Compulsive Buying is known as an abnormal activity in shopping. It can be categorized a negative behavior, but from the marketer point of view this is a behavior that can be utilized to increase sales. The purpose of this study is to determine the factors that related and can affect compulsive buying, measure by variables such as fashion orientation, money attitude, self-esteem and conformity. In this study, researcher collect the data by distributing questionnaires to 210 adolescents in the city of Bandung and then analyze it using Multiple Regression Analysis. The results of this study indicate that fashion orientation, money attitude, self-esteem and conformity can affect compulsive buying either partially or simultaneously, with the most dominant factor is Conformity. It is expected that the results of this study can provide information about marketing strategies and how to take advantage of these variables to increase sales.
Keywords—fashion orientation; money attitude; self esteem;
conformity; and compulsive buying