Journal articles: 'Shopping as practice'

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Gregson, Nicky, Louise Crewe, and Kate Brooks. "Shopping, Space, and Practice." Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 20, no. 5 (October 2002): 597–617. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/d270t.

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In this paper we address questions of ‘shopping as practised’ and its relation to shopping space. We argue that modes of shopping, which comprise distinctive sets of shopping practices involving relations to goods (purchases), relations of looking (and seeing), the place of shopping in the rhythms of everyday life, and the socialities of shopping, are used to invest meaning in particular types of shopping space and to produce individual, accumulated, personalised shopping geographies that weave together particular locations and generic spaces. Furthermore, modes of shopping are shown to require specific sets of knowledge to practise and to relate to specific subject positions, namely necessity and choice. These arguments are developed in relation to charity shops and charity shopping. However, they are shown to have broader implications: specifically they show the relationality of modes of shopping and shopping spaces, and the distinctions between shopping geographies and retail geographies. Theoretically, they suggest that accounts of shopping need to locate meaning in practice; that the meanings of shopping (and the meanings invested in particular shopping spaces) are therefore potentially unstable; and that accounts of the constituting subjects of shopping need to take seriously the spatialities of subjectivities.

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Jin, Haipeng, Gianna Moscardo, and Laurie Murphy. "Exploring Chinese Outbound Tourist Shopping: A Social Practice Framework." Journal of Travel Research 59, no. 1 (February 5, 2019): 156–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287519826303.

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Chinese tourist shopping reflects the new consumer culture in contemporary China, but remains underexplored in the tourism literature despite its importance to many destinations. The present study applies social practice theory to tourist shopping research with the aim of exploring the key features of Chinese tourist shopping in Australia. Tourist shopping as a social practice is the basic unit of analysis, while tourists are decentralized as carriers of this practice. This study employed a qualitative methodology to analyze shopping-related posts in 40 travel blogs from two Chinese online travel communities. The findings show that tourist shopping practice consists of four interconnected elements: materials, competences, meanings, and settings—with utilitarian products purchased in large quantities and maintaining guanxi emerging as unique features of the Chinese tourist shopping practices. The article concludes with a discussion of the potential of social practice theory to enhance theoretical approaches in this area.

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Tiffin, Ross. "Shopping around for better practice." In Practice 27, no. 6 (June 2005): 322–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/inpract.27.6.322.

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. "Mystery shopping op de huisartsenpost." Huisarts en Wetenschap 47, no. 7 (July 2004): 481. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf03083851.

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Fongkaew, Kangwan. "Media Usage and Consumption Practice in Shopping Malls Among Female Youth in Modern Thai Society." MIMBAR, Jurnal Sosial dan Pembangunan 33, no. 2 (December 16, 2017): 397. http://dx.doi.org/10.29313/mimbar.v33i2.2716.

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This paper presents the data derived from the longitudinal ethnographic study on media useage and consumption practice in shopping malls as everyday life practices among female youth in a modern society of Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, which contributed to their distinctive sexual identity construction and expression. Applying Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital and Friske’s idea on tactical practice, this paper revealed that the various tactics female youth employed in shopping malls were to express their distinctions from other youth groups belonged to lower classes, as well as to negotiate mechanisms of dominant school and state controls that aimed to regulate their sexual and cultural practices. Female youth in modern society were not only proper “consumers” but also “users” of shopping malls in modern Thai society. Their media usage and consumption practice sought to send the messages that they were the creators of their own selves.

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Walkinshaw, E. "Challenges of family practice: shopping for electronics." Canadian Medical Association Journal 183, no. 12 (July 25, 2011): 1353–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3929.

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Stephan, Michelle L. "Establishing Standards for Mathematical Practice." Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School 19, no. 9 (May 2014): 532–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.5951/mathteacmiddscho.19.9.0532.

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Fuentes, Christian, Petronella Enarsson, and Love Kristoffersson. "Unpacking package free shopping: Alternative retailing and the reinvention of the practice of shopping." Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 50 (September 2019): 258–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2019.05.016.

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Holt, Andrew, and Timothy Eccles. "Financial reporting for commercial service charges in the retail sector." Property Management 33, no. 2 (April 20, 2015): 152–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pm-06-2014-0027.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess whether financial reporting practices for commercial service charges in the UK retail sector match the best practice requirements of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Code of practice for commercial service charges. This assessment was performed by benchmarking commercial service charge documents provided to retail occupiers at UK shopping centres against the RICS Code’s financial reporting requirements. Design/methodology/approach – Data were generated from direct analysis of actual service charge documents supplied to commercial retail occupiers. This ensures authenticity by removing reliance upon third party reporting of said data. The paper uses a sample size that is representative of the financial reporting practices for commercial service charges at UK shopping centres. Findings – Levels of compliance with the financial reporting requirements of the RICS Code of Practice for commercial service charges are found to be poor, especially in terms of the disclosure of the accounting policies used during the preparation of the service charge accounts. These results contrast with claims by the professional body. Research limitations/implications – The work analyses service charge documents prepared during 2010-2012 by 44 managing agents and 87 landlords at 126 UK retail shopping centres located in Great Britain. Content analysis was utilised to interpret the data and required some subjective judgement by the researchers. Originality/value – Data are original and the paper provides a unique benchmarking test for assessing Code compliance. This contrasts markedly with the anecdotal evidence offered by the profession in defending current standards of practice and whilst the paper has limitations, it is the largest and most in-depth study of commercial service charge practices at UK retail shopping centres.

