Cause‐related marketing: how generation Y responds
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
ISSN: 0959-0552
Article publication date: 1 June 2003
Abstract
Generation Y, children born to baby‐boomers, is widely considered to be the next big generation. Businesses are therefore struggling to find ways to capture a piece of this market. Could cause‐related marketing be the answer? Employs an experimental design to examine how college‐age Generation Y consumers respond to a cause‐related marketing (CRM) offer based on four structural elements. Also examines the potential impacts of socio‐demographic characteristics of participants. The results indicate that a CRM offer is more likely to elicit a more positive response to a disaster cause than an ongoing cause when businesses use non‐transaction‐based and long‐term/frequent support. Finds that females, social science majors, parents’ annual income and previous donation activity have significant impact on the evaluation of a CRM offer. There is a positive relationship between evaluation of a CRM offer and purchase intent toward the offer.
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Citation
Cui, Y., Trent, E.S., Sullivan, P.M. and Matiru, G.N. (2003), "Cause‐related marketing: how generation Y responds", International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Vol. 31 No. 6, pp. 310-320. https://doi.org/10.1108/09590550310476012
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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