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                    Reconnoitring The Impact Of Covid- 19.

                           Accentuating Its Implications On

                        Brands And Consumers Behavioural


                                                   Outcomes


                                            By SAUBHAGYA BHALLA
                                                                 With  the  global  recession,  it  is  quite
                                                                 evident that marketing and consumer
                                                                 behaviour  are  going  to  transform
                                                                 substantially.  According  to  Harvard
                                                                 Business         Review          (2020),
                                                                 approximately  a  quarter  of  brands
                                                                 have  seized  their  paid  marketing
                                                                 communications for the year as it is a
                                                                 very  crucial  time  to  promote  the
                                                                 products and services. It implies that

                                                                 during  this  exacerbate  scenario,  it  is
                    “Brands  must  corroborate  its              quite  ambiguous  for  the  brands  to
                    existence  and  preponderance  to            make the communication strategies.
                    consumers        through      actively

                    engaging  themselves  in  providing
                    best  possible  consumer  services           CHALLENGES             FOR        THE
                    and turning consumers into brand             BRANDS
                    evangelist” (Saubhagya Bhalla)
                                                                 The pandemic outbreak has brought a

                                                                 huge challenge for the marketers and
                                                                 brands as it is difficult to provide the
                    Covid-19  has  impacted  the  global
                                                                 impeccable  quality  of  services  to  the
                    economy      unprecedentedly.      The
                                                                 consumers.       The    feedback     to
                    global  financial  structure  has  been
                                                                 consumer  queries  or  the  complaint
                    shaken  with  a  big  blow  to  all  the
                    substantial  sectors  which  are  the        handling  system,  everything  has
                                                                 become a challenge for the brand.
                    backbone  of  an  economy.  A  recent
                    analysis  conducted  by  the  UN             Consumers  want  the  brand  to  give
                    Department  of  Economic  and  Social        them assurance that brands are going
                    Affairs  (DESA)  has  stated  that           to support them in this period. They
                    COVID-19  pandemic  is  hugely               want to have the detailed information
                    impacting  the  supply  chain  logistics     reading  the  accessibility  of  products
                    and global trade.                            and  services.  Because  of  social




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