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Hill, Clara E. "Shopping Around for Theories for Counseling Psychology Practice." Counseling Psychologist 40, no. 7 (May 18, 2012): 1061–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011000012443289.

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Gomes, Jacqueline. "Grocery Shopping 101: Shopping Smart to Manage Your Diabetes." Insulin 2, no. 4 (October 2007): 195–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1557-0843(07)80065-0.

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Oseni, Umar A. "Fatwā shopping and trust: towards effective consumer protection regulations in Islamic finance." Society and Business Review 12, no. 3 (October 9, 2017): 340–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sbr-03-2017-0016.

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Purpose This study aims to examine the phenomenon of Fatwā shopping, its effect on consumer trust in Islamic finance products and the need for effective consumer protection regulations in the Islamic finance industry. Design/methodology/approach The methodology used in this study is qualitative research which draws significantly from relevant regulations on financial consumer protection through analytical method to identify common themes on Fatwā shopping and consumer trust in the relevant literature. Findings This study finds that the increasing practice of Fatwā shopping through clandestine searches by some Islamic banks to get their new products endorsed by leading Sharī‘ah scholars requires proper legal regulation to avoid a total erosion of trust in the entire Islamic finance industry. Research limitations/implication Though Fatwā shopping is practiced in the Islamic finance industry, it is always difficult to get some desperate Islamic bankers to agree to this; hence, this study does not portend to examine the evidence on Fatwā shopping, but it seeks to bring to the fore the effect of Fatwā shopping on consumer trust in Islamic financial services, and the need for effective consumer protection regulations. Practical implications This study is expected to provide an invaluable guide and policy framework for emerging and promising jurisdictions on the need to regulate Fatwā shopping through an effective legal framework based on some best practices identified in the study. Originality/value Though there have been a number of studies relating to Fatwā shopping, focusing on the need for effective consumer protection regulations in the Islamic finance industry will enrich the existing literature and have significant implications for the future of the industry.

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Ulfa, Alfina Dhia, and Sulhani Sulhani. "Determinan Shopping Opinion: Perspektif Klien Dan Kantor Akuntan Publik." JAS (Jurnal Akuntansi Syariah) 5, no. 1 (June 28, 2021): 44–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.46367/jas.v5i1.328.

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This study analyzes the effect of audit market competition, client size, and financial distress on shopping opinions. The sample used in this study is a manufacturing company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for 2016 to 2017. The data used in the study were 76 data from the company's annual reports. The data analysis method used was binary logistic regression. This study indicates that audit market competition and client size do not affect shopping opinion practices. However, financial distress has a significant positive effect on the tendency to practice shopping opinion. This indicates that a company with an excellent financial condition chooses to change its auditor compared to the same auditor; this is done because financially, the company can change public accounting.

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Hasan, Bassam. "Components of Online Shopping Attitude and the Effects of Website Design Characteristics." Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 15, no. 03 (July 26, 2016): 1650028. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219649216500283.

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Although attitude represents a multicomponent construct with cognitive, affective, and behavioural components, the concept of attitude has been applied to online shopping settings as a general concept without accentuating its underlying components. As a result, empirical findings reported in the literature regarding the antecedents and outcomes associated with online shopping attitude have been mixed and inconsistent. To provide better insights into online shopping attitude and its constituent dimensions, this study examines the structure of online shopping attitude and focusses on its cognitive, affective, and behavioural components. Moreover, to empirically test and validate the tripartite structure of online shopping attitude, this study examines the effects of website design characteristics on the three components of online shopping attitude. The results provide ample support for the multicomponent structure of online shopping attitude and offer valuable implications for practice and research in online shopping behaviour.

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Dennis, Charles, J. Joško Brakus, Gemma García Ferrer, Charles McIntyre, Eleftherios Alamanos, and Tamira King. "A Cross-National Study of Evolutionary Origins of Gender Shopping Styles: She Gatherer, He Hunter?" Journal of International Marketing 26, no. 4 (October 19, 2018): 38–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1069031x18805505.

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By investigating gendered shopping styles across countries, the authors explore whether the differences between male and female shopping styles are greater than the differences in shopping styles exhibited by consumers across countries. With a conceptual model, this study tests an extant convergence hypothesis that predicts that men and women should grow more similar in their shopping styles as traditional gender-based divisions in wage and domestic labor disappear. The results of a survey of shopping behavior across 11 countries indicate though that men and women are evolutionarily predisposed to different shopping styles. These differences in shopping styles also are greater in countries with higher levels of gender equality. Empathizing, or the ability to tune in to others’ thoughts and feelings, mediates shopping styles more for women; systemizing, or the degree to which a person possesses spatial skills, mediates shopping styles more for men. These results suggest that gender-based retail segmentation is more strategically relevant than country-based segmentation. The authors discuss the implications of their findings for international marketing theory and practice.

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Abbamonte, Lucia, and Flavia Cavaliere. "Shopping as �Best Practice� - Analyzing Walmart�s Debated Sustainability Policies." Russian Journal of Linguistics 21, no. 1 (2017): 105–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2312-9182-2017-21-1-105-125.

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Claire Van Hout, Marie. "“Doctor shopping and pharmacy hopping”: practice innovations relating to codeine." Drugs and Alcohol Today 14, no. 4 (November 25, 2014): 219–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dat-03-2014-0014.

