An exploratory study was conducted to investigate consumer adoption of online purchase using a survey data set. Based upon the theory of innovation and self-efficacy theory, risk aversion, online proficiency, shopping convenience, and product choice variety were proposed to influence consumer intention to shop online, which, in turn, affects online purchases. Results of regression analyses reve...

An automated shopping framework which employs migrating agents as a means to implement today’s practices of online shopping is introduced. The system encompasses a new business market architecture which provides support for retailer agents and migrating shopper agents, with agent communication adhering to IEEE-FIPA specifications. The proposed system focuses on shopping input and protoco...

In this position paper we attempt to explore some of the possible effects on the consumer experience due to the introduction of ubiquitous computing systems in retail. We argue that ubicomp technologies may potentially transform the role of particular activities in fundamental ways. Our starting point is a recent study on consumer behavior carried out during the trials of a prototype ubiquitous...

IN:SHOP uses the blue-c 3D video technology to implement distributed shopping in a shared virtual world. IN:SHOP combines traditional shopping and marketing structures with 3D computer graphics, telepresence, spatially immersive displays, and internet shopping paradigms to create a flexible and adaptable commercial environment. The application is an enhancement of the traditional, physical shop...

During the 1980s, the oversupply of retail space has lowered rents, raised vacancies, and damaged the integrity of financial institutions as developers and other borrowers have been forced into default. This paper explores the propensity of developers to create shopping center space. The research draws on the macroeconomic investment literature to formulate a model of shopping center investment...

The development of information technology and Internet has led to rapidly progressed in e-commerce and online shopping, due to the convenience that they provide consumers. E-commerce and online shopping are still not able to fully replace onsite shopping. In contrast, conventional online shopping websites often cannot provide enough information about a product for the customer to make an inform...

BACKGROUND The association between farmers' market characteristics and consumer shopping habits remains unclear. Our objective was to examine associations among distance to farmers' markets, amenities within farmers' markets, frequency of farmers' market shopping, fruit and vegetable consumption, and body mass index (BMI). We hypothesized that the relationship between frequency of farmers' mark...

Firm scope benefits consumers by allowing them to purchase multiple goods at one location like supercenters, malls, or department stores. This paper quantifies the consumer benefit of introducing one-stop shopping as a new shopping choice, and in turn, estimates the benefit to firms. I exploit an exogenous change in the allowable firm scope in Washington State, which recently deregulated the re...

Information on grocery shopping patterns is one key to understanding dietary changes in recent years in Spain. This report presents an overview of Spanish food shopping patterns in the adult population. A cross-sectional, nationally representative telephone survey was conducted in Spain. Individuals were asked about food shopping responsibility roles, types of visited food stores, time spent, a...

The aim of this research is to consider the possible effect of an emerging technology platform on the uptake of online shopping: interactive (digital) Television (iTV), which enables viewers to select a variety of viewing options, publicity materials, games, entertainment and more recently shopping. An augmented version of the original TAM is applied to this study. Two new constructs are consid...