scholarly journals A Comparative Study on Attributes Influencing A Choice among Shopping destinations on Weekdays and Weekend: Focused on Complex Shopping Malls, Stand alone Department Stores, and Big-Box Retailers

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Department Stores ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Big Box

scholarly journals A Literature Review of Retailing Sector and Business Retailing Types

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
MSc. Kujtim Hameli
Keyword(s):  
Direct Marketing ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Shopping Centers ◽  
Department Stores ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Chain Stores ◽  
Vending Machines ◽  
Discount Stores ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
Final Consumer

retail sector probably is the most important sector of economy because it has to do directly with consumer. It includes all stores, from kiosks and small groceries to supermarket chains and shopping malls that sell products and services to final consumer for personal and household use. The aim of this paper is to make an investigation of retail sector and its business type. To gather the data, second resources has been used. A deeply scanning of literature has been performed. According to the investigation, the retailing sector generally is organized in two main groups: the retailing within the store and retailing out of the store.Retailing within the store is classified according to different characteristics, but the most important types of classification are those based on the form of the ownership, merchandise and price. According to the ownership-based classification, the most important types are independent stores, chain stores, franchising and leased department stores. According to the merchandise-based classification the most important types of retailing are department stores, supermarkets, specialty stores, convenient stores, superstores and retailer services. According to the price-based classification, the most important types of retailing are discount stores, factory outlets, category killers, off-price stores, warehouse clubs and hypermarkets. According to the place-based classification the most important type of retailing are shopping centers. The most important types of retailing out of the store are direct selling, direct marketing and automatic vending machines selling.

scholarly journals Sign Consumption in the 19th-Century Department Store

2003 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken W. Parker
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Department Store ◽  
Department Stores ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Symbolic Consumption ◽  
Exchange Value ◽  
Visual Merchandising ◽  
The 19Th Century

The department stores of the 19th century continue to fascinate social theorists. This article will expand on the work of two such theorists, Laermans and Featherstone. Extending Laermans’ and Featherstone’s analysis, and applying the early work of Baudrillard, this article will assert that through the manipulation of visual merchandising, the 19th-century department store’s managers constructed a world of sign-consumption where goods were not only consumed for their use- or exchange-value, but also were consumed as signs of luxury, exoticism and excess. By asserting that highly developed forms of sign-consumption existed in the 19th century, this article challenges the view that symbolic consumption in spaces such as shopping malls is particular to the contemporary or postmodern age.

Contemporary Australian Literary Culture

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Driscoll
Keyword(s):  
Literary Culture ◽  
Book Industry ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Department Stores ◽  
Literary Magazines ◽  
Chain Stores ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
British Colony ◽  
Big Box ◽  
Work Done

Contemporary Australian literary culture is formed through networks of institutions that support writing and reading. This infrastructure, itself shaped by Australia’s history as a former British colony and its current status as a medium-sized market in a global book industry, creates specific conditions for the production and reception of Australian literature. Institutions do not comprise the whole of Australian literary culture, and many individuals and groups position themselves as outsiders, or as members of counter-networks. Nonetheless, the work done by literary organizations enables significant acts of writing, access to reading, and debates about the role of literature in contemporary Australian society. Six networks are key to Australia’s literary culture. First, publishing in Australia is structured by a mix of local offices of multinational companies and independent presses, whose list building—and consequent effects on Australian authors and readers—is influenced by their market position and capacity for digital innovation. Distribution of books in contemporary Australia occurs through libraries and bookshops; book retail is predominantly a mix of online bookshops, independent bookstores, and discount department stores, following the closure of many Australian big-box bookshops and chain stores in 2011. Australia has a growing network of literary festivals, including flagship events that attract tens of thousands of readers as well as focused events that nurture particular genres or groups of writers. Australia’s calendar of literary prizes also supports writers, builds canons, and maintains the visibility of literary culture. These expansive networks are complemented by the smaller, though influential, readerships of Australian literary magazines, which foster new writing and drive cultural debates. Finally, schools and universities institutionalize Australian writing through their curricula and increasingly provide training and employment for writers. Together, these active networks provide an outline for the form of contemporary Australian literary culture.

Shopper’s Paradise

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-129
Author(s):  
Arthur Asa Berger
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Farmers Markets ◽  
Retail Stores ◽  
Department Stores ◽  
Advertising Agencies ◽  
Garden Of Eden ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
Internet Presence ◽  
Big Box

Abstract This book deals with an important aspect of everyday life and popular culture in which everyone engages, often more than once a week, which involves shopping in retail stores of one kind or another. We need to eat and continually replenish our supply of food, so we shop at supermarkets and farmers markets and we need to have clothes to wear and many other things, so we shop in department stores, big-box stores like Costco and Walmart, and various other kinds of stores. Much of our shopping is done online, on sites such as Amazon.com, the most important online retailer in America. