Cultura International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology

Volume 14, Issue 1, 2017

Shi Yan
Pages 71-79

Cross-Cultural Symbolic Consumption and the Behaviour of Chinese Consumers

With the spread of cross-cultural communication and the expansion of multinational brands the semantic boundaries of signs is being transcended in various ways. The contemporary global and transnational construction of signs has a different impact on consumer behaviour across the world. Easter consumers have some unique national psychology and purchasing behaviour to Western consumers. This study explores different the characteristics and motivations behind the cross-cultural exchange of signs, their reception, the specific symbolic value, and consumer behaviour in China.