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Tu, Jui-Che, and Yi-Lin Lee. "Strategies for the Leftover Food Treatment Process: A Case Study of Convenience Store Deli-Style Food Products in Taiwan." International Journal of Automation Technology 12, no. 6 (November 5, 2018): 853–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/ijat.2018.p0853.
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The density of convenience stores in Taiwan is the highest in the world. Among the numerous commodities, the market competition for fresh food products is the fiercest and has become a focus of convenience store operations. Due to the change in Taiwanese lifestyles and consumer acceptance of the dining-out model, the demand and supply of fresh food products in convenience stores continues to increase. To benefit marketing performance, not only do convenience stores carry out promotional activities by reducing the price of products but they constantly innovate the taste and variety of fresh food products. For example, the tide of Taiwanese bento, during which promotions were implemented in the President Chain Store, has changed consumer diet habits; despite the raised price, consumers are still willing to purchase the product. However, convenient, real-time fresh food brought by this convenience store usually causes a massive waste of food. In its manufacturing and production processes, the food production chain ranks among the top three for national greenhouse gases. Whenever a piece of food is wasted, greenhouse gases are produced. Moreover, more resources are consumed to dispose of the wasted foods and garbage, further increasing greenhouse gas emissions and multiplying the carbon footprint. The phenomenon of excessive food waste has become an urgent issue in recent years in Taiwan, which is famous for its convenient food culture and service. In addition, because of Taiwan’s special economic development status, as well as rapid urbanization and family structure change, the ways to jointly affect this special consumption and food culture have become a topic worthy of discussion. Therefore, this research selected cooked food products in convenience stores as the main subject to explore the effect of social status and diet consumption from the perspective of daily social patterns and family structure data. It also examined the dilemma of excessive waste of food, to provide improvement advice as a reference to future relevant social policies and research.
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Chen, Chiwei. "The Study on the Store Image of Hypermarkets." International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management 12, no. 3 (July 2021): 205–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijabim.20210701.oa13.
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the important structures of store image and how to improve a hypermarket's store image to affect customer willingness to return. This study found that the greater shopping convenience, a complete range of products, good service, and regular activities, the greater customer loyalty. The store atmosphere has no significant impact on enhancing customer loyalty. Many store customers do not pay much attention to the quality of physical and software equipment in the store, but more attention to convenience, commodity integrity, good service, and regular activities. Whether a hypermarket can provide good service is a key niche for showing its competitiveness among its competitors. The results show that the more convenient the shopping convenience, the better the service, and the more regular activities a store provides, the less likely a customer will switch to other stores for shopping.
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Išoraitė, Margarita, and Neringa Miniotienė. "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE: THEORY AND PRACTICE." IJBE (Integrated Journal of Business and Economics) 2, no. 2 (June 4, 2018): 73. http://dx.doi.org/10.33019/ijbe.v2i2.78.
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Electronic commerce in the world is becoming an increasingly popular form of trade. Most shoppers start looking for products, descriptions and quality features online before buying a product. In order to provide customers with more convenience, more and more companies and existing stores are setting up their own online stores where a person can buy at a convenient time, even at night when regular stores are no longer working. Online stores allow you to save time spent by a person searching for a particular product and driving through shops. The article analyzes the concept of e-commerce, the advantages and disadvantages of electronic commerce, and the situation of electronic commerce in Lithuania.
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Caspi, Caitlin E., Kathleen Lenk, Jennifer E. Pelletier, Timothy L. Barnes, Lisa Harnack, Darin J. Erickson, and Melissa N. Laska. "Food and beverage purchases in corner stores, gas-marts, pharmacies and dollar stores." Public Health Nutrition 20, no. 14 (September 19, 2016): 2587–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980016002524.
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Abstract Objective Little is known about customer purchases of foods and beverages from small and non-traditional food retailers (i.e. corner stores, gas-marts, dollar stores and pharmacies). The present study aimed to: (i) describe customer characteristics, shopping frequency and reasons for shopping at small and non-traditional food retailers; and (ii) describe food/beverage purchases and their nutritional quality, including differences across store type. Design Data were collected through customer intercept interviews. Nutritional quality of food/beverage purchases was analysed; a Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010) score for purchases was created by aggregating participant purchases at each store. Setting Small and non-traditional food stores that were not WIC-authorized in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, USA. Subjects Customers (n 661) from 105 food retailers. Results Among participants, 29 % shopped at the store at least once daily; an additional 44 % shopped there at least once weekly. Most participants (74 %) cited convenient location as the primary draw to the store. Customers purchased a median of 2262 kJ (540 kcal), which varied by store type (P=0·04). The amount of added sugar far surpassed national dietary recommendations. At dollar stores, participants purchased a median of 5302 kJ (1266 kcal) for a median value of $US 2·89. Sugar-sweetened beverages were the most common purchase. The mean HEI-2010 score across all stores was 36·4. Conclusions Small and non-traditional food stores contribute to the urban food environment. Given the poor nutritional quality of purchases, findings support the need for interventions that address customer decision making in these stores.
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Kim, So-young, and Ji Yu Choi. "The changing role of convenience stores in South Korea." British Food Journal 121, no. 7 (July 1, 2019): 1642–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-07-2018-0467.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop policy recommendations for creating a healthy food environment around convenience stores which has been recently extending beyond the retail to the food retail and even to the foodservice market in South Korea. Design/methodology/approach This study was based on case studies of evaluating the nutritional quality of lunch box products sold by the Korean big 3 convenience store brands (CU, GS25 and 7-Eleven) as meal replacements. Samples of all lunch box products sold during October 2016 in Asan city, South Korea were collected for nutritional quality evaluation. Findings The amount of food items in the “Meats/Fish/Eggs/Legume” food group was 2.4 times the recommended intake, while that in the “Vegetables” food group was even less than one serving size. The most frequent cooking method both for the animal- and plant-based food groups was stir-frying. The average calories fell short of the reference value for men but exceeded it for women. The percentage energy contribution from fats exceeded the reference range. The average amounts of protein, saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium were higher than recommended. Originality/value This study calls attention to the necessity and importance of establishing a healthy food environment around convenience stores, given the ever-growing reliance on these establishments as a go-to spot for a convenient meal. The results may also provide useful insights for developing countries in Asia, which are being spotlighted as the emerging markets for convenience stores.
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Woodside, Arch G., and Randolph J. Trappey. "Learning why some customers shop at less convenient stores." Journal of Business Research 54, no. 2 (November 2001): 151–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0148-2963(99)00085-5.
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Onderwater, Mark, Geneviève Boisjoly, and Ahmed El-Geneidy. "Influence of Travel Behavior, Personal Preferences, and Lifestyle on Perceived Convenience to Amenities among Calgary Residents." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2673, no. 8 (April 28, 2019): 508–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198119844967.
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The presence of essential amenities, such as grocery stores, parks, and employment, within convenient distances impacts individuals’ travel behavior and quality of life. Whereas what is perceived as a convenient distance varies among individuals, the goal of this research is to better understand perceived convenience in the context of differing lifestyles, sociodemographic characteristics, and personal preferences. Using an online travel behavior survey with a sample of 711 residents from Calgary, Canada, we segmented individuals into eight distinct groups based on travel behavior and personal characteristics. We then examined their perceived convenience to reach various amenities among each group, and the actual distances to these amenities. Our results reveal eight distinct typologies that differ according to mode choice, lifestyle, neighborhood characteristics, and trip satisfaction. We observe that distance negatively affects reported convenience to work, grocery stores, and parks, but reported convenience is also closely related to modes available as well as to transport and home location options that meet individuals’ preferences. Typologies in which individuals are able to select their preferred transport options or home location typically report a higher convenience of access to various destinations, and this is especially true for typologies with high cycling, walking, and public transport mode shares. This study demonstrates the importance of providing individuals with a variety of affordable options in relation to transport mode and home locations, which can be of interest to researchers and planners concerned with improving convenience of access to local amenities by sustainable modes.
