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Patrons of home centers and hardware chains: a comparison

Burns, David J.; Duganne, David; Terry Deiderick, E. - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 35 (2007) 5, pp. 363-380

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to compare the patrons of chain home centers and patrons of small hardware stores. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was administered to individuals residing in two adjacent metropolitan areas located in the US Midwest. Respondents were...

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Customer preferred channel attributes in multi‐channel electronic banking

Laukkanen, Tommi - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 35 (2007) 5, pp. 393-412

Purpose – The purpose of the study is to increase the understanding of the diverse retail channel preferences of online bank customers by examining their channel attribute preferences in electronic bill paying. Two different groups of online customers were examined: those who pay their bills...

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An integrative framework capturing experiential and utilitarian shopping experience

Fiore, Ann Marie; Kim, Jihyun - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 35 (2007) 6, pp. 421-442

Purpose – In line with changes in consumer demand, models used in empirical study of the shopping experience have expanded. Reflecting the integrative (experiential and utilitarian) nature of shopping experience, the paper aims to propose an overarching stimulus‐organism‐response based...

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Shopping for pleasure? Shopping experiences of Hungarian consumers

Millan, Elena S.; Howard, Elizabeth - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 35 (2007) 6, pp. 474-487

Purpose – To examine shopping motives and behaviour in shopping centres in Hungary, which has seen rapid and recent development in its retail structure. To explore whether the level of hedonic shopping value derived by consumers is less pronounced than in more developed market economies, and...

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The shopping experience of female fashion leaders

Michon, Richard; Yu, Hong; Smith, Donna; Chebat, … - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 35 (2007) 6, pp. 488-501

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how the shopping mall environment impacts on hedonic and utilitarian shopping experiences, and approach behaviour of fashion leaders and followers. Design/methodology/approach – Fashion shoppers' response and behaviour has been modelled in an...

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Hedonic usage of product virtualization technologies in online apparel shopping

Kim, Jiyeon; Forsythe, Sandra - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 35 (2007) 6, pp. 502-514

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate whether online apparel shoppers' adoption of product virtualization technologies is facilitated more by hedonic motivations than functional motivations due to the hedonic nature of the product virtualization technologies....

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Consumers online: intentions, orientations and segmentation

Jayawardhena, Chanaka; Tiu Wright, Len; Dennis, Charles - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 35 (2007) 6, pp. 515-526

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the purchase intentions of online retail consumers, segmented by their purchase orientation. Design/methodology/approach – An e‐mail/web survey was addressed to a consumer panel concerning their online shopping experiences and motivations,...

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Specialty retail center's impact on downtown shopping, dining, and entertainment

Maronick, Thomas J. - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 35 (2007) 7, pp. 556-568

decline in shopping for non‐food items at Harbor Place and the Inner Harbor after the initial excitement following the opening …

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Using behavioural and motivational thinking in food segmentation

Hollywood, L.E.; Armstrong, G.A.; Durkin, M.G. - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 35 (2007) 9, pp. 691-702

Purpose – Emerging consumer trends within the food industry have increased the need to create market‐oriented products …‐making models in a food context are proposed. Practical implications – By potentially gaining an intimate knowledge of the consumer …, such models can optimise food‐marketing effectiveness by assisting the industry in predicting future consumer purchasing …

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Adoption of travel e‐shopping in the UK

Kamarulzaman, Yusniza - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 35 (2007) 9, pp. 703-719

Purpose – This study aims to explore consumers' adoption of internet shopping in the context of UK travel services. The key objective is to identify the profile of internet shoppers and the antecedents of internet shopping adoption for travel services. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

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