Cause-related marketing (CrM) is helpful to marketers in two aspects one is better Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and other is better commercial advantage as it increase brand awareness and also increases their understanding about CSR related activities. This research carried out in National Capital Region(NCR) of India attempts to find out the whether the consumer purchase of a product associated with cause is well thought decision or it is spontaneous. The effect of gender has also been explored. To find out the relationship amongst CrM campaigns and consumers’ purchase intention hypotheses were tested with the help of descriptive and regression analysis. The result of study shows that consumers are aware about CrM and consider it as an effective communication tool. They find that duration of CrM campaign and company's commitment to such campaign is crucial. The findings suggest that CrM campaigns influenced the purchase intention of consumer. These results can be helpful to identify the factors of CrM campaigns and will drive marketing recommendations for companies to effectively address different consumer segments with the help of CrM campaigns.
Cause related marketing, Consumers’ purchase intention, Elements of cause-related marketing campaigns, Gender
