GRAPHOLISTIC™ RESEARCH BRIEF GRB-001 Consumer Behaviour & Marketing Research Understanding Consumer Behaviour Beyond Traditional Research Understanding consumer behaviour has become increasingly important for organisations seeking to create meaningful products, services, and customer experiences. Consumer behaviour has long been recognised as a multidisciplinary field, drawing from psychology, sociology, economics, anthropology, and marketing to understand how individuals make purchasing decisions. Leading scholars such as Philip Kotler , Michael Solomon , Leon Schiffman , Joseph Wisenblit , and Daniel Kahneman have demonstrated that consumer decisions are influenced by far more than product features or price. Emotions, perceptions, personality, motivation, learning, social influences, and cognitive biases all contribute to the way consumers evaluate brands and make purchasing decisions. Consequently, organisations invest significant resources in consumer research through surveys,...