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Purpose – The misuse of pharmaceutical opioid analgesics is identified as a global public health concern. Codeine represents an interesting quandary in terms of its regulated status, with individuals varying in their metabolism of codeine, estimation of safe dosages, risk of adverse health consequences and abuse potential. Efforts to quantify and address hidden non-compliant medical codeine use, overuse and intentional misuse is compromised by availability to the public in prescribed and over the counter forms. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – A review of literature on codeine use, misuse and dependence, and associated innovative medical and pharmacy interventions is presented, and was conducted as part of a larger scoping review on codeine. Findings – The review highlights the complexities associated with monitoring public health awareness of codeine's abuse potential, and customer/patients trends in non-compliant codeine use for therapeutic and recreational purposes. Aberrant codeine behaviours centre on visiting multiple doctors for prescriptions, repeated lost or stolen prescriptions, forging prescriptions and use of multiple pharmacies. Innovations to monitor misuse of codeine include national prescription databases and recent developments in real-time monitoring of dispensing activity. Practical implications – Further development of real-time monitoring processes with process evaluation is advised. Originality/value – This viewpoint is intended to demonstrate how efforts to quantify and address codeine use are compromised by its availability. It intends to encourage further policy and practitioner dialogue on how to monitor, support and intervene with consumers misusing codeine.

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Coker, Kesha K., Denise S. Smith, and Suzanne A. Altobello. "Buzzing with disclosure of social shopping rewards." Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing 9, no. 3 (August 10, 2015): 170–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jrim-06-2014-0030.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the dilemma that is based on a decision to disclose or not to disclose social shopping rewards (SSRs), in an effort to enhance the effectiveness of social shopping. To protect consumers and guide marketers, emergent forms of online commerce on social media platforms warrant closer examination. One such form is social shopping, which combines social media and online shopping. To motivate word of mouth (WOM) through social signs of approval or endorsement of brands, marketers have typically relied on social shopping rewards (SSRs). It is not typical, however, for the reason behind the social endorsement to be disclosed, leaving the branded message open to multiple interpretations. Design/methodology/approach – The dilemma of SSR disclosures is presented in a marketing and public policy analysis, drawing from findings from the WOM literature on disclosure, incentives, source credibility and on social media Disclosure Guidelines by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA). Based on this analysis and on an extension of the Dual Credibility Model, a conceptual model is proposed that shows how disclosure works through source credibility to produce positive social shopping outcomes. Findings – In addition to the conceptual model, recommendations are made for marketing research, practice and public policy. Of significance are proposed SSR Disclosure Guidelines that extend FTC and WOMMA guidelines for best practices in disclosures in social media. Originality/value – This paper represents pioneering research on the disclosure of SSRs.

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Spellecy, Ryan, and Thomas May. "More Than Cheating: Deception, IRB Shopping, and the Normative Legitimacy of IRBs." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 40, no. 4 (2012): 990–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2012.00726.x.

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Deception, cheating, and loopholes within the IRB approval process have received significant attention in the past several years. Surveys of clinical researchers indicate common deception ranging from omitting information to outright lying, and controversy surrounding the FDA's decision not to ban “IRB shopping” (the practice of submitting protocols to multiple IRBs until one is found that will approve the protocol) has raised legitimate concerns about the integrity of the IRB process. One author has described a multicenter trial as being withdrawn from consideration at one institution when rejection was imminent, in order to avoid informing other IRBs reviewing the protocol of the study's rejection (a requirement under the federal regulations for emergency research with an exception from informed consent). This practice and IRB shopping seem at odds with the spirit, if not the “letter,” of the regulations. While at first blush these practices seem to cast aspersions on the integrity of clinical researchers, the moral issues raised go deeper than the ethics of cheating.

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Hamidi Nik Mustapha, Nik, and Edward Finch. "The 28th BCSC Shopping Centre Management Conference and Exhibition 2007, 26‐28 February 2007." Facilities 25, no. 9/10 (July 10, 2007): 390–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02632770710772441.

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PurposeThis paper aims to review the 28th BCSC Shopping Centre Management Conference and Exhibition 2007, held at Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, from 26 to 28 February 2007, organised by the British Council Shopping Centre (BCSC) in association with the College of Estate Management.Design/methodology/approachDiscusses the themes of the presentations including the importance of a brand for business excellence, utilising the shopping centre assets, the key issues surrounding the new service charge code, the future of brands and performing in a changing world.FindingsNew ideas and issues presented by the speakers gave an opportunity for practitioners and researchers to share good practice and explore the evolution of the current retail business climate.Originality/valueThe paper provides an overview of the 28th BCSC Shopping Centre Conference and Exhibition 2007.

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Kavitha, D., and . "Modern shopping cart with automatic billing system using load sensor." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 3.3 (June 8, 2018): 607. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.33.14846.

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A survey of people’s shopping habits has been completed recently and they've come up with the top 10 list of the things that people hate when supermarket shopping. These figures were taken from a survey of 2500 people on their supermarket shopping habits. There is no surprise on the number one issue - It was long queues at the check-outs with 62 per cent of the people surveyed stating this to be their big issue when shopping in a super market. So we have enhanced an idea to avoid long queues by providing SMART TROLLEY. Here we have provided a barcode reader and digital display in order to display the total amount of the shopping. It has two additional functionalities to make this Trolley more efficient. It has a LOAD CELL to detect the mal practice. In addition, we have provided IN SWITCH and OUT SWITCH for customer ease of use.

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Schoolman, Ethan D. "Doing Right and Feeling Good: Ethical Food and the Shopping Experience." Sociological Perspectives 62, no. 5 (July 23, 2019): 668–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0731121419855980.

