International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 4

Consumer preferences towards fabric bags vs polythene bags

  • Author:
  • A. Sandhya Rani
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 337 to 345

Associate Professor, School of Management Studies, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and technology, Yamnumpet, Ghatkesar, Hyderabad

Online published on 20 June, 2019.

Abstract

An efficient and effective service is one which is extended by identifying and understanding the needs of the customers. In today's scenario every individual is looking for comfort by using harmful polythene products, but they are forgetting that this will destroy the future generation. Due to the advent of fabric bags, quality has improved a lot compared to polythene bags This study focuses on consumer preference towards fabric bags with reference to gender and age. A sample of 100 respondents from begumpet location is considered for the study through convenience sampling. Chi square analysis is used to analyze if there is a significant influence of gender and age on consumer preference. The analysis has proved that there is no significant influence of gender and age on consumer preference towards fabric bags, indicating that all the consumers are more concentrating on eco friendly bags irrespective of their gender and age.

Keywords

Eco friendly, reusable, durable, washable, highly educated customer, demanding customers