Abstract:Modern day man engages in vicarious consumption patterns in order to showcase wealth, enhance prestige and embrace others' attention through Conspicuousness, Exclusiveness and Emulation. Yet, too little attention has been devoted to this obtrusive consumer desire in Sri Lanka and elsewhere in the world. In light of this, the purpose of this study was to provide a basis to what the authors denote as 'Decorative Consumption' and to examine the impact of socio-demographic determinants in terms of Conspicuousness,… Show more
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