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Antecedents to the luxury purchase intentions of South African millennials

Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2015.

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Other Authors: Reyneke, Mignon
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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/52358 Antecedents to the luxury purchase intentions of South African millennials Reyneke, Mignon ichelp@gibs.co.za Botha, Nastasja UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2015. This study seeks to explicate the antecedents to the luxury purchase intentions of the influential South African Millennial consumer. Specifically, the purpose of this study is to firstly verify the cross-cultural stability of Shukla s (2012) conceptual value perceptions model (comprising social, personal and functional value perceptions) as it relates to luxury brands in the South African context, and, secondly, to synthesise an extension of this model by incorporating the constructs of self-congruity, brand consciousness, and social media marketing, each of which has been found to be a predictor of luxury consumption in other markets. To this end, a descriptive, quantitative research study was conducted among South African Millennials. Primary data was collected through the use of an online questionnaire. Snowball sampling (through the use of Facebook) rendered a satisfactory sample of 388 valid responses. Structural equation modelling was employed to establish the validity and reliability of the proposed model and respective constructs, and to test the related hypotheses. The findings revealed that each of the constructs is positively correlated with the luxury purchase intentions of South African Millennials, with materialism being the most significant antecedent to luxury consumption. The results validated Shukla s (2012) model in the South African context as it relates to Millennial consumers. The findings further demonstrate that, while similarities exist between the value perceptions of South African Millennials and those of consumers in western developed and eastern emerging markets, the differences in this regard should also be considered before generalised assumptions are formed regarding the factors that inform the decisions of luxury brand consumers. This study advances the existing theoretical understanding of luxury consumption by exploring and developing a deeper understanding of the luxury purchase intentions of Millennials by testing the relevant theory in the South African context, which, in turn, may inform the marketing strategies of global luxury companies looking to South Africa for growth opportunities. sn2016 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2016-05-04T13:45:54Z 2016-05-04T13:45:54Z 2016-03-30 2015 Mini Dissertation Botha, N 2015, Antecedents to the luxury purchase intentions of South African millennials, MBA Mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52358> GIBS http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52358 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria
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Antecedents to the luxury purchase intentions of South African millennials
title Antecedents to the luxury purchase intentions of South African millennials
title_full Antecedents to the luxury purchase intentions of South African millennials
title_fullStr Antecedents to the luxury purchase intentions of South African millennials
title_full_unstemmed Antecedents to the luxury purchase intentions of South African millennials
title_short Antecedents to the luxury purchase intentions of South African millennials
title_sort antecedents to the luxury purchase intentions of south african millennials
topic UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52358