Ordering train tickets on Internet, building up furniture or self-scanning products in the cart...Consumers’ participation in the different phases of product or service production process is developing under various forms, from ordinary to more creative ones. Through 24 qualitative interviews,...

Since a long time, companies have tried to involve the consumer in the production of service. These approaches are developing fastly and advocate for a new vision of consumers, not as passive receptacles for offerings but as true market partners. Participation is a relatively recent area of...

Since a long time, companies have tried to involve the consumer in the production of service. These approaches are highly increasing and advocate a new view of consumers, not as passive receptacles for offerings but as true market partners. This participation is a relatively recent area of...

Self-checkout technologies (self-checkout or self-scanning systems) enjoy rapid development since the end of the 2000’s. Through qualitative interviews with retailers’ clients, this paper analyses their perception and usage of these new technologies. It helps to understand the process of...

Consumer participation in the different steps of products or services' production process is developing following many directions, from the most ordinary to the most creative ones. In this context, the present paper tries to clarify the definition of consumer participation and proposes a...

Consumers’ participation in the different phases of product or service production process is developing from ordinary to more creative forms. However, the literature has mainly focused on the latter, even though simple and non-creative participation is now widespread in our society. After...

This article explores the purposes pursued by the French research in marketing. A scientometric analysis of four AFM Congresses communications reveals the permanence of a powerful managerial paradigm and the recent development of more societal questions. These results are discussed in a...

An organic label offers a market signal for producers of organic food products. In Western economies, the label has gained high recognition, but organic food still represents a small part of total food consumption, which raises questions about the label's efficacy. By considering organic labels...

Commerce et distribution : prospective et stratégies, edited by Olivier Badot and Marc Benoun, is reviewed.