TY - BOOK AU - Graves,Philip TI - Consumer.ology: the truth about consumers and the psychology of shopping SN - 9781857885767 (pbk.) AV - HF 5415.32 G776c 2013 U1 - 658.8/34 PY - 2013/// CY - Boston PB - Nicholas Brealey KW - Consumer behavior KW - Comportamiento del consumidor KW - Consumers KW - Research KW - Consumidores KW - Investigaciones KW - Marketing research KW - 20150300 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-214) and index; Understanding the unconscious mind : why we buy what we do but can't explain it -- Reading consumers : insights into the unconscious mind -- The consumer in context : environmental influences -- What consumers do : studying behavior -- The irrelevant consumer : questioning questions -- Relevant answers : questions worth asking -- Understanding the crowd : focusing on focus groups -- Consumer futurology : influencing innovation -- Gaining an edge : beyond market research N2 - Explains the folly of using market research to make corporate decisions, describing examples of expensive mistakes made by corporations from General Motors to Mattel, and offers organizations an approach to better understand their customers UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2010015569-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1402/2010015569-d.html ER -