33 Phenomena of Purchasing Decisions: Understanding Customer Behavior - Knowledge and Inspiration

Dr. Sebastian Oetzel has been a Professor of General Business Administration, particularly Marketing, at the Department of Business at Fulda University of Applied Sciences since 2018. After studying and completing his doctorate at Goethe University Frankfurt, he worked as a consultant at Yagora GmbH, where he supervised experiments and data analytics projects in the retail and consumer goods industry. He has extensive experience in conducting and analyzing both scientific and practice-oriented studies. His research interests include Marketing Analytics and Behavioral Economics, with a focus on applying quantitative methods to optimize marketing decisions, particularly in the areas of pricing and promotions. His research uses experiments and data analysis to empirically test behavioral economic theories.

Andreas Luppold, Dipl. Kaufmann, is the Managing Partner of the consulting firm Innobrands GmbH. He is also Leading Consultant & Company Advisor at Yagora GmbH, a market research and consulting firm specializing in purchase decision behavior. After studying at Goethe University Frankfurt, his professional experience includes positions at Tchibo Frisch-Röst-Kaffee GmbH, JWT advertising agency, and the publishing group Deutscher Fachverlag. Andreas Luppold has also been a lecturer in marketing at FOM University Frankfurt. Yagora conducts test market research projects in grocery stores, in addition to surveys using implicit methods. Andreas Luppold has experience in conducting several hundred studies for consumer goods manufacturers and retailers.