The distance shopping system has a long history of development from the traditional mail-order catalogue to the interactive online shopping platform of today. However, developing a new form of distance shopping does not mean digitizing product catalogues or uploading product information online, retailers and marketers should pay attention to the effective use of virtual technologies, in particu...

A large number of studies investigating business-to-consumer e-commerce have focused exclusively on online shopping by individuals, although consumers often desire to conduct their shopping activities with others. This study has therefore attempted to study collaborative online shopping by looking at two types of presence that are of particular relevance to this context, namely, telepresence an...

The Swiss study of the value of travel time savings (VTTS), conducted by König, Axhausen und Abay (2004) reported unexpectedly high values for shopping trips from early experimental stated preference experiments, which were finally not included in the main study. Therefore a study focusing only shopping travel was conducted to see, if these results could be replicated. This study estimates VTTS...

Planning policies in several European countries have aimed at hindering the expansion of out-of-town shopping centers. One argument for this is concern for the increase in transport and a resulting increase in environmental externalities such as CO2-emissions. This concern is weakly founded in science as few studies have attempted to measure CO2-emissions of shopping trips as a function of the ...

This study examines the factors influencing online shopping behavior of urban consumers in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India and provides a better understanding of the potential of electronic marketing for both researchers and online retailers. Data from a sample of 1500 Internet users (distributed evenly among six selected major cities) was collected by a structured questionnaire covering dem...

An estimated 24,200 children younger than 15 years, 20,700 (85%) of whom were younger than 5 years, were treated in US hospital emergency departments in 2005 for shopping cart-related injuries. Approximately 4% of shopping cart-related injuries to children younger than 15 years require admission to the hospital. Injuries to the head and neck represent three fourths of all injuries. Fractures ac...

Predictions regarding the impact of stimulation and pleasantness on browsing and shopping behavior in an Internet context are tested. It is suggested that the characteristics of products, websites and shopping experiences that are encountered early can significantly influence the level of arousal and pleasure that consumers experience, and thereby influence their later shopping behavior. Two ex...

In recent years, the construction of shopping malls is rising across the country. But only some of them were successful to accommodate a large number of visitors while the other ones are constantly changing the commercial units’ use. while the decline in demand for commercial units in form of multi-purpose complexes as well as the country recession have aroused this situation. Therefore, in thi...

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to investigate (1) the link between store managers’ evaluation of how customers assess a shopping centre and their own evaluation of the centre and, based on that, (2) the relevance of store managers in reflecting upon and informing the management and marketing practices of the local shopping centre management. Methodology: A conceptual model is developed based...