International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management: Volume 30 Issue 6

Store patronage prediction for foreign‐owned supermarkets

Anna Zarkada‐Fraser, Campbell Fraser

Attitudes of Australian and Greek‐Australian consumers towards hypothetical foreign‐owned and domestic‐owned supermarkets in Australia were studied. Although attitudes towards the…

Emerging markets and the internationalisation of retailing: the Brazilian experience

Nicholas Alexander, Marcelo de Lira e Silva

This paper considers the development of emerging retail markets with particular reference to Brazil. The South American region has only relatively recently seen the level of…

The efficacy of sales promotions in UK supermarkets: a consumer view

D.C. Gilbert, N. Jackaria

UK supermarkets need to be able to assess the current efficacy of the budget they allocate to promotional activities aimed at boosting sales. Therefore, the main objective of this…

The impact of pitch, volume and tempo on the atmospheric effects of music

Malcolm Sullivan

The atmospheric effects of music were tested in a restaurant setting. Four conditions were applied in a type of latin square design with meal duration and expenditure (food and…

Selection criteria for a mode of bill payment: empirical investigation among Finnish bank customers

Heikki Karjaluoto

Banks and other financial institutions have nowadays a keen interest in their customers’ bank and mode of bill payment selection criteria, and in factors underlying this decision…