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Does engaging in ethical consumption make shopping more enjoyable? Or does contending with social and environmental impacts in the supermarket add stress and worry to the practice of buying food? In this paper, I contribute to debates over ethical consumption and the shopping experience by directly addressing the question: Is ethical consumption associated with more enjoyable everyday shopping, specifically where food is concerned? Based on a survey of faculty, staff, and students at a large university, I show that even when controlling for socioeconomic characteristics and for where people shop, consumers who buy a range of ethical foods are more likely to take pleasure in food shopping as a whole. In other words, doing right may lead to feeling good—and this connection may represent not just an important motivation for acting on ethical values while shopping but also an integral part of what it means to be an ethical consumer.

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Keller, Margit, and Riina Ruus. "Pre-schoolers, parents and supermarkets: co-shopping as a social practice." International Journal of Consumer Studies 38, no. 1 (January 2014): 119–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.12073.

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Ahmed, Sohel, and Ding Hooi Ting. "Shopping cues: Conceptualization, scale development, and validation." International Journal of Market Research 62, no. 1 (July 10, 2019): 95–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1470785319861897.

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This article provides a conceptualization that encompasses the essence of shopping cues while offering consistency with the literature on the related construct. Using the construct definition as a basis, we develop and validate a higher-order (second-order) scale for shopping cues. The scale development process begins with construct definitions and is followed by a four-phase procedure: (1) qualitative exploration of relevant dimensions and items, (2) incorporation of qualitative findings with the established literature, (3) scale development, and (4) establishment of nomological validity. Empirical results reveal that the scale has sound psychometric properties and demonstrates its unique position in relation to established shopping-cue constructs. This article advances knowledge in the emerging literature on shopping cues (through a qualitative study) and redefines and improves the shopping-cue construct (through a quantitative study). Applying the scale in retail marketing practice offers a new way for retail managers to manage cues, enhance shoppers’ experiences, and increase demand.

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Oseni, Umar A., Abu Umar Faruq Ahmad, and M. Kabir Hassan. "The Legal Implications of ‘Fatwā Shopping’ in the Islamic Finance Industry: Problems, Perceptions and Prospects." Arab Law Quarterly 30, no. 2 (February 24, 2016): 107–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15730255-12341319.

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This article examines the occurrence and legal implications of ‘fatwā shopping’ in the Islamic finance industry and the need to put the proper legal mechanisms in place to regulate the phenomenon. It provides a case study of the existing legal restrictions in some jurisdictions with a centralised Sharīʿah Supervisory Board at the national level such as in Malaysia. As a preliminary review of the implications of ‘fatwā shopping’ in the industry, this study examines the consequential problems, current perceptions and prospects of such practice. The study finds that instances of ‘fatwā shopping’ are common in cross-border Islamic finance transactions such as cross-border ṣukūk transactions where there is less regulation.

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Blom, Angelica, Fredrik Lange, and Ronald L. Hess. "Omnichannel promotions and their effect on customer satisfaction." European Journal of Marketing 55, no. 13 (July 9, 2021): 177–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejm-12-2018-0866.

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate whether customer satisfaction varies when presented with different types of omnichannel promotions (shopping goal-congruent vs shopping goal-incongruent and monetary vs non-monetary promotions) and if the effect on satisfaction is mediated by service excellence. In addition, this paper examines whether consumers respond differently to these promotions when shopping for utilitarian or hedonic products or when they have an inherent utilitarian or hedonic shopping motivation. Design/methodology/approach Two online shopping scenario experiments are conducted. Study 1 (n = 1,034) differentiates effects of omnichannel promotions between hedonic and utilitarian product categories. Study 2 (n = 345) contrasts hedonic and utilitarian shopping motivation in the same product category. Findings The findings in this paper demonstrate positive effects from both presenting a shopping goal congruent and a monetary promotion in an omnichannel setting on customer satisfaction. The positive effects are explained by service excellence and are demonstrated to be attenuated in the hedonic product category and for consumers with a hedonic shopping motivation. Research limitations/implications The effect of omnichannel promotions was demonstrated using a scenario-based experimental approach, future research should use field experiments. Practical implications The findings in this paper demonstrate practical implications for a retailer who wishes to optimize its omnichannel promotion strategy across channels and touchpoints. Originality/value To date there is little directions for retailers on how to optimize their omnichannel promotion strategy. This paper contributes to research and practice by demonstrating that shopping goal-congruent promotions (vs in-congruent) and monetary promotions (vs non-monetary) increase customer satisfaction more in an omnichannel context. The effects are enhanced for utilitarian (vs hedonic) products/shopping motivation.

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Pralle, Sarah B. "Venue Shopping, Political Strategy, and Policy Change: The Internationalization of Canadian Forest Advocacy." Journal of Public Policy 23, no. 3 (September 2003): 233–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0143814x03003118.

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A key component of any political strategy is finding a decision setting that offers the best prospects for reaching one's policy goals, an activity referred to as venue shopping. This article supports the theory of venue shopping as laid out in Baumgartner and Jones (1993), but presents a more complicated analysis of its practice than most empirical studies to date. First, venue shopping can be more experimental, and less deliberate or calculated, than is commonly perceived. Second, advocacy groups choose venues not only to advance substantive policy goals but also to serve organizational needs and identities. Finally, venue choice is shaped by policy learning. Advocacy groups choose venues not only for short-term strategic reasons, but also because they have embraced a new understanding of the nature of a policy problem. These factors shape the frequency of venue shopping and thus the pace of policy reform.

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Yamada, Kenshi, Tetsuhiro Maeno, Maiko Ono, Takeshi Sato, Tempei Otsubo, and Kunihiro Isse. "Depression in a family practice in Japan: doctor shopping and patient complaints." Primary Care and Community Psychiatry 10, no. 1 (March 1, 2005): 7–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1185/135525705x40355.

