International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 50 Issue 1

Parenting advantages of emerging market multinationals (EMNCs) in luxury fashion retailing

Huifeng Bai, Weijing He, Jin Shi, Julie McColl, Christopher Moore

This empirical research, adopting an international retailing perspective, aims to examine the parenting advantages offered by emerging market multinationals (EMNCs) in luxury…

Relations between merchandising information orientation, strategic integration and retail performance

Changju Kim, Miao Miao, Bin Hu

The purpose of this study is to investigate the conditions under which small independent retailers can improve their business performance by adopting a merchandising information…

Digital healthcare retail: role of presence in creating patients' experience

S. Sreejesh, Juhi Gahlot Sarkar, Abhigyan Sarkar

The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the impact of technology-enabled service co-creation on patients' service patronage behaviour in healthcare retailing. The…

Need for touch and online consumer decision making: the moderating role of emotional states

Lili Zheng, Faouzi Bensebaa

With the growth of online shopping, during which consumers are not able to touch products, there is much for researchers and marketers to learn about the underlying role of the…

Success factors driving consumer reuse intention of mobile shopping application channel

Timmy H. Tseng, Crystal T. Lee, Hsiao-Ting Huang, Wei Hao Yang

Due to fierce competition in the mobile retailing market, it is desirable to identify the success factors driving consumers to reuse a mobile shopping application. This research…

Shopping motivation in consumer loyalty formation process: the case of Spanish retail

Sandra Tena-Monferrer, Juan Carlos Fandos-Roig, Javier Sánchez-García, Luis J. Callarisa-Fiol

With the gradual decline of the small retail sector in the past recent years, few researchers have been addressing the issue from a motivational approach. This paper aimed to…

Pay to play in freemium mobile games: a compensatory mechanism

Jhanghiz Syahrivar, Chairy Chairy, Ignatius Darma Juwono, Tamás Gyulavári

A rarely discussed type of indulgence good is “virtual” goods featured in freemium games, one of the most important platforms for online retailing. The freemium business model…