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- Title
Consumer response to exterior atmospherics at a university-branded merchandise store.
- Authors
Hyllegard, Karen; Ogle, Jennifer; Yan, Ruoh-Nan; Kissell, Kevin
- Abstract
This study examined the influence of exterior store atmospherics upon college students' responses to a university-branded merchandise store. The research was informed by Mehrabian and Russell's () Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) model, which proposes that consumers' emotional responses to a physical store environment mediate how the environment shapes their patronage behaviors. An online survey with a 2 × 2 × 2 experimental design component was implemented to explore the influence of three aspects of exterior store atmospherics (i.e., landscaping, store greeter, and electronic kiosk) upon three dependent variables: consumer emotional state (pleasure/arousal), consumer liking of the store exterior, and patronage intentions. The sample included 336 college students. Analyses provide support for the S-O-R model and related research; collectively, findings are consistent with the premise that pleasure and liking of the storefront exterior shape patronage intentions at a university-branded merchandise store. The exterior store atmospherics manipulated in the present study, however, did not positively influence consumers' emotional states or liking. This study examined the influence of understudied aspects of exterior store atmospherics on consumers' emotional states and liking as well as their patronage intentions toward a university-branded merchandise store. Contrary to prior work, findings provide evidence that, in some retail contexts, store greeters may generate negative responses from consumers.
- Publication
Fashion & Textiles (2198-0802), 2016, Vol 3, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2198-0802
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40691-016-0056-y