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Fuentes, Christian, Olivia Cegrell, and Josefine Vesterinen. "Digitally enabling sustainable food shopping: App glitches, practice conflicts, and digital failure." Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 61 (July 2021): 102546. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102546.

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Tzeng, Shian-Yang, Myriam Ertz, Myung-Soo Jo, and Emine Sarigöllü. "Factors affecting customer satisfaction on online shopping holiday." Marketing Intelligence & Planning 39, no. 4 (January 11, 2021): 516–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mip-08-2020-0346.

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PurposeSingles' Day (SD) in China is the world's biggest online shopping event while consumer dissatisfaction is also on the rise. Both theory and practice need sharper insights to foster consumer satisfaction, but such knowledge remains sparse in the literature. The current study addresses this void by assessing the effects of online and offline retail service features on consumer satisfaction with SD.Design/methodology/approachA two-phase survey was implemented before and after the SD online shopping holiday, with 594 participants in China. Respondents were randomly selected from unique proprietary databases of merchants in the top-five online product categories in China.FindingsThe findings show that information quality, product quality and savings improve, but product return worsens, customer satisfaction with the online shopping holiday. However, good after-sale service can ease the product return process thereby boosting customer satisfaction.Originality/valueThis paper addresses a research void by studying effectiveness of retail service features on consumer satisfaction with online shopping festivals.

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Ozorhon, Guliz, and Ilker Fatih Ozorhon. "INVESTIGATION OF THE CHANGE OF THE SHOPPING MALL’S SPACE ORGANIZATION IN ISTANBUL." JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM 38, no. 2 (July 8, 2014): 120–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/20297955.2014.916502.

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Within the scope of this article shopping malls were discussed as a building type and the evolution of a building type was tried to be witnessed within a twenty-five year period by comparing the early and late examples of shopping malls in Istanbul. The change of Istanbul’s shopping culture / spaces and the inclusion of shopping centers into the practice of architecture as a building type are briefly mentioned . Each of the selected malls were separately examined in terms of location, concept, space organization and other functions included, and in the fourth section both early and late examples were evaluated together in the same terms with a holistic perspective. The effect of shopping malls, the number of which constantly increases in Istanbul, on the city and its architecture is highly important. These massive bodies of buildings play a significant role in the formation and even definition of the new settlement areas of the city, and generate new areas of attraction. Due to these reasons, from location to architectural characteristic, from schedule to interior quality, they need to be designed punctiliously and with the consideration of the effects at all levels.

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Karácsony, Gergely G. "Automated personalised pricing practices online." Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne 16, no. 4 (2) (September 18, 2019): 75–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.25167/osap.1223.

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The paper discusses the problem of practices of online automated personalised pricing in Internet-based trading. The first part concerns the economics of price discrimination; the second discusses the ways this can be carried out in an online shopping environment, and the third one deals with legal aspects of the personalised pricing online practice. Finally, the author tries to assess the question whether personalised pricing is illegal, immoral, or just something we do not feel entirely comfortable about.

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Ojekalu, Samson Oluseun, Olatoye Ojo, Timothy Tunde Oladokun, and Sumoila Aremu Olabisi. "Factors influencing service quality." Property Management 37, no. 2 (April 15, 2019): 215–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pm-05-2018-0035.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine factors influencing service quality of the property managers to the occupiers of shopping complexes in Ibadan, Nigeria. This was with a view to providing information that could enhance property management practice. Design/methodology/approach Primary data were used for the study. The study area was stratified into five axes using major roads where shopping complexes were highly concentrated. Systematic sampling technique was used to select 139 out of 276 shopping complexes in the study area. The data obtained were analyzed using mean ranking and principal component analysis. Findings The study found that ineffective employee’s compensation, high employee turnover, lack of continuous improvement culture, inadequate use of employee empowerment, inadequate staff, lack of teamwork, inability to see tenants as customer, lack of motivation, education and training of the property managers and poor planning among others were the most significant factors influencing service quality of the property managers using mean ranking. The study further found that professional and empowerment factor, teamwork and motivation factor, customer related factor, work volume and operation factor, skills and job satisfaction factor, top-management commitment factor, experience and communication factor as well as financial factor were the factors influencing service quality of the property managers using principal component analysis. Practical implications This study will aid the property managers of shopping complexes in identifying areas which needed to be improved upon in order to provide quality service to occupiers thereby enhancing tenant retention and loyalty. Originality/value Previous studies on factors influencing service quality have been focusing on hospitality, healthcare, real estate agency and library industries. This study is one of the very few studies that examined factors influencing service quality of property managers of shopping complex. Also, the paper underlines the need for property managers of shopping complexes to give required attention to factors influencing service quality for enhanced property management practice.

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Ojekalu, Samson Oluseun, Olatoye Ojo, Timothy Tunde Oladokun, Sumoila Aremu Olabisi, and Sunday Samuel Omoniyi. "Service quality of property managers of shopping complexes in Ibadan, Nigeria." Property Management 37, no. 3 (June 17, 2019): 310–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pm-04-2018-0029.

