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Dr. Ashutosh Nigam
Experiential marketing deals with customer product and experience it for future purchases.
experiences which is different from traditional forms Experiential marketing is more focused on
of marketing, where main focus is on functional extracting the essence of products and then applying
features and benefits of products. It can be applied it to intangible, physical and interactive experiences
creatively to deliver greater impact with reduction in that increase the value of products or services and
cost associated to weave in market research for helps customers make their purchasing decisions
customer insights that was not inherent traditionally. (Williams, 2006). Experiential marketing is more
It is a private event that happens to people in response focused on extracting the essence of products and
to some kind of internal or external stimulus then applying it to intangible, physical, and
resulting experiential aspect about products and interactive experiences that increase the value of
services. The aim of experiential marketing is to products or services and helps customers make their
make the customer delighted in exultant jubilation. It purchasing decisions. Smilansky (2009) defines
uses customer data to match their experiences and experiential marketing as a process of identifying
incorporating them in future sales processes that and satisfying customer needs and aspirations
demanded by the enlightened and ever changing profitably, engaging them through two-way
expectations of empowered consumers. Experiential communications that bring brand personalities to life
marketing is the most effective communication tool and add value to the target audience. Experiential
to engage consumers and marketers together on marketing helps to create experiences and emotions
common sharing platform. It is a fusion of non- to the customers. International Experiential
traditional modern marketing practices integrated to Marketing Association (2011) stated that
enhance a consumer's personal and emotional experiential marketing allows customers to engage
association with a brand. (Chang and Chen, 2008). and interact with brands, products, and services in
sensory way. Experiential marketing typically
Experiential marketing is defined as event or
occurs on a smaller scale than mass media marketing
experience that bestows target audiences to explore
Intrinsic
Value
Playfulness Aesthetics
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.... -.................. -.......... -.... .... -.......... -...... -.......... -
Extrinsic
Value
Consumer
Return on Service
Investment Excellence
(CROI)
Active Reactive
Value Value
Source: Math wick C, Malhotra N. and Rigdon E (2001)," Experential value: conceptualization measurement
andApplication in the catalog and Internet shopping environment", Journal ofRetailing, vol 77, pp 39-56
Figure 2
Fornell and Lackner ( 1981) developed a measure of and p > 0.05. The indices for the proposed model is
composite reliability which measures the given in Table-3. Research framework in Fig. was
consistency of the construct indicators by tested by using the three constructs namely
considering composite reliability. All the values experiential marketing, experiential value and
given in the table 2 are above 0.6 representing that purchase Intention. Factors of "sense experience",
variables are internally consistent. The model had "feel experience", "think experience", "related
Chi-square of 210.43, the relative Chi-square is experience" and" act experience" were served as the
considered high by some researchers who contended measurement variables of experiential marketing.
that values in excess of 2.0 will represent an Factors of "consumer return on investment",
inadequate model fit. However, other researchers "service excellence", "playfulness", and
suggested that ratio 5 or less indicates reasonable "aesthetics" were served as the measurement
model fit. The use of Chi-square test may not be a variables of experiential value. Factors of "likely to
strong test for goodness-of-fit as it is very sensitive Immediate Purchase", "Purchase one to three
to sample size (Armstrong et.al, 2000). Goodness of months" and "Purchase more than one year" are
fit indices is the value of chi-square (non significant) different manifest variables considered for different
constructs.
Table-3: Goodness of Fit Indices of Proposed Structural Linear Model
Source: Output values are generated with the help of AMOS 4 software
All values in Table 3 are with the permissible limits the three constructs (Refer to Figure 2). The results
shown in table 2. The structural model was tested to revealed that the structural model has a significant x2
assess the hypothesized structural relationships of value (X2 = 210.43, df = 68, p< 0.00 l) indicating
adequate fit of the data with the hypothesized model.
All the hypothesis formulated for the proposed of customers purchase intentions which ultimatately
model are supported shown in table 4 indicating that leads to actual sales of fast food products. Well
hypothesized model could fit the empirical data planned and executed marketing programs can be
well. The proposed model have indices with the memorial and can result in positive impact on
permissible limits the model is supported customer purchase intention and experiential value.
(Hair, 1998) Additionally, this model is reliable and strong to
prove each variables are linked to each other on
CONCLUSIONS AND MANAGERIAL
comprehensive literature review corresponding to a
IMPLICATIONS
proposed theoretical framework.
The 12 item instrument was analyzed using
structural equation modeling. The findings of the
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