Exploring US Millennial consumers’ consumption values in relation to traditional and social cause apparel product attributes and purchase intentions
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Millennial consumers, born between 1980 and 2000, are one of the largest consumer groups, yet there is limited knowledge about their apparel product purchasing intentions. Millennials are said to make sustainability-based decisions and to have a strong social and environmental consciousness. This study explores US Millennial consumers’ consumption values in relation to social cause product attributes of environment, labor, and traceability along with 12 more traditional attributes such as fi t or style. Consumption values include the perceived importance of functional, monetary, emotional, social, and epistemic benefi ts derived from the apparel products. Online survey data were collected from 307 students attending a major western US university. The research hypotheses are tested using regression analyses with jeans as the apparel product category. Results suggest that traditional attributes remain a stronger infl uence on consumption values than social cause attributes, and that social cause product attributes, while infl uencing four consumption values, did not infl uence the social consumption value. Consumption values infl uence US Millennial consumers’ purchase intentions and these mediate the infl uence of traditional and social cause attributes on purchase intentions. Further investigation is suggested for clarifying the discrepancy between what is reported regarding Millennial consumers’ convictions and their intended apparel purchase behavior.
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Millennial consumers, born between 1980 and 2000, are one of the largest consumer groups, yet there is limited knowledge about their apparel product purchasing intentions. Millennials are said to make sustainability-based decisions and to have a strong social and environmental consciousness. This study explores US Millennial consumers’ consumption values in relation to social cause product attributes of environment, labor, and traceability along with 12 more traditional attributes such as fi t or style. Consumption values include the perceived importance of functional, monetary, emotional, social, and epistemic benefi ts derived from the apparel products. Online survey data were collected from 307 students attending a major western US university. The research hypotheses are tested using regression analyses with jeans as the apparel product category. Results suggest that traditional attributes remain a stronger infl uence on consumption values than social cause attributes, and that social cause product attributes, while infl uencing four consumption values, did not infl uence the social consumption value. Consumption values infl uence US Millennial consumers’ purchase intentions and these mediate the infl uence of traditional and social cause attributes on purchase intentions. Further investigation is suggested for clarifying the discrepancy between what is reported regarding Millennial consumers’ convictions and their intended apparel purchase behavior.
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