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assess the service quality (SQ) of property managers of shopping complexes in Ibadan with a view to improving management practice.Design/methodology/approachPrimary data were used for the study through questionnaire administration. Ibadan was stratified into five axes using existing major roads where shopping complexes were highly concentrated. From each axis, 33, 65, 48, 64 and 66 shopping complexes were identified (Oyo State Ministry of Land, Housing and Survey, 2017), and the systematic sampling technique (20 percent) was adopted to select 57 out of 276 shopping complexes and 192 (10 percent) out of 1919 occupiers of the shopping complexes in the study area. In total, 157 occupiers responded to the questionnaire, and the data were analyzed using mean ranking and stepwise multiple regression.FindingsThis study found that professionalism, tangible, assurance and empathy dimensions of SQ were rated fair, whereas reliability and responsiveness dimensions were rated poor. Also, stepwise multiple regression analysis predicted 78.5 percent overall SQ of property managers, and assurance, professionalism and empathy dimensions contributed significantly to the overall SQ. Hence, reliability and responsiveness dimensions of SQ need to be improved. It is expected that the findings of this study will help property managers to understand the role of various dimensions of SQ for enhanced property management practice.Originality/valueThe study is one of the few studies that assessed the SQ of property managers of shopping complex with a view to improving its management practice.

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Chinwendu, Okonkwo Deborah, and Moguluwa Chinwuba Shedrack. "Investigating the Influence of Social Class on Consumers’ Shopping Behaviour in Nigeria." International Journal of Marketing Research Innovation 2, no. 2 (December 25, 2018): 38–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.46281/ijmri.v2i2.224.

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Purpose - This research is a critical effort towards investigating the shopping behaviour of consumers among different social class categories in Nigeria. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the underlying factors influencing consumers’ shopping behaviour in order to establish if there is really a clear-cut distinction in this regard among the various social class categories. Design/methodology/approach - This study adopted the cross-sectional research approach and the survey research method. This study was carried out in order to determine whether there is a significant influence of social class on consumers’ choice of shopping outlet; and investigate the extent to which social class significantly influenced consumers’ organization of purchases, shopping style, and shopping pattern in Nigeria. A total of 384 copies of the questionnaire were distributed to individuals within Enugu metropolis, however only 350 copies were considered usable for data analysis. Respondents were selected using the convenience sampling technique. Descriptive statistical methods such as frequencies and percentages were used in data presentation. The chi-square and multiple regression statistics were used to analyse data. Findings - The results indicate that social class significantly influenced consumers’ choice of shopping outlet; social class did not in any way significantly influence consumers’ organization of purchases; occupation/profession did not have a significant influence on consumers’ behaviour with respect to their shopping style; and income and occupation/profession did not have a significant influence on consumers’ behaviour with respect to their shopping pattern. Practical implications – This paper presents a spotlight on Nigerian consumers’ shopping pattern vis-à-vis the age long social class theory. It revisits the significance of the concept of social class to marketing practice with a strong emphasis on consumer behaviour. Originality/Value – The significance of this paper is apparent in its proven application of the age-long social class concept in understanding consumer behaviour patterns in these contemporary times. As such, it requires a re-visit by marketing scholars so as to bring it back to limelight considering its relevance to consumer behaviourial patterns.

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Xing, Na, and Kin Wai Michael Siu. "Outdoor Public Environment of Shopping Malls: A Balance between Consumption and Social Practice." International Journal of the Constructed Environment 1, no. 1 (2011): 23–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2154-8587/cgp/v01i01/37503.

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Al Dabbagh, Maha Abdullah, Amal Othman Al-Amoudi, Tahani A. Abdul-Baqi I. Elias, Kholoud Issa, Shurooq Abdul Mohsen Al-Jayed, and Lojain Al Hababi. "The Effect of Students’ Academic Majors on Practice of E-Shopping of Clothing." Open Journal of Social Sciences 09, no. 06 (2021): 119–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jss.2021.96011.

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Weatherburn, Don, and Bronwyn Linc. "Sentence Disparity, Judge Shopping and Trial Court Delay." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 29, no. 2 (August 1996): 147–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000486589602900205.

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Until recently, criminal matters finalised by way of a trial in the NSW District Court have been the subject of substantial delays. In 1990–93, there was a significant drop in the backlog of trial cases pending in the court but the corresponding reduction in trial court delay has been less substantial than might have been expected. The article draws on past research showing that adjournments contribute significantly to trial court delay and considers the question of whether the practice of 'judge shopping' might in part be responsible for the high rate of adjournments. Evidence is presented showing that there are substantial disparities in the use of imprisonment by District Court judges and that this appears to be a determining factor in the willingness of defendants to proceed to trial.

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Laver, Kate, Fabian Lim, Karen Reynolds, Stacey George, Julie Ratcliffe, Sharon Sim, and Maria Crotty. "Virtual Reality Grocery Shopping Simulator: Development and Usability in Neurological Rehabilitation." Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments 21, no. 2 (April 2012): 183–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/pres_a_00098.

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Few virtual reality programs have been designed to retrain performance of activities of daily living for people undergoing neurological rehabilitation. This is despite the advantages of using this type of approach, including task-specific practice of meaningful and relevant activities. This paper summarizes the development of a grocery shopping simulator which uses a novel approach to interaction between the user and the program. The shopping simulation program underwent usability testing with patients participating in neurological rehabilitation. The results indicated that patients found the program easy and enjoyable to use and felt it would be a useful part of a rehabilitation program.

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Tharumaraj, Muthukumar, Kalaivani Annadurai, Jerrin Cinthiya, and Karnaboopathy Ranganathan. "Doctor shopping behaviour and its determinants among people with chronic diseases in rural Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu: a cross-sectional study." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 6, no. 12 (November 27, 2019): 5161. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20195463.