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Wang, Jin Ping. "Survey of Fire Load in Building Furniture Store." Applied Mechanics and Materials 580-583 (July 2014): 2642–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.580-583.2642.
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There are many combustible materials in building furniture stores with complex people traffic and high risk of fire disaster. Fire load as the represent of flammable material, and the building fire risk can be grasped by the data obtained. Through investigation and statistics on the fire load density value of building furniture store, it is convenient for performance fire safety design. According to the survey, fire load density average value is determined of 382.71 , the standard deviation is of 143.46 . After fitting the survey data, the data distribution do not refuse to obey the extreme-value Idistribution, so this distribution can be the basis of fire design in other corresponding building furniture stores.
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Noh, Yeon-Ah, and Kyung-Soo Han. "Dinning Space Display In Convenient Stores Using Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique." Table and Food Coordinate Society of Korea 16, no. 1 (April 30, 2021): 17–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.26433/tfck.2021.16.1.17.
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Evangelista, Felicitas, Brian Koon Low, and Minh Thanh Nguyen. "How shopping motives, store attributes and demographic factors influence store format choice in Vietnam." Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 32, no. 1 (June 28, 2019): 149–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/apjml-02-2018-0076.
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Purpose Despite huge investments within the modern trade arena, Vietnam remains a traditional trade retailing country. The purpose of this paper is to establish the combined effects of motivation, store attributes and demographic factors on the predictive outcome of store format choice in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach A logistic regression model is used to determine the effect of these factors on the predictive outcome of traditional markets or supermarkets in purchasing non-food products or processed food products. Findings The dichotomy between what supermarkets and traditional markets have to offer is simple but effective. Utilitarian-motivated shoppers are more likely to shop at traditional markets. They emphasize the need to buy products quickly, find a good price, with less travel time and hence lower travel costs. Hedonistic shoppers are motivated by feelings of happiness; they shop to relieve stress and to keep up with trends. Significant difference in store choice also exists between older and higher income shoppers. Research limitations/implications Future research should examine the sociocultural dimensions of shopping at traditional stores by exploring how such shopping relates to, and is embedded in, the formation and changes of individual identity, especially in communities outside of Ho Chi Minh City where shoppers are almost entirely dependent on traditional stores. Practical implications Traditional stores have the benefit of convenient location and savings in both time and travel costs. These benefits are being eroded as supermarkets and transnational retail corporations establish new stores close to the traditional stores. Social implications Shopping at traditional markets is part of the social culture and is embedded in individuals’ identity formation, despite increasing urbanization and shoppers’ higher incomes. Originality/value This study comprehensively explores the interactions between store choice and motivation, store attributes and demographic factors, taking into account contemporary and contextually relevant factors.
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Thi Hoa, Vu, Pham Thanh Thai, and Nguyen Thi Hoai Phuong. "Factors influencing the decision to buy fruits and vegetables from supermarket channel of consumers in Nha Trang." Science & Technology Development Journal - Economics - Law and Management 2, no. 4 (March 29, 2019): 22–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.32508/stdjelm.v2i4.527.
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Vegetables are indispensable foods in people's daily meals. Today, with the improvement of living standard, the demand for fruits and vegetables increases not only in terms of quantity but also quality. Thus, the emergence of modern sales channels such as supermarkets and convenience stores for consumers’ greater access to clean, safe and convenient vegetables is inevitable. The objective of this study is to determine the factors influencing the decision to choose supermarket channels when buying fruits and vegetables of consumers in Nha Trang. Based on qualitative and quantitative research methods, this study proposes a model consisting of eight factors. The final result showed that 6 factors affect the decision of the consumers, including: Technical characteristics, convenient location, characteristics of the shop, promotions, health concerns and trust. This is one of the important bases in proposing solutions to attract and increase the number of consumers buying vegetables at supermarkets.
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Wang, Chung-Yu. "Cross-over effects of corporate reputation and store image: role of knowledge and involvement." Management Decision 57, no. 11 (November 12, 2019): 3096–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/md-11-2016-0810.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze how store loyalty forms corporate reputation and store image conditional on prior knowledge and involvement in retailing services. Design/methodology/approach A convenient sampling technique was employed, in which student interviewers approached customers as they exited the Carrefour stores with a skip interval of 3. The final survey sample comprised 220 respondents. Findings Empirical results confirm that corporate reputation influences store image and corporate reputation and store image affect store loyalty. In addition, shopper characteristics (i.e. involvement and knowledge) positively moderate the relationships between corporate reputation and store image and store loyalty. Originality/value This study goes beyond store loyalty to demonstrate that the cross-over effects between corporate reputation and store image and the moderators of prior knowledge and involvement significantly influence the relationships between corporate reputation and store image and store loyalty.
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Turčínková, Jana, and Jitka Kalábová. "Preferences of Moravian consumers when buying food." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 59, no. 2 (2011): 371–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201159020371.
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The paper presents results of research of preferences of Moravian consumers when buying food. The research focuses on characteristics of consumer behavior on the market with food, the preferences of product characteristics, price characteristics, convenient distribution and influence of selected marketing communication tools. The data collection was conducted via questionnaire in April through June 2010 on a sample of 2017 respondents by a research team of Department of Marketing and Trade at FBE MENDELU in Brno. The results suggest that Moravian consumers prefer retail stores with fresh food (mean = 7.99) and wider assortment (7.71), their choice of outlet is also influenced by the convenience of its location – the most preferred are the ones nearest to respondents’ homes or job (7.31), nevertheless, there is greater variability in level of agreement with this behavior among respondents. Respondents develop a certain level of loyalty, most of them have their favorite store and do no alternate much (7.26). However, they tend to be as savvy as possible (6.89) and take their time to consider their final choice (6.52).
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Pilar Martínez-Ruiz, María, Pablo Ruiz-Palomino, Ricardo Martinez-Canas, and Juan José Blázquez-Resino. "Consumer satisfaction and loyalty in private-label food stores." British Food Journal 116, no. 5 (April 28, 2014): 849–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-09-2012-0216.
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Purpose – This study aims to determine which factors underlie the store attributes that contribute to a particular food store image. Furthermore, heightened recent attention to private labels in the food retailing industry creates the need to assess whether the factors vary, depending on customers' brand proneness and their impact on key marketing performance variables (satisfaction, attitudinal loyalty, behavioural loyalty). Design/methodology/approach – The proposed analysis features 211 questionnaires out of a sample of 391 consumers surveys gathered in four different store formats; 137 of which were completed by consumers who admitting being private label prone, and 74 pertaining to consumers who considered themselves national brand prone. The underlying food store factors were identified using factorial analysis of principal components, and their influence on consumers' satisfaction and loyalty was evaluated with linear parametric regression models. Findings – Store attributes related to providing sufficiently convenient purchasing experiences and a special atmosphere are most important for private label brand-prone consumers and enhance their satisfaction, attitudinal loyalty and behavioural loyalty. For national brand-prone consumers, attributes related to quality are more important for enhancing marketing performance variables. Research limitations/implications – The results enable a clear identification of food store factors that vary with the consumer segment being considered (private label prone consumers vs. national brand prone), as well as their differential impacts on key marketing performance variables. Practical implications – To appeal to private label-prone consumers, food retailers should put particular emphasis on the attributes of the store itself, especially those that enhance convenience and the pleasantness of the store atmosphere. To attract national brand-prone consumers, they primarily need to highlight aspects related to quality. Originality/value – This research emphasises the importance of building competitive strategies in food retailing based on: an increased knowledge about the attributes and factors that food consumers value more highly; and brand type preferences.
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Nageswaran, Leela, Soo-Haeng Cho, and Alan Scheller-Wolf. "Consumer Return Policies in Omnichannel Operations." Management Science 66, no. 12 (December 2020): 5558–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2019.3492.
