Selection of research topic is the basic and important part of research report, thesis or dissertation. It requires a lot of energy, resources and time to choose an appropriate topic for the research. There are numerous factors which need to be taken into consideration before final selection of the research topic. For example a research topic should neither be too broad nor should be too narrow. Similarly, the topic should be researchable, interesting, clear and feasible. In order to have an idea of different types of research topics related to the field of marketing, a list is given:
Topics for Research in Marketing
- The effects of pharmaceutical dispensing pattern on consumer store patronage
- Table turnover augmentation: variables affecting the time spent in dining experience
- A comparative study on application of advertising through cell phone framework among various types of goods and services
- Market entry strategy in an emerging market using Country of Origin information
- Impact of brand awareness on consumer/brand loyalty: A study of packages milk brands
- Characteristics of customer loyalty: impact of brand image or product characteristics/attributes – A study of packaged milk brands
- Effect of self-placement of habitual buying products on their sales
- Determinants of consumer buying behavior through mega stores in (country name)
- Consumer response towards country of origin (experiment) comparison between higher involvement and lower involvement products
- Relationship between website attributes and customer satisfaction: A study of E-commerce systems in (city name)
- Customer Delight in banking
- To identify service quality gaps in banking sector: A comparative study of local and foreign banks
- Effects of occupational status on women food buying and cooking behavior
- Effects of employee smiling on customer satisfaction with the transaction in banks and cellular industry of (country name)
- Effects of gender on family buying decision
- Effects of recession on consumer buying behavior
- Factors effecting positive and negative word of mouth in restaurant industry
- The effect of brand image on consumer taste preference
- The effect of recession on promotional activities
- The effect of recession advertising
- Factors effecting level of impulse buying
- Effects of technology change on information seeking habits of individuals
- Effects of product and consumer characteristics on free sample trail/usage
- Consumer response to unethical retailer behavior
- Relationship between consumers internal usage practices and awareness to internal advertising
- Effects of consumer response to in store promotion on brand image and purchase intention
- Attitude of people in different roles towards direct marketing
- The impact of counterfeit brands on consumers acceptance of original brands
- The effects of product, market and organizational characteristics on market research practices
- A comparative study of sellers and buyers in market acceptability of licensed software
- Affect of deceptive advertising on consumer loyalty in telecom sector
- Factor affecting educationist/scientist response to patent registration
- Consumer awareness and usage of E-banking transactions through mobile phones
- The effects of advertising research practices on the advertising performance of companies
- Impact of performance commitment on customer’s evaluation of product quality
- Relationship between packaging characteristics and consumer brand preference
- Relationship between marketing research, customer knowledge and company sales
- Effect of product innovativeness and trial ability on new product adoption
- Relationship between corporate image and mobile phone advertising
- Shelf spacing competition: A comparative analysis of local and international brand
- Find the impact of opinion leadership on consumer buying decision with respect to high and low involvement product categories
- A consumer decision making model in the automobile industry of (country name)
- Factors behind brand switching in the telecom industry
- Consumer purchase behavior in out-of-stock situations at retail outlets
- Understanding consumer response towards sales promotion in the fast food industry
- Factors influencing customer satisfaction in health care services
- Impact of congruity between self-concept and brand image on brand preference in the automobile industry
- The impact of brand extension on brand personality
- The impact of personal involvement on store brand selection
- A four dimension approach to attitude measurement
- Sustainable competitive advantages in hospital industry
- Customers evaluation of perceived value of service rendered by physician consultant
- Studying consumer reactions to the Von Restorff effect
- Effect of personal and personality characteristics on sales performance
- Effectiveness of utility bill as promotion medium (a comparative study between company and consumer)
- The revival of radio advertising in (country name): A comparative study of advertiser and consumer
- The effect of corporate characteristic on the choice of CSR
- Relationship between organization characteristic and organization response to Gray market
- The effect of consumer travel characteristic and billboard characteristics on consumer response to billboard advertising
- A study of waste management and recycling in (country name)
- The effects of publicity source characteristics on consumer belief
- The effects of search engine optimization on marketing performance of the companies
- Impact of parent brand image on the brand extension of the firm
- Impact of nutritional labeling on the consumer buying behavior
- Impact of celebrity endorsement and event sponsorship on pre-purchase evaluation
- Impact of communication on service brand evaluation
