Variety seeking explained

Variety seeking or variety-seeking buying behavior describes a consumer's desire to search for alternative products, even if she or he is satisfied with a current product.^[1]

See also

• Consumer Innovativeness

Notes and References

1. • Simonson, Itamar. "The effect of purchase quantity and timing on variety-seeking behavior." Journal of Marketing Research (1990): 150-162.
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   • Van Trijp, Hans CM, Wayne D. Hoyer, and J. Jeffrey Inman. "Why switch? Product category: level explanations for true variety-seeking behavior." Journal of Marketing Research (1996): 281-292.
   • McAlister, Leigh. "A dynamic attribute satiation model of variety-seeking behavior." Journal of Consumer Research 9, no. 2 (1982): 141-150.
   • Van Trijp, Hans CM, and Jan-Benedict EM Steenkamp. "Consumers' variety seeking tendency with respect to foods: measurement and managerial implications." European Review of Agricultural Economics 19, no. 2 (1992): 181-195.