Research: Why People Really Buy Upcycled Products

Autor(en)
Sara Caprioli, Christoph Fuchs, Bram Van den Bergh
Abstrakt

Researchers who analyzed consumer feedback from Etsy discovered that what consumers value most about upcycled products is not their sustainability but their creativity. Their findings offer some guidelines for companies who hope to design and successfully market upcycled products: 1) Designers should consider using components from other industries to enhance the appeal of their products and encourage cross-industry collaboration; 2) Product designers and managers should identify new uses for product components; 3) Marketers should emphasize creativity, as well as sustainability, in their messaging about upcycled products; and 4) Companies can boost the appeal of new products by emphasizing design elements that remind consumers of upcycled products.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Marketing und International Business
Externe Organisation(en)
Technische Universität München, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Journal
Harvard Business Review
ISSN
0017-8012
Publikationsdatum
04-2024
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
502054 Entrepreneurship
Schlagwörter
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/research-why-people-really-buy-upcycled-products(b5a530ac-1abb-4eae-b234-71c3c05c1972).html