- Factor affecting compulsive buying behavior in credit card consumer
- The effects of consumer environmental consciousness and environmental friendliness on brand preference
- Factor influencing customer retention in hotels
- The impact of different sales promotion tactics on consumer of GSM networks in terms of usage
- Effect of in-store shelf spacing on purchase intent
- Role of outdoor advertising in brining awareness and developing perception for social causes
- Factors behind use of plastic money in (country name): A study of consumer behavior
- To evaluate the packaging variables and their impact on consumer preference in soft drink
- A study on relationship between advertising, word of mouth and experiential perspective with respect to purchase intent
- The impact of customer expectation service on gender basis
- The impact of fashion involvement and hedonistic consumption tendency on buying behavior
- Impact of mood on brand recall and attitude of brand placement in television program
- The effect of customer relationship management on customer retention
- The relationship between dining attributes customer satisfaction and customers patronage intention in restaurants
- Relationship between store image and consumer preferences towards store brand
- A study on consumer purchase intention with respect to objectives, attributes and subjective dimensions in retail outlets
- Consumer buying behavior in shopping stores: impact of store dimensions and demographics
- Brand awareness and brand attitude as the predictors of market share
- Impact of advertising and price sensitivity and consumer buying behavior
- A study on consumer spending via credit cards
- Finding endogenity when consumer demographics, psychographics and product characteristics explaining consumer complaint behavior
- Effectiveness of integrated marketing communication with respect to consumer attitude towards brand
- Influence of humor advertising on consumer brand perception
- An association between advertising messages and content and the response of the children
- An application of two stage least square model for explaining advertising as a mediator for attitude and brand choice
- The impact of marketing activities on the sales of pharmaceutical companies
- Customer relationship management and services marketing: identifying the source of competitive advantage using RBV theory
- To study the relationship between managerial perceived effectiveness of teaser campaigns and its strategic implementation
- To study the effects of housewife quality perception of ready to cook meal on their preference to use
- To study the effects of offensive images and tests on ad recall, brand recall and brand image
- To study the effects of brand relevance strategies on brand share and brand sales
- To study the effect of branded ingredients on consumer perception
- To study the effects of sales man personality on brand image and brand sales at various stages of brand life cycle
pls i have never done research before. can u help me on this topic: the effect of brand image on consumer taste and preference. i will be happy if u can do that before 10/02/2013. thanks
its very useful for me plz help me for my M.phil project topic selecting
i’m a 3rd yr UG student from coimbatore, interested in a topic related to advertising strategies of companies… plz suggest a topic :))))
Hi sir. I’m timothy and I need a research topic on consumer or industrial psychology at undergraduate level. Your response is highly anticipated as I’m to submit the topic on or before monday 18th of february 2013. Thanks a lot.
I need a research topic for my postgraduate in marketing management. I am interested to the effect of something on employee retention.
Please send me a good suggestion.
Thanks
I need somebody tell me about my PhD topic. It is ( Customer e- patronage and its antecedents: customer perspective). Is this topic new or old? what are the new topics in e- marketing
Pls sir i need a project topics based on marketing research. Pls help me
i am doing m.phil in commerce i chose marketing field so give me some research topics for marketing
Thank you so much sir, for publishing a list of all these research topics, this is very helpful in choosing a topic.
thx for this list. it helps me a lot in brainstorming .
can you suggest me a topic related to social marketing?
plse i am studying my MBA in marketing management in Hawassa university (Ethiopia), i want to select research topic on the impact of exchange commodity market on the life of small scale farmers …..
i have been given a topic on overcoming resistance change.seeking managers view at a particular companyi dont really know how to go about it
Good day, i’m an MBA student can u please help me with a topic on Marketing services of Air Botswana
or any marketing research topic
hullo,please i need your help,i want to start writing my proposal but i have failed to get a topic,please how can i choose one.MBA/MARKETING
hullo,please i need your help,i want to start writing my proposal but i have failed to get a topic,please how can i choose one.MBA/MARKETING.thanks
I am an MBA student & have initiated a project for the Police service. Due to my interest in the Service, I want to research on “Determinants of good brand image: A case study of the Police service”
sir i ‘m mba(marketing) ,net qualified nd want 2 do ph.d. But i’m very much confused about that, i dont know what is d procedure and what should b the suitable topic for me ,can u plz help me for some of d topics regarding consumer behaivour,advertising etc.awiting for ur timly help,thanx
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i am doing MBA in svu give a good topic for project
Thank you for publishing the vast topics list of research related..
