Nicosia Model of Consumer Behavior

Nicosia Model of Consumer Behavior  was developed in 1966, by Professor Francesco M. Nicosia, an expert in consumer motivation and behavior.  This model focuses on the relationship between the firm and its potential consumers.  The model suggests that messages from the firm (advertisements) first influences the predisposition of the consumer towards the product or service.   Based on the situation, the consumer will have a certain attitude towards the product.     This may result in a search for the product or an evaluation of the product attributes by the consumer.   If the above step satisfies the consumer, it may result in a positive response, with a decision to buy the product otherwise the reverse may occur.  Looking to the model we will find that the firm and the consumer are connected with each other, the firm tries to influence the consumer and the consumer is influencing the firm by his decision.

The Nicosia model of Consumer Behavior  is divided into four major fields:

  1. Field 1: The firm’s attributes and the consumer’s attributes. The first field is divided into two subfields. The first subfield deals with the firm’s marketing environment and communication efforts that affect consumer attitudes, the competitive environment, and characteristics of target market. Subfield two specifies the consumer characteristics e.g., experience, personality, and how he perceives the promotional idea toward the product in this stage the consumer forms his attitude toward the firm’s product based on his interpretation of the message.
  2. Field 2: Search and evaluation. The consumer will start to search for other firm’s brand and evaluate the firm’s brand in comparison with alternate brands. In this case the firm motivates the consumer to purchase its brands.
  3. Field 3: The act of the purchase. The result of motivation will arise by convincing the consumer to purchase the firm products from a specific retailer.
  4. Field 4: Feed back of sales results. This model analyses the feedback of both the firm and the consumer after purchasing the product. The firm will benefit from its sales data as a feedback, and the consumer will use his experience with the product affects the individuals attitude and predisposition’s concerning future messages from the firm.

Nicosia Model of Consumer Behavior

With this model Nicosia was able to represent consumer’s behavior when receivers of a message and has agents in the buying process generated by that flow of information from a company.

The Nicosia model of consumer behavior offers no detail explanation of the internal factors, which may affect the personality of the consumer, and how the consumer develops his attitude toward the product. For example, the consumer may find the firm’s message very interesting, but virtually he cannot buy the firm’s brand because it contains something prohibited according to his beliefs. Apparently it is very essential to include such factors in the model, which give more interpretation about the attributes affecting the decision process.

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