FGV: 63% dos rolezeiros do Rio têm curso superior

O rolezinho que, provocou o fechamento do shopping Leblon no último domingo e causou queda de 60% no movimento daquele comércio no feriadão, tinha como principal objetivo apoiar a “galera” do rolezinho de São Paulo”. Pesquisa da diretoria de Análise de Políticas Públicas (DAPP) da Fundação Getúlio Vargas sobre o perfil dos manifestantes do Rio, revelou que 54% dos “rolezeiros cariocas” tinham 25 anos ou mais, 63% possuem curso superior completo ou incompleto, a maioria mora na Zona Sul e, pelo menos, a metade frequenta shopppings.

Iguatemi: creating opportunities for international luxury brands in Brazil

The Brazilian luxury goods market has been registering substantial growth with many international brands establishing presence in the country. When entering the market, the perfect location seems for most of them to be found in Iguatemi Group’s Shopping Malls. This research focuses the topic of Luxury Market and Retail, in the form of a case study on Iguatemi Group, which tries to understand How is Iguatemi Group creating opportunities for International Luxury Brands in Brazil? To understand the context of the case, the text explores the Brazilian market evolution, its attraction factors and challenges, the location choice methodology used by international luxury brands, and finally, how is the Iguatemi Group creating opportunities for these brands in Brazil. For doing so, a multiple-methods approach was followed so to achieve a non-biased result. In-depth interviews were conducted with Iguatemi’s managers, international luxury brands’ managers and experts in luxury market and retail; non-participant observation was held, and documentation was examined. The research found that the entry of International Luxury Brands in Brazil started about 20 years ago, mainly explained by the positive structural economic reforms Brazil experienced in this period. 60% of the studied brands chose São Paulo’s Iguatemi malls as first location, in particular Iguatemi São Paulo and JK Iguatemi. The preference over these locations relies mainly on the reputation of the Iguatemi brand and on its positioning in the market which seems to be aligned to that of these brands. From its side, Iguatemi has started actively gathering international luxury brands into the market since 15 years ago, and has intensified its action by creating iRetail, an internal company to the group representing some international luxury brands in Brazil, which have, thus, exclusive locations in its malls. The role of Iguatemi, hence, goes beyond that of a real estate company, by approaching the market with a 360° strategy. These findings contribute for academic purposes, in the extent to which they propose a so far rather unexplored topic, and for managerial purposes by describing a best practice in the shopping center sector. However, the study does not mean to be generalized. Consumers’ perspectives on Iguatemi Group were not addressed; rather, the research took a business to business approach.

Resposta gerencial à ruptura: o efeito de compensações no comportamento do consumidor

A falta de estoque continua sendo um problema no varejo. O progresso foi limitado, nos últimos quarenta anos as estimativas dos níveis de ruptura têm constantemente ultrapassado a média de 8,0 %. Hoje, como no passado, o gestor precisa lidar com o consumidor frente à ruptura. O propósito desta pesquisa foi investigar a eficácia de cinco formas de compensações: pedido de desculpas, vale, entrega em domicílio, troca por outro item de preço ligeiramente superior e desconto como um mecanismo para induzir o consumidor a não deixar a loja frente a uma ruptura. Além da reação geral do consumidor, também foi examinado como algumas características do consumidor (fidelidade a marca) e a situação da compra (urgência da compra) influenciam o efeito de cada forma de compensação na reação do consumidor. Em geral, os resultados do estudo mostraram que as compensações funcionam. O pedido de desculpas é a forma de compensação menos eficiente, aparentemente aumenta a percentagem de consumidores que deixam a loja em reação à ruptura Esta pesquisa sugere que existem oportunidades para varejistas utilizarem as compensações como mecanismo para gerenciar a ruptura.

Comportamento do consumidor em relação aos polos varejistas

Pesquisa em foco: Shopping centers ou polos varejistas de rua: comparando as preferências da baixa renda - 2011. Pesquisador: Professor Juracy Gomes Parente

The impact of content marketing on attitudes and purchase intentions of online shoppers : the case videos & tutorials and user-generated content

This thesis was written as part of a Double-Degree Masters program in Management, with focus in Marketing. Aligned with the nature of the degree, this study aims to be a useful tool for managers and marketers, which conduct business online. This thesis is a study of Content Marketing in the content of online commercial product pages. Its aim is to understand how to use content marketing to drive conversion, by understanding consumer attitudes and purchase intention towards content. A in-depth study of existing theories and exploratory primary research was developed in other to attain these objectives. Business-to-consumer electronic commerce (B2C e-commerce) has provided consumers and online retailers with a more effective medium to perform online transactions through commercial websites. Although consumers have realized that the benefits of online shopping; such as time saving, minimizing effort, convenience, broader selection, and wider access to information, they are still greatly unwilling to shop online. Consumers shop essentially for two motives, to meet experiential (fun) or goal-oriented (efficiency) needs (Wolfinbarger & Gilly, 2001). The information provided by content marketing seeks to focus on consumers need for information and entertainment, instead of focusing on the brand. Thus, it is expected that the type of content format will have different effects on the attitudes and purchase intention on the online shopper, depending on the online shopping purpose. Concretely, a goal-oriented shopper should find user generated content (UGC) to be more valuable content formats, since they decrease the amount of search effort. While on the other hand, videos & tutorials (VT) might be perceived as more valuable for a consumer looking to spend time and being entertained through online shopping. The exploratory research was characterized by a survey experiment with online consumers. Participants were exposed to stimuli of content marketing tested according to their attitudes and purchase intention. The focus was to understand the impact of two different content marketing tactics—User-generated content and Videos & Tutorials—on attitudes and purchase intentions and how they interact with content complexity. The results indicate that content marketing in commercial product pages is relevant in driving consumer attitudes and purchase intentions. Consumers are not motivated by a specific content marketing tactic, unless that content has a certain level of complexity. In that case, Ur-Generated Content becomes a relevant tactic in product pages, however VT is not.