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We study the pricing and return policy decisions of an omnichannel retailer serving customers who differ in how they realize their uncertain valuation for a product—by inspecting in store before purchase or by purchasing online and possibly returning misfit products. Customers may return misfit products either to stores for a full refund or online as per the firm’s return policy. We model prices to be identical across channels, allow crosschannel returns, and endogenize customers’ purchase and return decisions, capturing typical features of an omnichannel setting. Our analysis helps explain why some omnichannel firms choose full refunds, whereas others charge a fee for online returns. We find that omnichannel firms with good salvage partners for online returns (e.g., Nordstrom) as well as those with more store-based customers (e.g., Macy’s) should offer full refunds. Similarly, firms are incentivized to offer full refunds for products that customers are more likely to inspect in store (e.g., Express for footwear). In contrast, firms with a significant store network and better in-store salvage opportunities (e.g., J.C. Penney) might be better off charging a fee for online returns in order to nudge customers to return in store. Finally, an omnichannel firm should be cautious both in making the return process more convenient and in improving accessibility to its stores, because these seemingly beneficial policies, if combined with a partial-refund policy, could undermine the firm’s overall profit. This paper was accepted by Vishal Gaur, operations management.
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Kao, Yang Ta. "A Design of Smart Dressing System." Applied Mechanics and Materials 284-287 (January 2013): 3240–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.284-287.3240.
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In traditional clothing store, it’s necessary to try clothes before purchasing. But in many situations, people do not like to try it, which were caused in wearing on and off is considered as an inconvenient action. Besides, females’ make-up may stain the clothes while fitting. The proposed method provides a smart dressing system which can enhance the willingness to try dressing but also avoid staining the clothes when wears on and off. This system is composed with three stages: contour initialization, attaching the control points, and field morphing. The experimental results compare to those existing systems show that our system provides a convenient dressing system which can be widely adoptable by apparel stores.
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Andreyeva, Tatiana, Ann E. Middleton, Michael W. Long, Joerg Luedicke, and Marlene B. Schwartz. "Food retailer practices, attitudes and beliefs about the supply of healthy foods." Public Health Nutrition 14, no. 6 (February 16, 2011): 1024–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980011000061.
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AbstractObjectiveNon-supermarket food retailers can be a promising channel for increasing the availability of healthy foods in underserved communities. The present paper reports on retailer practices, attitudes and beliefs about the supply of healthy foods before and after the introduction of new subsidies for healthy foods by the US Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in October 2009.DesignWe designed and conducted in-person standardized interviews with store owners and managers to assess perceptions of demand and profits for different foods, supply networks, barriers to stocking healthy foods and their changes following implementation of the new WIC packages.SettingNon-supermarket retailers in five towns of Connecticut, USA (n 68 in 2009 and n 58 in 2010).SubjectsOwners and managers of WIC-authorized and non-WIC convenience stores and non-chain grocery stores.ResultsRetailers identified customer demand as the primary factor in stocking decisions. They reported observing a significantly weaker demand for healthy foods compared with unhealthy foods, although it improved for certain foods with the new WIC subsidies. Less healthy foods were also perceived as more profitable. Supplier networks varied by product from convenient manufacturer delivery for salty snacks to self-supply for produce. WIC retailers were able to quickly adapt and supply healthy foods required under the new WIC programme guidelines.ConclusionsRetailers other than supermarkets currently perceive little demand for healthy foods, but new WIC subsidies have the power to change these perceptions. Supply barriers seem secondary in the limited offerings of healthy foods by stores and could be overcome when policy changes generate new demand for healthy foods.
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Mohd Suki, Norazah, and Abang Sulaiman Abang Salleh. "Does Halal image strengthen consumer intention to patronize Halal stores?" Journal of Islamic Marketing 7, no. 1 (March 7, 2016): 120–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jima-12-2014-0079.
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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of Halal image, attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control on consumer behavioural intention to patronize Halal stores in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – A self-administered questionnaire was disseminated to members of the general public in Kuching, the main city of Sarawak, Malaysia, via a convenient sampling technique. In total, 548 valid samples were usable for data analysis. Correlation analysis was used to test the model. Findings – Empirical results revealed that consumers’ intention to patronize Halal stores is influenced by attitude, perceived behavioural control, subjective norm and Halal image. Muslim consumers develop a favourable attitude towards stores that display a Halal image, are pleased to know that each item available in these stores is a confirmed Halal product and decide to re-patronize those stores in their practice of Islamic teachings. Practical implications – Marketing managers should focus on developing a positive image of their stores to attract Muslim consumers. For foreign companies, this means that managements should be respectful of the Shariah law in their business transactions and create an image of their brands which is in accordance with Halal requirements to increase the confidence among Muslim customers to patronize their products and stores. Originality/value – The main theoretical contribution relates to the inclusion of the halal image dimension as a variable in the matter of consumer intention to patronize Halal stores in Malaysia.
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Yannan, Zhao, Zhang Lu, and Zhang Xinhuan. "The spatial distribution of retail outlets in Urumqi: The application of points of interest." Open Geosciences 12, no. 1 (November 28, 2020): 1541–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/geo-2020-0149.
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AbstractStudies on the distribution of retail outlets are crucial for optimizing urban resource allocation, and their rationalized layout plays an important role in developing urban economies and meeting consumer demand. However, the literature on the subject has been limited by data collection. In the era of big data, there has been an emergence of geo-referenced data that are more accurate and convenient and thus more able to be applied in the retail analysis. This study addresses this lacuna by exploring the spatial distribution of various retail outlets with the application of points of interest. Our study demonstrates that (1) the retail outlets in Urumqi are concentrated in the inner city. The inner-city area has a higher density distribution of retail outlets, and the development of the retail function is more mature. (2) Various categories of retail outlets display dissimilar agglomeration characteristics and hot spots. Specialty stores, clothing and footwear stores, convenience stores, and home-building material markets have lower average nearest-neighbor distances. (3) The retail outlets in the subject area are directionally distributed in the northwest–southeast direction, which is the result of both the topographical condition and government intervention in Urumqi. (4) Various categories of retail outlets tend to agglomerate at different scales. These results are conducive to the exploration of the location rules and layout preferences of retail locations, and they provide a reference for guiding the adjustment and optimization of retail layouts.
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Lo and Wang. "Constructing an Evaluation Model for User Experience in an Unmanned Store." Sustainability 11, no. 18 (September 11, 2019): 4965. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11184965.
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Traditional stores feature three characteristics: the goods, convenience, and the service provided to its customers (users). Due to the development of the online/offline omni channel consumption model, the starting point for supplying the user with services is no longer the time at which a user arrives at the store door. Instead, it is expected that services can be merged seamlessly into users’ lives at any point in time. Convenience and quality of service can be maximized and optimized via any medium or device. Therefore, in light of the foreseen commercial requirements of the supply end, we introduce a strategy for implementing intelligent equipment in order to achieve the goals of enhanced efficiency and reduced manpower. We investigate the possibility of traditional stores being replaced by other types of convenient store. This study investigates the experience evaluation of unmanned stores with respect to three dimensions: the economic experience, marketing experience, and qualia experience. A case study approach is implemented in this study. The goal is to investigate the course of the user experience in the X-Store, which was founded by the Uni-President Enterprises Corporation in Taiwan. By determining the relationship between users’ interactions with tangible and intangible objects, it is possible to understand the reasons behind the insufficiency in a bad user experience. It is then possible to deal with the insufficiency represented by an intangible service guidance interface, rather than the single and tangible factor of there being no clerks. Finally, a type I quantification theory is applied to the quantification of qualitative data. It is known that the elements corresponding to higher user ratings include, respectively, entertaining setting, positive sensory experience, and innovative products or facilities. The most representative factors for these elements include an interactive drinks cabinet, a futuristic layout, and facial recognition. In contrast, the elements of lower satisfaction level include a setting far from feelings of hustle and bustle, the experience of being introduced to new ideas (thinking), and facilities that are easy to operate. The most representative factors behind these elements include being unable to perform immersive shopping, there being no memory of limited-edition souvenirs, and apps that are not good to use. The contributions of this study are twofold. Firstly, we provide an evaluation of user experience for the first unmanned store in Taiwan, along with a subsequent ranking of the factors. This could provide companies with a reference for either maintaining or improving upon their current state. Secondly, we analyzed the five-stage experience activities for the embodiment of the interactive relationship between users and other people who were analyzed. Any follow-up changes to user influence can be traced back by means of this approach.
