GENDER AND MARKET: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF COMPARISON BETWEEN TRADITIONAL MARKET AND SHOPPING MALL

Abstract

This investigation attempts to discover the factors liable for various purchasing conduct of customers of traditional market (tribal market and rural market) and shopping centre and how sexual orientation assumes a significant part in the buyers purchasing motives and decisions. This paper takes into account an assortment of factors that keep on affecting the purchasing motives and decisions with changing marketplaces and with respect to gender contrasts. It investigates how sexual orientation in different aspects are associated with market be it as a consumer or in workforce. The paper likewise examines, how even the items and brands are gendered. This study further investigates shopping propensities in different types of markets in India and endeavours to recognize and differentiate potential contrasts between genders utilizing various studies. The paper attempts to analyse various previous investigations regarding two unique sorts of market and tried to understand consuming behaviour of patrons on these two types of markets.