Consumer experiences with personalized marketing and communication in e-commerce

The rise of digital advancements and strategies utilizing data has shifted how companies and brands engage consumers. This can be witnessed particularly through personalized marketing and communication in e-commerce. Despite these advancements, concerns about personal data privacy and intrusiveness...

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Päätekijä: Jokinen, Laura
Muut tekijät: Jyväskylän yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2025
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description The rise of digital advancements and strategies utilizing data has shifted how companies and brands engage consumers. This can be witnessed particularly through personalized marketing and communication in e-commerce. Despite these advancements, concerns about personal data privacy and intrusiveness of personalization strategies persist. This creates a paradox in consumer behaviour. Thus, examining consumers’ experiences with personalized marketing and communication in e-commerce is imperative. This thesis examines consumers’ experiences and perceptions within online shopping environments and the personalization strategies brands operating in these settings utilize and offer. Its objective is to focus on what kinds of personalization tactics are seen as helpful versus invasive, and how concerns about data privacy affect attitudes and behaviour. This study utilizes a qualitative research approach, with data collection conducted through ten semi-structured interviews with online shopping consumers. The interviewees were between the ages of 23 to 32. With this age range, the objective of the study was also to explore whether there are differences between Gen Z and Millennial consumers and their perceptions and experiences with personalization. Thematic analysis was employed to analyse the collected data, and to identify meaningful patterns and themes from the interview answers. The findings of the study reveal that consumers typically find value in relevant and timely personalized recommendations and discounts. However, they are increasingly critical of hyper-personalized and too frequent advertising, especially when they perceive it as overly intrusive and lacking with transparency. The results suggest that the trust consumers have towards a brand and perceived control of their personal data significantly influence how personalization is embraced. In addition, the application of the Theory of planned behaviour and Elaboration likelihood model offers a more nuanced comprehension of the emotional and cognitive dimensions of the consumers’ experiences with personalization. This study and its findings contribute to the conflicting discourse on the ethics of personalization. They also offer tangible managerial implications to marketers looking to enhance consumer satisfaction while respecting their boundaries relating to privacy.
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