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Negi, Navjyoti Singh, and Manish Kumar. "Role of Store Choice Format as a Mediator in Shoppers’ Satisfaction." Restaurant Business 118, no. 10 (October 30, 2019): 47–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/rb.v118i10.8891.
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The economic growth of India has been phenomenal throughout the last decade. The country has been growing at a positive rate, despite the economic slowdown witnessed throughout the world and is on the charts of fastest growing nations with an average growth of more than 7.3 percent (2018) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is quite remarkable for the last 5 years. The key factors that has been driving India’s growth constitutes of a soaring demand in the domestic market along with rise in consumption and a growth trend in investment, backed by evident inherent fundamental strengths such as the demography of the country. Over the past two decades, the market scenario of the country has underwent some noteworthy qualitative structural shift because of factors such as: liberalization of trade policy in 1991 and the recent developments of industrial policies in 2018 setting ablaze a path for competition in the economy. The organized retailers in India are experimenting with a variety of formats, ranging from hypermarkets to supermarkets, discount stores to convenient stores. In order to gain and sustain a strategic advantage in retail competition, it is significant to possess knowledge about the store attributes the consumers’ value and use them to differentiate amongst stores as well as knowing why those attributes are important. Therefore, there is a rising need to evaluate about the actual drivers of shopping behaviour in the Indian retailing Industry.
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Grover, Raneitra, and Lenwood Hayman. "35058 A Mixed Method Study: Can Lyft Facilitate Better Access to Healthy Food?" Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 5, s1 (March 2021): 73–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2021.592.
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ABSTRACT IMPACT: Interventions designed to improve access to healthy food are needed as a mechanism to improve diet quality and ultimately prevent diet-related chronic diseases. OBJECTIVES/GOALS: For people living in food deserts, access to grocery stores is an important consideration toward improving diet quality. The Grocery Access Program (GAP) provided discounted Lyft rides to grocery stores for residents in Baltimore, MD. This study will assess how the GAP impacted access to different food retail stores and healthy food purchases. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: A mixed methods sequential explanatory design will be used. We collected survey data at baseline and mid-pilot on primary grocery shopping store, frequency of purchasing fruits and vegetables, and frequency of using the discounted Lyft rides for 90 program enrollees. The Healthy Food Availability Index (HFAI), a validated, observation-based instrument, will be used to measure healthy food availability at participants’ primary grocery shopping stores; HFAI scores range from 0-27. We will also compare frequency of self-reported fruit and vegetable purchases before and after GAP participation. Quantitative data analysis using paired sample t-tests and chi square tests will be followed by in-depth interviews with GAP participants; thematic analysis will be used to analyze qualitative data. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: This research is in progress; survey data collection is complete and store-level HFAI data collection will begin soon. We hypothesize that GAP participants will have shopped at stores with higher HFAI scores than non-participants, and that participants will have purchased healthy foods more frequently than they did prior to GAP participation. If these hypotheses are not supported, our qualitative findings will elucidate potential reasons and mechanisms for improving the program. If our hypotheses are supported, it will provide evidence for the GAP as a convenient, low-cost intervention to improve healthy food access for people in low-income communities. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF FINDINGS: Access to healthy foods is an important social determinant of health, and innovative strategies that can facilitate better dietary habits are needed in the area of food access research. Findings from this study could be used to scale up efforts that will foster better food access, healthier diets, and ultimately better health outcomes.
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Chaveesuk, Ravipim, and Chayanuch Jitareetep. "Chili Paste Culture in Bangkok Metropolis." KnE Life Sciences 4, no. 2 (March 1, 2018): 136. http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/kls.v4i2.1665.
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This research’s objectives were to study the consumer behavior of instant chili paste in Bangkok metropolis. A survey study in Bangkok and its perimeters with 400 consumers indicated that most popular chili paste in retailed stores was the chili paste in oil. Most Consumers decided to buy the instant chili paste based on a taste satisfaction at convenient stores or supermarkets. Those whose monthly income were less than 865 USD preferred a chili paste in a 90-gram plastic jar and made a purchase with higher frequency than those who earned more and preferred a 230-gram glass jar. Taste, reasonable price to quality, availability near home or workplace and product promotion were consumers’ most important buying decision criteria. The logistic regression model built to represent the relationship between a probability to buy and marketing factors revealed that buying chance would be higher if the consumers perceived that the product were made from high quality materials and were packed in the see-through packaging. Marketing strategies for the chili paste manufacturer are to communicate its high quality raw materials and standard certificate on the label or QR code, product visibility through a transparent package or window on a package and prepare for digital marketing. Proper outlets include convenient stores, supermarkets and hypermarket in a residential area or near a workplace. Recommended promotions are buy one get one free concept, variety of chili pastes in one pack and a product tasting from time to time. Keywords: Bangkok Metropolis; Chili Paste; Consumer Behavior; Logistic Regression
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Phuong, Hang Le Cam, and Vo Anh Tung. "Factors Affecting Spontaneous Buying Behavior of Consumers at Bach Hoa Xanh System in Ho Chi Minh City." Revista Gestão Inovação e Tecnologias 11, no. 4 (July 22, 2021): 2870–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.47059/revistageintec.v11i4.2324.
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The study is carried out to achieve the following objectives: Identify the factors affecting the spontaneous purchasing behavior of consumers at stores of the Bach Hoa Xanh system in Ho Chi Minh City. around the original factors: In-store atmosphere, promotions and shopping emotions; Measure the influence of the identified factors; Using qualitative and quantitative research methods, the study surveyed 213 customers who have experienced shopping at stores of the Bach Hoa Xanh chain in Ho Chi Minh City by convenient sampling method. With the support of SPSS software version 22 and Amos version 20, the author carried out the steps of descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and linear structural analysis (SEM). Research results have shown two factors that have a direct impact on the spontaneous purchasing behavior of Bach Hoa Xanh consumers in Ho Chi Minh City, including: Promotions (standardized regression coefficient of 0.170) and shopping sentiment (standardized regression coefficient reached 0.478). The dependent variable shopping emotion is affected by 2 independent factors: Atmosphere at the store and promotions. The impact of these two factors is quite strong, reaching 0.627 and 0.336, respectively. Atmosphere factor at the store does not directly affect spontaneous purchasing behavior but indirectly through the mediated variable shopping emotion. All accepted hypotheses reached the 95% confidence level. The author's research will be a source of documents and information for managers of the Bach Hoa Xanh chain in Ho Chi Minh City to adjust business strategies to suit each business period.
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Chiu, Wan Yu, Gwo Hshiung Tzeng, and Han Lin Li. "Developing e-store marketing strategies to satisfy customers' needs using a new hybrid gray relational model." International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making 13, no. 02 (March 2014): 231–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219622014500357.
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With the increasing popularity of online shopping services, e-stores are experiencing ever more fierce competition. Thus, it is imperative that managers take steps to improve their services and ensure customer loyalty, and this can only be done by understanding their customers' needs and developing appropriate marketing strategies. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to propose a new hybrid gray relational model to enhance strategies by adopting innovation and creativity to achieve the aspiration level in each dimension/criterion of satisfying/promoting human life and convenient service. This new hybrid gray relational model, which can improve the performance of each criteria to close the aspiration level of each reference point, will address interdependent problems among dimensions/criteria in the real world and provide feedback. More specifically, a DANP (DEMATEL-based ANP) and a gray relational assessment model will be combined to produce an influential network relationship map (INRM), showing the influential weights and gaps between the actual performance and the level of aspiration. As such, the contribution made by this research will be to produce the best strategies for e-store managers to improve their business model in order to meet customers' needs, encourage them to repurchase, and to enable stores to provide the most effective and efficient service for their customers.
