The study defines shopping well-being at the mall as a shopper's perceived impact of a shopping mall in contributing to satisfaction in important life domains resulting in a global judgment that the mall contributes significantly to one's overall quality of life. Particularly, the study puts...

This paper introduces a new retailing concept called shopper-based mall equity (SBME). SBME is the differential effect of mall knowledge on shoppers' responses to a mall's marketing activities. The results of a study in two Canadian shopping malls consisting of 905 shoppers who were administered...

Based on Allport (1954) paradigm of “in-group love and out-group hate”, this research posits that interpersonal conflicts are more likely to be pursued when allocentric customers are faced with an out-group service employee, leading to a confrontational response such as revenge. However, if...

This article proposes a conceptual model of consumer revenge behavior. Drawing on the cognitive appraisal theory, the authors address revenge as a coping process and investigate the influence of cultural values along the process. The article reviews existing models on revenge behavior and adapts...