THE IMPACT OF COLOUR ON SALES OF FASHIONABLE PRODUCT (A CASE STUDY OF ALESHINLOYE MARKET, IBADAN).

Student: Hannah Oluwayemisi John
Supervisor: Mr Akinwunmi John Makinde
HOD: Dr Isaac Olujide Ladokun
Department of Marketing Education
Business Administration and Management
The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State

Abstract

ABSTRACT T h i s s t u d y i n v e s t i g a t e s t h e i m p a c t o f c o l o r o n t h e s a l e s o f f a s h i o n a b l e p r o d u c t s i n A l e s h i n l o y e M a r k e t , I b a d a n , a p o p u l a r m a r k e t k n o w n f o r d i v e r s e f a s h i o n i t e m s . C o l o r i s a k e y e l e m e n t i n c o n s u m e r p u r c h a s i n g d e c i s i o n s , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t h e f a s h i o n i n d u s t r y w h e r e i t i n f l u e n c e s b o t h a e s t h e t i c s a n d e m o t i o n a l r e s p o n s e s . T h e r e s e a r c h e x p l o r e s h o w d i f f e r e n t c o l o r s a f f e c t c o n s u m e r p r e f e r e n c e s , a n d h o w t h e y u l t i m a t e l y i n f l u e n c e p u r c h a s i n g d e c i s i o n s . U s i n g a m i x e d - m e t h o d s a p p r o a c h , t h e s t u d y c o l l e c t e d q u a n t i t a t i v e d a t a t h r o u g h s u r v e y s d i s t r i b u t e d t o b o t h c u s t o m e r s a n d f a s h i o n r e t a i l e r s i n A l e s h i n l o y e M a r k e t . T h e f i n d i n g s r e v e a l t h a t c e r t a i n c o l o r s a r e s t r o n g l y a s s o c i a t e d w i t hp a r t i c u l a r f a s h i o n s e a s o n s , o c c a s i o n s , a n d c u s t o m e r d e m o g r a p h i c s , s i g n i f i c a n t l y i m p a c t i n g s a l e s . W a r m a n d b r i g h t c o l o r s l i k e r e d , y e l l o w , a n do r a n g e w e r e f o u n d t o b e m o r e a t t r a c t i v e d u r i n g f e s t i v e p e r i o d s , w h i l e n e u t r a l c o l o r s l i k e b l a c k , w h i t e , a n d b e i g e a r e p r e f e r r e d f o r e v e r y d a y w e a r .

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