A Path-Analytic Exploration of Retail Patronage Influences

The Determinants of Intention to Shop Online and Effects of Brand Equity on E-Store Patronage

“…The selection process of how consumers make their choices about retail stores has been an important point of interest for researchers since many years. One of the pioneer models proposed was from Monroe and Guiltinan (1975) where consumer store choice is explained as the function of opinions toward shopping, budgeting, store attributes and consumer perceptions about the store. Shopping orientations (Darden et.…”

An Assessment of Consumers’ Willingness to Patronize Foreign-Based Business Format Franchises: An Investigation in the Fast-Food Sector

“…The economic environment is where a product or service is exchanged in such a way that organizations are rewarded for effective and efficient control of the work process. In these models, the dependent variable, store choice, is modeled as a function of the significance and interpretation of store attributes, store attitudes, general shopping patterns, householder/buyer demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, situational influencers, and retailer/marketer strategies (Arnold, Handelman and Tigert, 1996;Burke et al 1992;Dawson, Bloch and Ridway 1990;Keng and Ehrenberg 1984;Louviere and Gaeth 1987;Monroe and Guiltinan 1975;Spiggle and Sewall 1987).…”

“…The economic environment is where a product or service is exchanged such that organizations are rewarded for effective and efficient control of the work process (Scott 1987). These retail choice models include those of Bellenger and Moschis (1982), Burke et al (1992), Darden (1979), Dawson, Bloch and Ridgway (1990), Keng and Ehrenberg (1984), Laaksonen (1993), Louviere and Gaeth (1987), Mason, Durand, and Taylor (1983), Monroe and Guiltinan (1975), Sheth (1983), and Spiggle and Sewall (1987). In these models, the dependent variable, store choice, is modeled variously as a function of the importance and perception of store attributes, store attitudes, general shopping patterns, householder/buyer demographics and socioeconomic characteristics, situational influencers, and retailer/marketer strategies.…”

A study on attributes influencing the purchasing behaviour of apparel consumers in organized outlets

“…In this section, those previously established patronage models are briefly reviewed, and then the important constructs are compared and discussed to build a conceptual foundation of the study. The first comprehensive model to illustrate the structural relationships among influencing variables of store choice behavior was introduced by Monroe and Guiltinan (1975). In their preliminary model of store choice, Monroe and Guiltinan (1975) proposed that consumers store patronage behavior in changing context is explained by sequential effects of different constructs: shoppers" characteristics, strategies for planning and budgeting, importance of store attributes and perception of stores.…”

“…They additionally suggested the importance of experience with a store in the formation of store choice strategies (Laaksonen, 1993;Monroe and Guiltinan, 1975). Monroe and Guiltinan"s (1975) retail patronage model was refined by Darden and Howell (1987) who emphasized the importance of enduring and stable shopping orientation determining a shoppers" store choice.…”