Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of store atmosphere on consumers’ positive emotional responses and impulsive purchase behaviour. In addition, it analyses the moderating role of culture characteristics and situational variables on this influence. Design/methodology/approach The study carried out a quantitative face-to-face on-site survey of a retail fashion brand in two countries, Brazil and Germany. This paper extended the original model of Jung Chang et al. (2014) based on environment, design and social features (staff) by adding store atmosphere factors such as layout, music and lighting (Mohan et al., 2013), thereby defining store atmosphere as the way customers perceive and experience the combination of all those factors. Findings Data analysis from 313 consumers by structural equation modelling (PLS–SEM) showed that most factors influence consumers’ positive emotional responses, but no significant difference between countries. However, the effect of emotions on impulse purchase behaviour is stronger among collectivist consumers (Brazil) than among individualists (Germany). Originality/value This study sheds light on the links between store atmosphere and retail market in Brazil and Germany, framing its conclusions in the context of a comparison between cultures. The paper extends the growing research in the area by exploring the moderating role of the individualism–collectivism dimension of national culture in consumer buying behaviour by comparing the strength of various relationships across shoppers from individualistic vs collectivistic cultures.

PurposeThis study investigates impulse buying as a consumer behaviour outcome in omnichannel retail through the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) theory. For such, the authors addressed convenience and channel integration as the stimuli, the relationship among consumer empowerment, trust, satisfaction, and perceived value as the organism, and impulse buying as the response.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey was conducted with 229 customers of a Brazilian retailer that adopts the omnichannel strategy. Data were analysed by partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).FindingsChannel integration and convenience had a positive influence on consumer empowerment which, in turn, influenced customer satisfaction and trust, producing direct and indirect effects on their perception of value relative to the retailer. In addition, impulsive buying was significantly influenced by perceived value.Practical implicationsThe results indicate that retailers that use the omnichannel strategy need to be alert to the factors mentioned above. The study empirically demonstrates that investing in channel integration increases customer empowerment, which will significantly improve customer trust and satisfaction and, eventually, customer impulse buying from the retailer.Originality/valueThis work contributes to the literature on marketing and consumer behaviour by identifying factors that influence consumers' impulse buying behaviour in the context of omnichannel retail. It suggests that impulse buying may be a relevant variable to understand the reaction of consumers empowered by the integration of the marketing channels and the convenience offered to them in an omnichannel retail environment.

Doi: alcance.v25n1(Jan/Abr).p79-94 RESUMOConsiderando a crescente relevância do papel estratégico da perspectiva experiencial para as organizações, este artigo investiga o conceito de experiência de consumo sob a ótica das consumidoras de moda plus size. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, em que foram realizadas 22 entrevistas. Os resultados foram analisados utilizandose análise de conteúdo temática, resultando em cinco categorias temáticas: experiência pré-consumo, experiência de compra, experiência com o produto, experiência com a moda plus size e consequências da experiência de consumo. Dentre os principais achados, destacam-se a urgência de adequação da oferta de itens do vestuário condizentes com as necessidades físicas e psicológicas deste público, a influência das atitudes dos vendedores e da ambientação dos estabelecimentos comerciais, o fortalecimento da moda plus size e os impactos na autoestima e na aceitação que a experiência de consumo proporciona às mulheres acima do peso. Como resultado central, a identificação de cinco dimensões da experiência de consumo para o segmento de moda plus size configura um ponto de partida útil para a realização de futuras investigações e para o avanço teórico-empírico sobre o tema.Palavras-chave: experiência de consumo, varejo de moda, plus size. Disponível em: www.univali.br/periodicos ISSN: 1983-716X Revista Alcance -Eletrônica -vol. 25 -n. 1 -Jan./Abr. 2018 ABSTRACTConsidering the growing relevance of the strategic role of the experimental perspective for organizations, this paper investigates the concept of consumer experience, from the perspective of female plus size fashion consumers. This is a qualitative study, in which 22 interviews were conducted. The results were analyzed using thematic content analysis, resulting in five thematic categories: experience before consumption; buying experience; product experience, plus size fashion experience, and consequences of the consumer experience. The main findings show the urgent need to adapting items of clothing to suit the physical and psychological needs of this target market, the influence of sales assistants' attitudes, the ambience of the stores, the strengthening of plus size fashion, and the impacts of the consumer experience on the self-esteem and acceptance of overweight women. As a major outcome, the identification of the five dimensions of consumption experience for plus size fashion can act as a useful starting point for future investigations, and for the theoretical and empirical advance of the field. RESUMENConsiderando la creciente relevancia del papel estratégico de la perspectiva experimental para las organizaciones, este artículo investiga el concepto de experiencia de consumo sobre la óptica de las consumidoras de moda plus size. Se trata de una investigación cualitativa, en que fueron realizadas 22 entrevistas. Los resultados fueron analizados utilizándose análisis de contenido temático, resultando en cinco categorías temáticas: experiencia preconsumo, experiencia de compra, experiencia con el p...

A existência de uma infinidade de dados, nos últimos anos, tem disponibilizado para a área de marketing novos horizontes para a definição e segmentação de mercados, auxiliada por bancos de dados, tanto privados e internos da organização, quanto públicos e externos. Um exemplo do segundo tipo são as comunidades virtuais, sendo o Orkut um dos seus expoentes. Este artigo, de caráter exploratório, tem o intuito de apresentar duas formas alternativas de segmentação de mercado (regressão logística e redes neurais), por meio de dados secundários coletados no Orkut, pressupondo que é possível prever determinadas atitudes de consumo explicitadas por membros das comunidades virtuais. Para tanto foram escolhidas duas comunidades autodenominadas eu amo cerveja gelada e eu odeio cerveja, das quais foram coletadas amostras probabilísticas aleatórias de 400 membros cada. Com o processamento e a análise dos dados desenvolvidos em três fases - limpeza de dados e seleção de variáveis de interesse, análise discriminante e análise através de redes neurais - confirmou-se a possibilidade de se determinar atitudes de consumo e, com isso, utilizar comunidades virtuais como bancos de dados para segmentação. As demais contribuições, limitações e implicações constam no estudo.

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