I m doing my MBA in management sciences, preparing report for business communication subject… Kindly guide me about the report, how to make it??
sir i m pursuing mba.i would like to do summer internship in marketing.i want topic on the basis of “comparision of customer satisfaction towards food of MNC compony with local street food”sir help me to make the proper title.
hi sir
I have done mba in marketing and want to pursue phd but before this I want to do reasearch on fast food restaurants or chains.
so kindly suggest me a topic related to this.
sir
I am nikhil M.B.A student i am confujed for my research topicks plz. give me informesain marketings best topicks.
SIR, I NEED A GOOD AND APT TOPIC FOR MARKETING. MY PRODUCT OR SERVICE IS SOFTWARE AND ONLINE EDUCTION TO CHILDREN UPTO 10. KINDLY PLEASE SUGGEST A GOOD TOPIC FOR THIS PRODUCT/ SERVICE.
Dear Sir
I thank you for the list of research topics,keepon helping us. Am doing my marketing honours degree with GZU in Zimbabwe,i wish if you help me with a research topic relating to service marketing especially in newspaper industry,or something to do with hotels.
Thanks in advance for you responds
Dear Sir
i am Playing to do PHD in Marketing . let me know the Research topics
Sir,
I’m MBA student intend to do marketing research.I choose medium printing company.Really appreciate if you can suggest a topic for my reseach for this company.
i m mba student. my problem is which best specilization subject in mba.
I am seriously confused, need top for masters in marketing. It must be something new and interesting please help.
I am confused, need topic for my masters in marketing and it must be new, fresh and interesting. Please help
Hi sir . This is manoj . I’m doing mba in management . Pls list out some topics regarding tourism . Pls answer me immediately .
Please help me for my feature life sir.i am interesting for marketing field and then i am studing mha in 1st year finish so what diploma course available in marketing please tell me sir……….
Could you please help on thesis topics on something to do with effects of economy dollarization on consumer buying behaviour or its effects on customer satifaction in the banking sector or anything to do with effects of dollarization on any area of marketing
a study to customers reference to wards promotional activities
sir I want to do my M.PHILL in marketing field. can u plz tell me which topic should I select for my thesis. I m very confused in selection. can u give my some topics so I can select one among them.
I want to do a research project on the issues related to service quality on government owned utility company,please give me some topics related to it.
Im n search of my dissertation topic. Please send some of the new emerging concepts in marketing which can be selected as a research topic. I like to do my thesis in an innovative and new concept.
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i need to write a report for my research and i am struggling with the topic am doing MBA in marketing plz help me
Hi, should I go ahead with the research topic “Impact of traditional management ways on the performance of employees in pharmaceutical industry of Pakistan
HELLO, am doing my masters in business and want to do a research project on the future of the make up industry. can u give an idea
Hi sir,
M doing MBA could u please list out some new and intresting topic on which i cn do research easily in a effective way
“The success of direct marketing and the influence on a buyers decision when approached directly”.
Would this be a good topic to write about, i would like to know what type of research methods I can undertake to making this a successful research topic
I am planning to do PhD.My specialization was International business and marketing.I would like your advice on chosing the right topic that is feasible for research work.I have a few in mind.
Effect of online marketing
Enterpreneurship in India
Also i would like to ask you am i entitled to do a research on the employee behaviour (as in OB) as my main subject was marketing.
i need a research topic related to marketing, plz help me
thank you for your cooperation by locating such title for my research
Dear Sir..i need a research topic on advertising or consumer involvement
Heloo..i need a research topic on advertising
Dear sir, i am mba and I need to pursue my phd. I want some suggesions regarding the research topics. Something related to online shopping trend in india and its affect on retail outlets. My question is that can I go with this topic.