Managing Private Labels Based on Psychographic Consumer Segments: Emerging European Market Perspective
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Sandra Horvat
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics & Business
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9324-6960
Đurđana Ozretić Došen
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5976-5866
Published 2020-12-30
https://doi.org/10.15388/omee.2020.11.42
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Keywords

private labels
psychographic characteristics
growth stage
product life cycle
emerging market

How to Cite

Horvat, S. and Ozretić Došen, Đurđana (2020) “Managing Private Labels Based on Psychographic Consumer Segments: Emerging European Market Perspective”, Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies, 11(2), pp. 446–461. doi:10.15388/omee.2020.11.42.

Abstract

This paper explores private labels in the context of Croatia, as a representative of a CEE and EU member countries, where their importance is continuously growing. It aims to reveal whether consumers’ psychographic characteristics impact their attitudes towards private labels, which are in the growth stage of the product life cycle. Findings show that price consciousness, consumer innovativeness, and store loyalty have a positive and statistically significant impact on consumers’ attitudes towards private labels. These three psychographic characteristics allow clustering of consumers prone to private labels (by applying K-means analysis) into three different clusters. Consumers belonging to cluster 2 exhibit the highest levels of innovativeness and price sensitivity and might be considered pioneers in accepting private labels. The paper contributes to a more comprehensive insight into private labels marketing management and offers managerial implications for retailers.

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