Patricia Mink Rath

It engagingly present marketing theories and practices as they specifically relate to apparel, home goods and other design-driven products. It covers classic marketing theories and practices as they relate to design, topics such as market segmentation and market research and contemporary issues such as ethics and sustainability.

The first text to engagingly present marketing theories and practices as they specifically relate to apparel, home goods and other design-driven products. It covers classic marketing theories and practices as they relate to design, topics such as market segmentation and market research and contemporary issues such as ethics and sustainability.

Consumer behavior affects the fashion industry-in design, production, merchandising and promotion at all levels-as much as it affects retailing. The Second Edition of Why of the Buy: Consumer Behavior and Fashion Marketing continues to address how psychology, sociology, and culture all influence the how, what, when, where, and why of the buy. The unifying element of this text is its presentation of current knowledge of consumer behavior applied to the fields of fashion and design in an show more enthusiastic and relevant way that will attract and engage students. show less

Consumer behavior affects the fashion industry-in design, production, merchandising and promotion at all levels-as much as it affects retailing. This book address how psychology, sociology, and culture all influence the how, what, when, where, and why of the buy.