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Jung, Kwang Yul, Taerim Kim, Sung Yeon Hwang, Hee Yoon, Tae Gun Shin, Min Seob Sim, Ik Joon Jo, and Won Chul Cha. "Availability of drug at convenient stores is not associated with an increased incidence of their poisoning." Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 28, no. 4 (March 7, 2019): 536–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.4760.
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Delpish, Ritson, and Steven Jiang. "Visualization of Food Bank/Agency Distribution." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 63, no. 1 (November 2019): 1879–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181319631260.
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Food banking generates large amount of structured and unstructured data typically stored and reported in spreadsheet format. The growing scale of data storage limit the effectiveness of traditional spreadsheet data exploration methods used by decision makers. Spreadsheets are generally convenient and easy to use for processing data, but less so for big data stores due to limitations such as capacity, computing performance, interactivity, and plotting capability. Visual analytics was proposed as an approach to improve information seeing using data provided by the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. SAS Visual Analytics was used to generate interactive dashboards that included a geo map based on spreadsheet data for agency food distribution. Feedback from the Food Bank’s management indicate substantial interest for visual analytics as a decision aid. A formal study is planned to evaluate decision-making performance with the dashboard in comparison to existing food bank methods.
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Zhao, Xing Wen, and Hui Li. "Improvement on a Multi-Channel Broadcast Encryption Scheme." Applied Mechanics and Materials 427-429 (September 2013): 2163–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.427-429.2163.
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Broadcast encryption provides a convenient method to distribute digital content to subscribers over an insecure broadcast channel so that only the qualified users can recover the data. In some broadcast encryption based systems such as pay-TV, multiple ciphertext headers (via multiple channels) are needed since the sender needs to send various contents to different groups of subscribers. Each receiver needs to store all headers in order to switch channel fluently. Recently, Phan et al. described a multi-channel broadcast encryption scheme, in which the sender encapsulates multiple ephemeral keys into one ciphertext header so that each receiver only stores one ciphertext header and still can recover various ephemeral keys for different contents. We present an improvement on their scheme, which will reduce the size of public key and the computation cost for decryption. The improved scheme can be used to construct efficient dynamically privileged broadcast encryption system.
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Mishra, Hari Govind, Piyush Kumar Sinha, and Surabhi Koul. "Customer dependence and customer loyalty in traditional and modern format stores." Journal of Indian Business Research 9, no. 1 (March 20, 2017): 59–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jibr-12-2015-0126.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between customer loyalty and customer dependence in the context of modern format and traditional format stores. In the process, the role of switching cost and trust in this relationship has been explored. Design/methodology/approach Building on the literature, the authors have postulated a conceptual model and formulated relevant hypotheses. Quantitative methodology is applied with previously established. The data were collected through convenient sampling. Methods like Factor analysis, cross-tab and regression analysis have been used. Findings The findings indicate a significant relationship between customer loyalty and customer dependence. Switching cost and trust have been found to have a moderating effect over the relationship in both modern and traditional environments. Research limitations/implications The limitation is the restriction to the Jammu context. The studies have brought about the difference in attitudinal and behavioural loyalty. Future research can be carried out on the role of dependence in explaining and strengthening this relationship. Originality/value The present study provides an insight into for the customer loyalty and customer dependence in the context of modern and traditional retail formats.
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Jahn, Steffen, Ann-Christin Langer, Ossama Elshiewy, and Yasemin Boztuğ. "How Perceived Security Risk Influences Acceptance of Virtual Shopping Walls." Marketing ZFP 42, no. 4 (2020): 35–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.15358/0344-1369-2020-4-35.
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Virtual shopping walls are innovative digital stores that can be placed in highly frequented areas of public transport, such as bus or subway stations. These walls resemble shelves of a stationary supermarket and allow convenient shopping with the smartphone combined with home delivery. The goal of the present research is to shed light on what drives widespread use of this store concept. Complementing traditional models of technology acceptance, this work examines the impact of perceived security risk with special emphasis on its moderating effect on the perceived usefulness-behavioral intention relationship. We find that the intention to use virtual shopping walls is driven by perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness, while perceived security risk acts like a barrier to acceptance. The negative effect of high perceived security risk, however, is mitigated by high perceived usefulness. This means that high perceived usefulness of virtual shopping walls can compensate for increased risk perceptions in a significant way, providing important insights for providers of virtual shopping walls.
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Alflayyeh, Saad, and Haseebullah Abdul Naeem. "An integrative framework of retailscape: Case of grocery retail stores in Saudi Arabia." International Journal of ADVANCED AND APPLIED SCIENCES 8, no. 5 (May 2021): 20–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2021.05.003.
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The aim of this study is to highlight the importance of retailscapes and their elements and how these elements can enhance customer patronage. The study, therefore, considered customer mood as moderating between retailscapes and customer joy that further leads to customer patronage. Past studies considered some retailscapes elements in a different context such as pure services industries. In contrast, this study considered the retail industry. In order to obtain study findings, a convenient sampling technique was used to collect data from targeted respondents. Respondents were the visitors of different retail stores. Since the study was limited to a single city, therefore data were collected in the capital city Riyadh of Saudi Arabia. 300 questionnaires were distributed among the customers, 289 responses were valid and the rest were discarded due to incomplete information. Collected data were analyzed using Smart-PLS and SPSS. Considered hypotheses were tested and found a significant relationship. Results clearly indicating that retailscapes have the ability to influence customer’s patronage by considering retailscape elements in the retail industry.
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Shi, Yishao, and Danxuan Liu. "Relationship between Urban New Business Indexes and the Business Environment of Chinese Cities: A Study Based on Entropy-TOPSIS and a Gaussian Process Regression Model." Sustainability 12, no. 24 (December 13, 2020): 10422. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su122410422.
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The interactive development of economic globalization, informatization, marketization, and urbanization has reshaped the urban commercial landscape and society, and poses new requirements for the business environment. New commerce forms that are based on information technology and electronic payment and integrate online and offline forms are growing rapidly in China. However, the relationship between new commerce forms and the business environment has not received sufficient academic attention. Using 29 major cities in China, this paper constructs a new business index system consisting of the following six sub-indexes: the characteristic hotels index, the Starbucks index, the Freshhema index, the concept bookstores index, the smart convenience stores index, and the healthcare and medical examination index. The entropy coupled with the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method was used for quantitative evaluation of urban new business vitality. We found that the Freshhema index and smart convenient store index are the two most important evaluation factors. The relationship between the new business index and the business environment was examined through multiple linear regression (MLR) and Gaussian process regression (GPR) analysis. We found that the MLR is not a valid model, and instead, the nonlinear GPR model has good explanatory power for this relationship. The results show that human capital has a more important effect than the economic development level on business vitality. The rise and development of new commercial forms depend on the innovation and optimization of the business environment.
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Rajayogan, Kavitha, and Dr Muthumani S. "Consumers Attitude Towards Online Shopping In Tamilnadu – A Study." Restaurant Business 118, no. 5 (May 1, 2019): 81–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/rb.v118i5.7651.