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Background: Doctor shopping is defined as the practice of patient seeking multiple health care providers without making efforts to coordinate care or informing physicians of the multiple care givers for the same illness or to procure prescription drugs illicitly. This study was planned to explore the doctor shopping behaviour and its determinants among people with chronic diseases in rural Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among patients of chronic diseases residing in Sembakkam village, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu. Data was collected using a pre-tested semi-structured schedule adopted from Agarwal et al will be used.Results: Prevalence of doctor shopping was found to be 73.7% among the study population which is visiting more than one doctor for the same diagnosis. The main reason given by the participants for consulting more than one doctor was consistence of the symptoms (34%) followed by location of the health facility (15.9%) and non-acceptance of the diagnosis (15.5%).Conclusions: Patient education, good interpersonal communication skills, and health system strengthening measures can increase responsiveness of the community toward the health systems and thereby reduce doctor shopping behaviour.

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Sirola, Noora, Ulla-Maija Sutinen, Elina Närvänen, Nina Mesiranta, and Malla Mattila. "Mottainai!—A Practice Theoretical Analysis of Japanese Consumers’ Food Waste Reduction." Sustainability 11, no. 23 (November 25, 2019): 6645. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11236645.

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This study focuses on food waste and its reduction by describing and analyzing the food waste-related everyday life of Japanese consumers through a practice theoretical lens. The research enables paying attention to the role of culture in sustainable consumer behavior, which is a largely unexplored area in previous food waste research. The methodological approach is qualitative and the empirical data of the study were generated through mobile ethnography. It combines elements from diary methods, multi-sited ethnography, and digital ethnography, producing visual and textual data of the practices that the participants of the study considered meaningful. The analysis identifies materials, meanings, and competences of the practices related to food waste reduction. These practices were interlinked with five broader food-related practices: planning, grocery shopping, cooking, eating, and handling surplus food. The findings reveal specific elements related to Japanese culture such as mottainai—a concept used to express the regret of wasting something valuable. The study contributes to the literature on sustainable consumption by emphasizing the importance of identifying and understanding how culturally linked practices may support sustainable (or unsustainable) consumption.

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Tomaszewska, Marzena, Beata Bilska, and Danuta Kołożyn-Krajewska. "Do Polish Consumers Take Proper Care of Hygiene while Shopping and Preparing Meals at Home in the Context of Wasting Food?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 6 (March 20, 2020): 2074. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062074.

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The objective of this paper is to evaluate the knowledge and practices of Polish consumers in terms of broadly defined hygiene on food preparation at home. The consequence of improper food handling may be a faster rate of food spoilage. A specially designed questionnaire was used. The study was conducted on a nationwide, random, and representative group of 1115 adult respondents. Segmentation (cluster analysis) of respondents differing in their practice and knowledge of meal preparation and personal hygiene was carried out. Several areas were diagnosed in which the respondents’ knowledge and practice were insufficient, such as storage of food products, inappropriate conduct of the thawing process, and heating of dishes. It was found that the best practice and knowledge of the issues discussed were characteristic of unemployed women over 35 years of age (cluster D). They offen gave answers that were significantly different (p < 0.05) from those given by the other clusters. The most limited knowledge and the worst practices were characteristic of mainly men with elementary and secondary education who are a part of the labor force (cluster E and A). The segmentation provided valuable information which indicates that educational programs on food safety need to be further strengthened.

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Dennis, Charles, David Marsland, and Tony Cockett. "Central place practice: shopping centre attractiveness measures, hinterland boundaries and the UK retail hierarchy." Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 9, no. 4 (July 2002): 185–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0969-6989(01)00021-2.

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Skinner, M., C. A. Miles, and S. Luttrell. "Access and advantage in investor-state arbitration: The law and practice of treaty shopping." Journal of World Energy Law & Business 3, no. 3 (August 28, 2010): 260–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jwelb/jwq007.

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Farrant, Helen. "Examining the usefulness of mystery shopping to evaluate client care in the veterinary practice." Veterinary Nursing Journal 29, no. 3 (March 2014): 104–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/vnj.12124.

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Watson, Storm, and Elroy Eugene Smith. "Assessing Customer Attitudes towards Zero Waste Shopping." GATR Journal of Management and Marketing Review 5, no. 4 (December 22, 2020): 244–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.35609/jmmr.2020.5.4(6).

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Objective – Despite growing concerns for the natural environment and overall public health, waste levels in South Africa remain alarmingly high. A solution suggested to overcome this rising levels of waste is the practice of zero waste shopping. It should be acknowledged that people around the world currently lived through a global pandemic, forcing them into new working and living realities to take responsibility for the state of the planet. This study, however, was conducted before the pandemic started. The purpose of this article was to thus to assess general customer attitudes regarding zero waste shopping. Methodology/Technique – A quantitative research paradigm was followed. Primary data was collected by means of a survey, using self-administered structured questionnaires. A total of 150 questionnaires were distributed to respondents within the designated population. Responses were captured in a statistical computer programme and descriptive statistics, frequency distributions and reliability testing were conducted. Findings – The results revealed that most consumers within the designated population are aware of the negative impact of waste generation on the environment and overall public health. The results further revealed that respondents are aware of the concept of zero waste and its basic premises. Novelty - The study revealed that a significant paradigm shift in consumer attitudes and habits is still required in order for zero waste shopping to be adopted successfully in any developing country. Type of Paper: Empirical. JEL Classification: M20; M30 Keywords: Sustainability; waste; waste management; zero waste shopping; theory of planned behaviour Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Watson, S; Smith, E.E. (2020). Assessing Customer Attitudes towards Zero Waste Shopping, J. Mgt. Mkt. Review, 5(4) 244 – 250. https://doi.org/10.35609/jmmr.2020.5.4(6)

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Bellini, Silvia, Maria Grazia Cardinali, and Benedetta Grandi. "Does Shopping Preparation influence Consumer Buying Decisions?" International Business Research 9, no. 10 (September 23, 2016): 201. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v9n10p201.

