- International Journal of Social Sciences and Education Research
- Volume:4 Issue:2
- The impact of zero moment of truth on consumer buying decision: An exploratory research in Turkey
The impact of zero moment of truth on consumer buying decision: An exploratory research in Turkey
Authors : Adnan Veysel ERTEMEL, Peyvent PEYK
Pages : 309-316
Doi:10.24289/ijsser.421732
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Publication Date : 2018-05-15
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :As a result of technological improvements, consumer purchase decision process deviates from its traditional behaviors. Considering the traditional consumer behavior, process of product purchase decision begins with being exposed to a stimulus, to various phases, finally to decision phase. Technological changes enable consumers to have ready access to available rich information about all types of products immediately after being exposed to a stimulus. At this stage, a new concept Zero Moment of Truth insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ZMOT); plays a crucial role that accompanies more information seeking activity prior to going to the store. In this study, theoretical and existing academic literature investigated with a prior similar research conducted in US and Asia to analyze the results across different demographic segments, and to compare ZMOT against other MOTs.Keywords : Moment of Truth, Zero Moment of Truth, Purchasing Decision, Impulsive Buying
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