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The advancements of internet and information technology have been emerging over the years. Online shopping is nowadays a trend which became a part of lifestyle with every individual to buy products online since the product can be bought at a convenient time based on the availability of the product in Indian online shopping websites. Online shopping has also become significant among youngsters and working professional store since they are unable to spend time in traditional stores. The advantage of having internet everywhere has an effect on the growth of online sales in a partial manner and accessible to get detailed information regarding the products and its specification. The main purpose of the study is to analyze the attitude of consumers towards online shopping in major cities in Tamil Nadu. This paper investigates the data collected from 215 respondents in Chennai. The main statistical tools used in the study are ANOVA and Correlation. The findings of the study revealed that the satisfaction of the consumer is significantly related to gender, age, income level, and purchase frequency.
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Suwatcharachaitiwong, Sirirat, Chun-Cheng Lin, Weidong Huang, and Lun-Ping Hung. "On the medication distribution system for home health care through convenience stores, lockers, and home delivery." Health Informatics Journal 26, no. 4 (August 3, 2020): 3163–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1460458220936395.
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Medication distribution service can be delivered based on a combination of home delivery and customer pickup. That is, medications are delivered either to customers’ homes directly or to the pickup facilities (e.g. lockers) close to customers’ homes. In Taiwan, there are more than 11,000 convenience stores that provide a 24-h service for customers to pick up the ordered items from e-commerce, which is unique to the world. In the medication distribution system, convenience stores can provide a unique opportunity for customers to more conveniently collect medications at stores, and also can reduce the operating cost for a logistics company providing the medication delivery service. Therefore, this work proposes a medication distribution system through convenience stores, lockers, and home delivery. Under this system, this work investigates how to simultaneously determine employment of convenience store chains, the convenience store locations to be visited, locations of lockers, vehicle routes for convenience stores and lockers, and vehicle routes for customers’ homes, so that the total operating cost is minimized. This work further proposes a genetic algorithm to solve the medication distribution problem. Through simulation, the experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is able to solve the problem efficiently.
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Prianto, Cahyo, Harun Ar-Rasyid, and Nico Ekklesia Sembiring. "Pengembangan Sistem Transportasi Pada Gudang In-Transit Merge Dengan Integrasi Sistem Android." Komputika : Jurnal Sistem Komputer 9, no. 2 (October 20, 2020): 147–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.34010/komputika.v9i2.3005.
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The problem that arises in the business activities of companies that are based on the sale of goods is the lack of a system that can help companies carry out the activities of shipping goods from warehouses to stores. Therefore, in this project, a web-based and Android-integrated transportation and routing selection system will be developed. So that it can facilitate officers in choosing the type of transportation and also the driver in seeing the route.The function of selecting the type of transportation is very important to assist officers in selecting the type of transportation suitable for delivering goods. As well as with the routing function that can help the driver to find out the intended route. By developing this system, companies can easily access and monitor goods sent to the store and guarantee the safety of the goods sent will get to the store through the token feature. This application is designed using the PHP programming language and Code Igniter (CI) and MySQL framework as the database and UML as the analysis process and also integrates the Android system. This application can be accessed by super administrators, warehouse officers, staff, drivers, and shop owners who have registered in this application, which makes this application convenient for users to use.
Keywords - Development; System; Warehouse; In-Transit Merge; Transportation.
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Szudzik, Mateusz, Rafał Starzyński, Aneta Jończy, Rafał Mazgaj, Małgorzata Lenartowicz, and Paweł Lipiński. "Iron Supplementation in Suckling Piglets: An Ostensibly Easy Therapy of Neonatal Iron Deficiency Anemia." Pharmaceuticals 11, no. 4 (November 22, 2018): 128. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph11040128.
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In pigs, iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most prevalent deficiency disorder during the early postnatal period, frequently developing into a serious illness. On the other hand, in humans, only low-birth-weight infants, including premature infants, are especially susceptible to developing IDA. In both human and pig neonates, the initial cause of IDA is low birth iron stores. In piglets this shortage of stored iron results mainly from genetic selection over the past few decades for large litter sizes and high birth weights. As a consequence, pregnant sows cannot provide a sufficient amount of iron to the increasing number of developing fetuses. Supplementation with iron is a common practice for the treatment of IDA in piglets. For decades, the preferred procedure for delivering iron supplements during early life stages has been through the intramuscular injection of a large amount of iron dextran. However, this relatively simple therapy, which in general, efficiently corrects IDA, may generate toxic effects, and by inducing hepcidin expression, may decrease bioavailability of supplemental iron. New iron supplements are considered herein with the aim to combine the improvement of hematological status, blunting of hepcidin expression, and minimizing the toxicity of the administered iron. We propose that iron-deficient piglets constitute a convenient animal model for performing pre-clinical studies with iron supplements.
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Gosliner, Wendi, Daniel M. Brown, Betty C. Sun, Gail Woodward-Lopez, and Patricia B. Crawford. "Availability, quality and price of produce in low-income neighbourhood food stores in California raise equity issues." Public Health Nutrition 21, no. 9 (March 15, 2018): 1639–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980018000058.
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AbstractObjectiveTo assess produce availability, quality and price in a large sample of food stores in low-income neighbourhoods in California.DesignCross-sectional statewide survey.SettingBetween 2011 and 2015, local health departments assessed store type, WIC (Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)/SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participation, produce availability, quality and price of selected items in stores in low-income neighbourhoods. Secondary data provided reference chain supermarket produce prices matched by county and month.tTests and ANOVA examined differences by store type; regression models examined factors associated with price.SubjectsLarge grocery stores (n231), small markets (n621) and convenience stores (n622) in 225 neighbourhoods.ResultsProduce in most large groceries was rated high quality (97 % of fruits, 98 % of vegetables), but not in convenience stores (25 % fruits, 14 % vegetables). Small markets and convenience stores participating in WIC and/or SNAP had better produce availability, variety and quality than non-participating stores. Produce prices across store types were, on average, higher than reference prices from matched chain supermarkets (27 % higher in large groceries, 37 % higher in small markets, 102 % higher in convenience stores). Price was significantly inversely associated with produce variety, adjusting for quality, store type, and SNAP and WIC participation.ConclusionsThe study finds that fresh produce is more expensive in low-income neighbourhoods and that convenience stores offer more expensive, poorer-quality produce than other stores. Variety is associated with price and most limited in convenience stores, suggesting more work is needed to determine how convenience stores can provide low-income consumers with access to affordable, high-quality produce. WIC and SNAP can contribute to the solution.
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Rotherham, Craig. "Sale or return contracts: the right to reject." Cambridge Law Journal 57, no. 3 (November 1998): 429–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008197398303013.
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RATHER than buying goods outright, retailers often find it convenient to receive goods under a “sale or return” arrangement. These agreements are not contracts of sale, but rather bailment arrangements that give the bailee the right either to buy or to reject the goods. A sale or return contract may require that the right to reject can be exercised only by the bailee physically returning any unwanted goods; however, in the absence of an express stipulation to this effect, these contracts are generally construed to require merely that the bailee give notice of rejection and make the goods available for collection by the bailor. The question then arises: what form must this notice take, and at what stage must the goods be made available for collection? These matters were considered by the Court of Appeal in Atari Corporation (U.K.) Ltd. v. Electronics Boutique Stores (U.K.) Ltd. [1998] 2 W.L.R. 66.
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Morey, Stephanie A., Laura H. Barg-Walkow, and Wendy A. Rogers. "Managing Heart Failure On the Go: Usability Issues with mHealth Apps for Older Adults." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 61, no. 1 (September 2017): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541931213601496.
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Mobile apps for self-managing chronic health conditions are widely available for download from online app stores. Mobile health (mHealth) apps provide a convenient way of managing health conditions (e.g., congestive heart failure); however, little is known about their design specifications with respect to older adult users. We conducted a 3-phase assessment of human factors issues for common mHealth apps designed for managing congestive heart failure. In Phase 1, we identified two apps often used by older adults. In Phase 2, we evaluated these apps according to standard human factors principles. In Phase 3, we conducted usability testing of the apps with six older adults. We report design issues identified in the apps that limit usability by older adults. We encourage mHealth app designers to improve usability by: 1) providing easier navigation, 2) streamlining data entry processes, 3) providing clear recovery from errors, and 4) simplifying visualizations of data patterns.
