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A Study on Impactof Social Media Influencers’ Endorsements on The Buying Behaviour of Gen Z, for Lifestyle and Electronics Product Category wth Special Reference to Pune City


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1 MES Garware College of Commerce, Pune, India
2 Faculty of Management,, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune, India
 

Today most businesses are consumer centric in their approach and prefer digital marketing and social media marketing. Advertising on social media is done in a very subtle manner, almost at a subconscious level and influencers are a good example of that. This type of advertising has along lasting impact on the public. If done right, it is interactive, engaging and forms a connection rather than only appealing to the rational side of the consumer. Pune city has one of the largest youth populations in India with 2nd highest density of universities, being an IT hub, and other factors. Lifestyle and electronic industries play a massive role in the buying behaviour of this youth. Lifestyle is good at creating visuals with the help of influencers for food, fitness, organic, products, etc. and is the latest trend. Electronics appeal to the tech-oriented youth and are commonly advertised by almost all influencers on various platforms.

This research paper aims to connect all these factors together with the help of primary and secondary data. The objective is to analyze the link between the average consumer’s trust in influencers and the resulting consumer behaviour of the youth of Pune in the age group of 15-25. Primary data will be collected through a structured questionnaire. The observations will be studied and presented in the form of findings.


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Social Media, Youth, Consumer Behaviour, Lifestyle, Electronics, Influencers.
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Authors

Nimish Kadam
MES Garware College of Commerce, Pune, India
Anindita Deshmukh
MES Garware College of Commerce, Pune, India
Rajashri Kadam
Faculty of Management,, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune, India

Abstract


Today most businesses are consumer centric in their approach and prefer digital marketing and social media marketing. Advertising on social media is done in a very subtle manner, almost at a subconscious level and influencers are a good example of that. This type of advertising has along lasting impact on the public. If done right, it is interactive, engaging and forms a connection rather than only appealing to the rational side of the consumer. Pune city has one of the largest youth populations in India with 2nd highest density of universities, being an IT hub, and other factors. Lifestyle and electronic industries play a massive role in the buying behaviour of this youth. Lifestyle is good at creating visuals with the help of influencers for food, fitness, organic, products, etc. and is the latest trend. Electronics appeal to the tech-oriented youth and are commonly advertised by almost all influencers on various platforms.

This research paper aims to connect all these factors together with the help of primary and secondary data. The objective is to analyze the link between the average consumer’s trust in influencers and the resulting consumer behaviour of the youth of Pune in the age group of 15-25. Primary data will be collected through a structured questionnaire. The observations will be studied and presented in the form of findings.


Keywords


Social Media, Youth, Consumer Behaviour, Lifestyle, Electronics, Influencers.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.23862/kiit-parikalpana%2F2021%2Fv17%2Fi1%2F209032