Superstitious beliefs influence a wide range of decisions and activities in the everyday life. Yet, superstition has received little attention in the consumer behaviour literature, which is surprising since superstitious behaviours are found in numerous related domains, such as sports (Schippers...

While a significant proportion of French people (38%) reports having recovered objects thrown away or deposited on the sidewalk, the objective of this article is to provide a better understanding of how certain practices of gleaning bulky objects (freely decided rather than dictated by...

The present article looks at the meaning of gift-giving when it is performed via free online recycling websites. Underpinned by research on the difficulties inherent to giving, our paper illustrates how these websites remove the difficulties inherent in giving to kith, kin or to charities.

We will explore consumers’ motivations to use Internet to give objects still usable but they do not use anymore. Two focus groups and seventeen semi-conduct interviews enable us to understand that consumers use Internet to give objects 1) for ideology; 2) for practical motivation; 3) to take...

While complaining behaviour has widely been studied in marketing, few studies exclusively focus on non-complaining behaviour. The present communication studies a specific type of consumers: those who do not complain when dissatisfied. Three studies were conducted on 380 students and non-students...

Superstitious beliefs influence a wide range of decisions and activities in the everyday life. Yet, superstition has received little attention in the consumer behaviour literature, which is surprising since superstitious behaviours are found in numerous related domains, such as sports (Schippers...

We will explore consumers’ motivations to use Internet to give objects still usable but they do not use anymore. Two focus groups and seventeen semi-conduct interviews enable us to understand that consumers use Internet to give objects 1) for ideology; 2) for practical motivation; 3) to take...

Les consommateurs qui gardent des objets alors qu'ils n'en ont plus l'utilité Cet article s'intéresse aux consommateurs qui gardent des objets alors qu'ils n'en ont plus l'utilité. Deux raisons expliquent leur comportement : 1) des raisons matérielles (ils ont de la place et ne se posent pas...

This article aims to confront Foucault’s (2001) concept of heterotopia (2001) – the physical location of an utopia – with a "new, "informal and non-institutionalized retail space for gleaning second hand items : the sidewalk during the time of bulky item collection. A qualitative survey...