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Fedorko, Richard, Radovan Bačík, Martin Rigelský, and Mária Oleárová. "ROPO and Reverse ROPO Effect in Gender-Generation Characteristics." GATR Journal of Management and Marketing Review 6, no. 1 (March 7, 2021): 24–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.35609/jmmr.2021.6.1(3).
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Objective - The primary goal of the paper is to identify which purchasing channels (online or offline), Slovak consumers use to search for, research and purchase products as well as to evaluate the association between the selected elements of the purchasing process with respect to gender and generational characteristics of customers. Findings - This paper proves the existence of a significant association between the place customers search for information about products (on the Internet or in brick-and-mortar stores) and the place where they make the actual purchase. The paper also reveals that in terms of the common gender and generation characteristics and the overall purchasing process there is a significant association in most of the analyzed cases. Novelty - Although online shopping is considered convenient, cheaper and more time-efficient than shopping in brick-and-mortar stores, consumer behavior in the e-commerce sector may differ in terms of gender and generational characteristics. It is therefore important for marketers to know this behavior and tailor their business strategies to specific customer segments. Type of Paper: Empirical. JEL Classification: M31, M37. Keywords: Customer Behaviour; ROPO; Purchase Channel; Association Analysis; Gender; Generation Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Fedorko, R; Bačík, R; Rigelský, M; Oleárová, M. (2021). ROPO and Reverse ROPO Effect in Gender-Generation Characteristics, Journal of Management and Marketing Review, 6(1) 24 – 35. https://doi.org/10.35609/jmmr.2021.6.1(3)
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G. Zairis, Antonios, and Prontzas Evangelos. "Consumer behaviour toward convenience store chains in Greece." EuroMed Journal of Business 9, no. 2 (July 1, 2014): 175–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/emjb-03-2013-0010.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine consumer behavior towards Greek convenience stores chains and to determine the criteria on which store selection is based. The paper also analyses the stores’ position in the retail sector. Design/methodology/approach – A random sample of 360 convenience store consumers was surveyed across four major cities. Data were collected through personal interviews, using a structured questionnaire. Statistical analysis was applied to further evaluate the information. Findings – Consumers choose convenience stores mainly to cover their daily needs and save time on shopping, despite their dissatisfaction with the provided services. The survey also identified the characteristics of convenience store customers and their preferences. Originality/value – The principal contribution of the present research is its focus on consumer behavior towards convenience stores in Greece.
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Setiono, Felicia J., Navika Gangrade, and Tashara M. Leak. "U.S. Adolescents’ Diet Consumption Patterns Differ between Grocery and Convenience Stores: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2018." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 16 (August 11, 2021): 8474. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168474.
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Among U.S. adolescents, foods/beverages that are store-bought (i.e., from grocery and convenience stores) are significant contributors of energy intake. However, it remains unclear (1) what foods/beverages are consumed by U.S. adolescents from grocery and convenience stores and (2) if there are differences in foods/beverages consumed by store type. Therefore, we analyzed 29,216 eating occasions from adolescents (12–19 years; n = 4065) in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2018 to report food/beverage groups and nutrients consumed from grocery and convenience stores. Differences in food/beverage groups and nutrient densities by store type were calculated using multiple logistic and linear regressions. Adolescents were more likely to consume “Beverages” and “Snacks and Sweets” and less likely to consume “Grains”, “Protein”, “Milk and Dairy”, “Condiments and Sauces”, and “Fruits” from convenience compared to grocery stores (all p < 0.0025). Foods/beverages from convenience stores were higher in carbohydrates, total sugar, and added sugar and lower in protein, fat, saturated fat, sodium, and fiber than those from grocery stores (all p < 0.0025). In conclusion, while foods/beverages from convenience stores are more energy-dense and nutrient-poor, there is a critical need to increase the availability, accessibility, and affordability of healthier foods/beverages in both store types to encourage healthier dietary behaviors among U.S. adolescents.
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Sulehri, Numair Ahmed, Aziz Ur Rehman Rana, and Muhammad Naeem. "Adequate Access to Retail Stores for Purchase Behaviour through Sustainable Attractiveness and Purchase Intention." Global Management Sciences Review VI, no. I (March 30, 2021): 112–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2021(vi-i).11.
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With the world's increased urbanization, the exchange process's view is fetching more efficiency in the shopping process. This trend is changing customer's intentions towards the retail stores. This article examines how the perception of access reshapes the customer's purchase decision in developing countries and how the retail stores' sustainable attractiveness intervenes in the purchase decision making. The point of sale convenience sampling technique is used with data from 669 urban retail customers' in the current study. The results have revealed that purchase intention and sustainable attractiveness of the retail store sequentially intervene relationship between the customer's access to the retail store and the purchase behaviour. Moreover, this study has also explored the vital link between purchase intention and purchase behaviour in Pakistan's urban organized retail stores. This study provides new insights for retailers and urban planners to manage the store's location for more efficient exchange and increase customer patronage.
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Glaz, Yu A. ,., O. V. Berezhnaya, and T. G. Martseva. "STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY OF EXPRESS DELIVERY OF GOODS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN ONLINE COMMERCE." Scientific Journal ECONOMIC SYSTEMS 1, no. 181 (2021): 75–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.29030/2309-2076-2021-14-2-75-83.
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The Internet is one of the fastest segments for wholesale and retail trade in the world. The Internet is not only modern, but also a convenient way through which transactions are made between the seller and the buyer. Sales on the Internet are growing at the expense of new users, as well as at the expense of users who are regular customers. Today on the Internet you can buy everything. A huge number of online-stores gives us the opportunity to make orders of various literature, perfume and even equipment. This type of shopping is gaining momentum more and more. Modern electronic commerce guarantees the sale of goods without territorial limitation around the clock, and it is worth saying that buyers can be located in different parts of the world. The article considers the characteristic features of the development of Internet commerce, reveals the disadvantages and advantages of Internet commerce, and also identifies the reasons that impede the development of Internet commerce.
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Wheatly, Michele G. "Crustacean Models for Studying Calcium Transport: The Journey from Whole Organisms to Molecular Mechanisms." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 77, no. 1 (February 1997): 107–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400033816.
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The crustacean moult cycle is a convenient model system in which to study calcium (Ca) homeostasis as vectorial movement across Ca transporting epithelia (gills, gastric epithelium, cuticular hypodermis, antennal gland) which occurs in either direction at different stages of the moulting cycle. Intermoult crustaceans are in relative Ca balance. During premoult, at the same time as the cuticle decalcifies, epithelia involved in Ca storage (e.g. gastric) calcify and/or increase their intracellular Ca stores. Premoult Ca balance is typically negative as Ca is excreted. During postmoult the soft new cuticle is remineralized largely with external Ca taken up across the gills and gastric epithelium (positive Ca balance); conversely during this time internally stored Ca is remobilized. This review (1) compares the relative roles of Ca transporting epithelia in Ca balance for crustaceans from different habitats; (2) proposes up-to-date cellular models for both apical to basolateral and basolateral to apical Ca transport in both noncalcifying and calcifying epithelia; (3) compares kinetics of the Ca pump and exchanger during intermoult; (4) presents new data on specific activity of calcium adenosinetriphosphatase (Ca2+ATPase) during the moult cycle of crayfish and (5) characterizes a partial cDNA sequence for the crayfish sarcoplasmic reticular Ca2+ATPase and documents its expression in gill, kidney and muscle of intermoult crayfish. The physiological and molecular characterization of Ca transporters in crustaceans will provide insight into the function, regulation and molecular evolution of mechanisms common to all eukaryotic cells.
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Agrahari, Amit, and Saket Jhunjhunwala. "Inventory Management Process." Journal of Cases on Information Technology 14, no. 1 (January 2012): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jcit.2012010101.
