Origins of mass customization: The individual consumer-brand interactions within mass markets in the marketing

Authors

  • Francisco Arbaiza Rodríguez Universidad de Piura

Keywords:

marketing, consumer, individuality, customization, massive, internet

Abstract

This paper aims to point out the roots that have shaped the platform that sustains and justifies the existence of a new marketing formula focused in the individual consumer experience. As this consumer society has oriented its demands almost exclusively in image, based on motivational theories and lifestyle, marketing activity has followed a gradual change, exposed in the phenomenon of mass customization. The marketing machine, supported by new technologies, has let consumers desynchronize common activities, individual consumption and customized use of products and services. In summary, has arisen a massive and personal consumption at the same time.

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Author Biography

Francisco Arbaiza Rodríguez, Universidad de Piura

Doctor en Comunicación Pública por la Universidad de Navarra, Profesor y Director del Área de Comunicaciones de Marketing de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad de Piura. Ha investigado recientemente sobre el Marketing Experiencial y su influencia en el comportamiento del consumidor

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Published

24/05/2022

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Arbaiza Rodríguez, F. . (2022). Origins of mass customization: The individual consumer-brand interactions within mass markets in the marketing. Revista De Comunicación, 12(1), 182–196. Retrieved from https://revistadecomunicacion.com/article/view/2737

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