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<p class="1main-text">Changes in consumers’ environment, specifically the economic crisis and the growing penetration of digital technologies, have produced significant changes in shopping habits, designed to gradually reduced the effectiveness of in-store marketing levers in influencing shopping behaviour. On one hand, due to the global economic downturn and the associated diminished disposable income, more shoppers are now searching more information before entering a store and evaluating more alternatives before to decide where and what to shop. On the other hand, the deep penetration of technological developments, such as digital media and mobile devices, among the population, has opened up new opportunities to influence shopper attitudes and behaviour in the retail environment. A new scenario seems to be opening up where more planning and preparation for shopping is carried out before customers entering the store. In this new environment, to formulate and execute effective shopper marketing strategies, managers need to better understand the complete picture of how online, offline, mobile and in-store marketing influence shoppers in the path-to-purchase-and-beyond cycle. Starting from recent research avenues, our work intends to explore the relationship between pre-shopping behaviour and shopping behaviour in-store, with the aim to understand how pre-trip activities have influenced shopping behaviour in-store. In order to get this purpose, we conducted a survey in three stores belonging to a leading Italian grocery retailer. Shoppers were intercepted in front of the display, when the chosen product was placed in the shopping cart. Through a structured questionnaire, respondents were asked about the nature of the purchase (planned vs unplanned) and the degree of out-of-store preparation (number and type of activity carried out). Data were processed using SPSS statistical software. The degree of grocery shopping preparation is found to influence shopper behaviour inside the store in terms of planned/impulse buying: the higher is the degree of preparation, the greater is the tendency to plan purchases and the lower is the tendency to make impulse purchases. Our findings could suggest retailers and manufacturers new ways to innovate the practice of shopper marketing, considering that marketing levers cannot still affect consumers’ decisions in-store as in the past.</p>

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Shove, Elizabeth, Matt Watson, and Nicola Spurling. "Conceptualizing connections." European Journal of Social Theory 18, no. 3 (April 22, 2015): 274–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1368431015579964.

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Problems of climate change present new challenges for social theory. In this article we focus on the task of understanding and analyzing car dependence, using this as a case through which to introduce and explore what we take to be central but underdeveloped questions about how infrastructures and complexes of social practice connect across space and time. In taking this approach we work with the proposition that forms of energy consumption, including those associated with automobility, are usefully understood as outcomes of interconnected patterns of social practices, including working, shopping, visiting friends and family, going to school, and so forth. We also acknowledge that social practices are partly constituted by, and always embedded in material arrangements. Linking these two features together, we suggest that forms of car dependence emerge through the intersection of infrastructural arrangements that are integral to the conduct of many practices at once. We consequently explore the significance of professional – and not only ‘ordinary’ – practices, especially those of planners and designers who are involved in reconfiguring infrastructures of different scales, and in the practice dynamics that follow.

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Buldeo Rai, Heleen, Koen Mommens, Sara Verlinde, and Cathy Macharis. "How Does Consumers’ Omnichannel Shopping Behaviour Translate into Travel and Transport Impacts? Case-Study of a Footwear Retailer in Belgium." Sustainability 11, no. 9 (May 1, 2019): 2534. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11092534.

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Retailers and consumers are increasingly “omnichannel”. This means that retailers offer multiple integrated offline and online channels to their customers, while consumers use multiple offline and online channels throughout their shopping journeys. In these shopping journeys, consumers can travel for researching, testing, receiving and returning activities related to a purchase, next to the purchasing itself. It is unclear how such omnichannel consumer behaviour materialises in practice. This information is important for practitioners from retail as well as for society, not in the least because of the environmental impact that shopping trips generate. Existing environmental assessments of retail-related transport and logistics do not account for consumers’ omnichannel shopping and travel behaviour. To fill this gap in research, we set up a case-study collaboration with an omnichannel footwear retailer in Belgium. We collected data on logistics and consumer flows and analysed this data to determine the CO2 footprint. Our research results in six profiles, of which “the online shopper” that shops online and receives its purchase at home or at a collection point generates the lowest impact. However, when online shoppers travel to stores prior to their e-purchase and become “showroomers”, the external CO2 costs double compared to “traditional shoppers” that carry out all shopping activities in-store and are more than eight times higher compared to “online shoppers”. Although the case-study context should be taken into account (e.g., in terms of product type, retailer type and geography), a sensitivity analysis demonstrates the robustness of our results.

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Halkier, Bente, and Lotte Holm. "Tillid til mad: forbrug mellem dagligdag og politisering." Dansk Sociologi 15, no. 3 (January 30, 2006): 9–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.22439/dansoc.v15i3.261.

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Bente Halkier og Lotte Holm: Trust in food: Food consumption practice Food consumption has become part of the political agenda in Denmark, in that responsibilities for environmental and similar concerns are increasingly being transferred to ordinary consumers. This article discusses how this new political agenda has influenced the every day understandings and practices as regards food consumption. It commences with a discussion of the concept of trust and its relevance to risk and handling risk in the arena of food consumption. Data come from a telephone survey carried out among a representative sample of adults in Denmark. On the one hand, Danish respondents expressed a general trust, and felt that the foods they eat are not harmful. On the other, they distrusted the safety of a list of specific but ordinary foods found on the market. In order to minimize risks, respondents employed differentiated shopping strategies, reflecting the structure of the food market. A majority of them replied that their shopping practices are influenced by concerns about health and environment, while only 8% report no concern at all about these issues. Danish consumers trusted personal networks more than either public food control systems or market mechanisms in order to procure good and safe food.

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