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This case captures inventory management process in an Indian convenience store. Unlike retail stores in developed countries, Indian convenience stores are a special format of organized retailing, where retailers open multiple smaller stores in a town instead of one big centralised store. An excellent inventory management process is the key to make such stores perform well. This case describes inventory management problems faced by an Indian convenience store chain and asks students to propose solutions to these problems. This case illustrates how processes realities and their IT solutions differ in an emerging economy. Using inventory management process as an example, this teaching case can introduce students to the process and technological realities in an Indian context and differences between India and the West.
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Houghtaling, Bailey, David Kniola, and Sarah Misyak. "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-Authorized Grocery, Convenience, Dollar, and Restaurant or Delivery Service Settings Are Associated With Increased Obesity Prevalence in Virginia." American Journal of Health Promotion 35, no. 1 (June 22, 2020): 127–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0890117120934610.
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Purpose: United States Department of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants use SNAP-authorized stores for dietary purchases. Relationships between obesity prevalence and access to grocery and varied nontraditional (eg, dollar, drug, and convenience) SNAP settings are underexplored. This research aimed to determine the association of a full range of SNAP-authorized stores with obesity prevalence in Virginia. Design: The SNAP Retailer Locator was used to cross-sectionally identify authorized stores, and county health ranking information was applied based on store location. Setting: Virginia, United States. Sample: The SNAP-authorized stores, classified among store categories: grocery or supermarket; drug; mass merchandiser; supercenter; convenience; dollar; club; other; nonfood store; farmers markets; and independent grocery stores. Measures: County-level obesity prevalence with income and rurality as potential confounders. Analysis: Multiple linear regression was used to determine associations between county-level adult obesity prevalence and available SNAP-authorized store formats ( P < .05 a priori). Results: Store format was a predictor of obesity prevalence in Virginia in simple and adjusted models ( R 2 = 0.035, P < .0001 and R 2 = 0.434, P < .0001, respectively). Grocery store or supermarket access was associated with obesity. The SNAP-authorized convenience, dollar, and nonfood stores were associated with a 0.3, 0.5, and 1.3 increase in county obesity prevalence, respectively ( P < .05). Conclusions: Research, practice, and health policy approaches to improve grocery, convenience, dollar, and restaurant or delivery service settings may favorably influence community obesity prevalence in Virginia.
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Morton, Suzanne, Alanna Moshfegh, and Donna Rhodes. "Convenience Store Contribution to Adults’ Dietary Intake - What We Eat In America, NHANES, 2013–2016." Current Developments in Nutrition 4, Supplement_2 (May 29, 2020): 1459. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa061_087.
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Abstract Objectives Convenience stores account for a small but growing percentage of household packaged food purchases. This research describes the contribution of convenience stores to U.S. adult food and beverage consumption and energy intake. Methods The study included nationally representative data from 9861 adults, 20+ years old (excluding pregnant/lactating women), participating in What We Eat in America, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013–2016. Dietary intake data, obtained from an in-person 24-hour recall, were collected using an interviewer-administered 5-step USDA Automated Multiple-Pass Method. For each food/beverage reported, participants were asked name of eating occasion, self-selected from a fixed list, and source where the item was obtained. Meal occasions included breakfast, lunch (includes brunch), and dinner (includes supper). Snack occasions included snack, drink, and extended consumption. Eating occasions of only plain water were excluded from analysis. Convenience store source included convenience-type store (e.g., 7–11, Circle K), dollar store, drug store, gas station, gift shop, and liquor/beer store. Differences were considered significant at P < 0.01. Results Overall, 26% of adults consumed a food or beverage obtained from a convenience store on any given day. Males, older adults (<60 years), and low income individuals (family income <131% of poverty level) were more likely to consume a food or beverage from a convenience store. Comparisons among race/ethnicity groups illustrated a greater percentage of non-Hispanic blacks (36%) and a lower percentage of non-Hispanic Asians (13%) consumed an item from a convenience store. Among consumers of food/beverages from convenience stores, 20% of daily energy intake came from convenience store items, with the majority of energy from these items consumed during snack occasions. Conclusions One in four adults obtained at least one food or beverage from a convenience store on any given day, with convenience store consumers having a different demographic profile than non-consumers. This highlights the importance of convenience stores to U.S. dietary intake and need for further research on socio-demographic differences. Funding Sources United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
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Rhodes, Donna, Suzanne Morton, and Alanna Moshfegh. "Convenience Stores: Source of Food/Beverages Among Children, What We Eat in America, NHANES, 2015–2018." Current Developments in Nutrition 5, Supplement_2 (June 2021): 1086. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzab053_079.
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Abstract Objectives Food and beverage sales in convenience stores have increased over the past several years. This research presents results on convenience stores as a source of food and beverage consumption among U.S. children. Methods The study included nationally representative data from 5,281 children age 2–19 years participating in the What We Eat in America, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015–2018. Dietary intake data, obtained from an in-person 24-hour recall, were collected using an interviewer-administered 5-step USDA Automated Multiple-Pass Method. For each food/beverage reported, participants were asked name of eating occasion, self-selected from a fixed list, and source where the item was obtained. Meal occasions included breakfast, lunch (includes brunch), and dinner (includes supper). Snack occasions included snack, drink, and extended consumption. Food/beverages (excluding plain bottled water) reported with the source of “Store – convenience type” included but were not limited to: convenience-type store, dollar store, drug store, gas station, gift shop, liquor/beer store. Differences were considered significant at P < 0.01. Results Overall, 17% of children consumed a food or beverage obtained from a convenience store on any given day. A greater percentage of children age 12–19 years (22%) and non-Hispanic black children (24%) consumed a food or beverage from a convenience store. A lower percentage of children from households with family income >350% of the poverty level consumed an item from a convenience store (12%) compared to children from lower and middle-income households. Among consumers of food/beverages from convenience stores, 17% of daily energy intake came from convenience store items, with the majority of energy from these items consumed during snack occasions. Conclusions On any given day, one out of six children obtained at least one food/beverage from a convenience store, with convenience store consumers having a different demographic profile than non-consumers. This highlights the importance of convenience stores to U.S. dietary intake and need for further research on socio-demographic differences. Funding Sources United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
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Bipasha, Munmun Shabnam, Tahsin Sharmila Raisa, and Shatabdi Goon. "Sugar Sweetened Beverages Consumption among University Students of Bangladesh." International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) 6, no. 2 (June 1, 2017): 157. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijphs.v6i2.6635.
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Drinking large amounts of sugary beverages can increase the risk of gaining weight and developing Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and other metabolic diseases. This study examined the preference, prevalence and pattern of sugar sweetened beverages consumption among university students of Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study was carried out from February to April, 2017 among students attending in a private university of Bangladesh. One hundred fifty undergraduates responded (83.4% male, 15.9% female) in this study. Most students (95.4%) reported sugared beverage intake and 53.6% reported more than two days in a week intake. Male students were more likely than female students to report regular sugary beverages intake (85.4% vs. 14.5%). The main reasons for fast food consumption were: good taste and refreshing (80.1%), cost effective (6.6%), easy accessibility (2.6%), increased convenience (8.6%), peer influence (1.3%). Good taste and price were the most important factors in choosing beverages. Coca-Cola (49%), Fanta (25.8%), Sprite(9.9%) and Slice(14.6%) has been reported as mostly consumed beverages among students. Most students (54.5%) reported sugary beverages purchase from neighborhood convenient stores. 94.5% students said that if they would provide with healthful beverages within their food environment, they would prefer drinking healthful beverages (lemon water, non-sugary beverages) instead of sugar beverages. Self-reported sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among undergraduates is substantial and likely contributes considerable non-nutritive calories, which may contribute to weight gain. Specific health education programs, dietary guidelines and effective public awareness campaigns could be initiated to address the unhealthy drinking pattern of university students and improve their health.