meet the needs and wants of consumers (Avermaete, 2003). The advantages of technological innovation are low costs, convenience, flexibility and safety (Alexander, 1999).

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