TOURISM ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC PAPER E. Christou Vol. 58 No 1/ 2010/ 7-18 Th e development of electronic travel services over the Internet has assisted greatly travel agents to better anticipate to changes in consumers' shopping behaviour as well as to changes resulting from socio-demographic profi les of consumers (Go, Van Rekom, & Teunissen, 1999; Bedard, 2000). For instance, the mounting averag...

User experience seeks to promote rich, engaging interactions between users and systems. In order for this experience to unfold, the user must be motivated to initiate an interaction with the technology. This study explored hedonic and utilitarian motivations in the context of user engagement with online shopping. Factor analysis was performed to identify a parsimonious set of factors from the H...

We explore the use of shopping lists as an external memory aid to consumers’ grocery shopping by examining the factors that influence the content ofconsumers’ shopping lists and the effectiveness of shopping lists as external memory aids. We analyze the shopping lists and actual purchase behavior of a panel of consumers during multiple grocery shopping trips conducted over a 2-month period. Our...

Consumers who had memorable shopping experiences (i.e., special promotions or exceptional services) tend to resort to word-of-mouth to tell significant others in their social network about those experiences. The study aims to investigate the role of social networks in the adoption and dissemination of e-WOM arguments. The study’s objectives are three-fold.: First, the study examines the effects...

Price is a major motive that engages consumers in shopping websites, and although price tolerance has gained increasing attention for its importance on pricing strategy, related literature on e-commerce lacks a conceptual model probing into factors that influence customers’ price tolerance. This paper proposes an integrated conceptual model, and empirically tests the model using data collected ...

  Background: Consumer behaviors at the household level have an impact on the quantity of food waste and the economic resources of the family and the country. This study aimed to assess food waste in a random sample of the Libyan community. Methods: A questionnaire was designed for the study and distributed randomly through social media, short message, e-mails, and via face to face interviews ...

in traditional bazaars social interactions, parallel to economic and movement interactions, created a mixed urban space which was dynamic, lively and attractive to the audience. however, modern shopping centers and shopping malls are economy focused and void of variety of urban spaces like traditional bazaars. the presence of public open spaces and urban squares undetectable from traditional ba...

With the high costs of attracting new customers on the Internet, the profitability of an e-retailer is realized only during later purchases. Fostering loyalty among patrons is thus necessary for the success of e-retailers. This is more so because repeat purchases are not the only behavioral trait of the loyal customer—he also recommends his favorite e-retailers to potential buyers. This calls f...

today, businesses are getting into electronics, but despite impressive growth, global online sales figures are small and in iran individuals have little desire to purchase from e-retailers. therefore an attempt should be made in order to identify factors that have an impact on online shopping and internet sales. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of individual motivational factors...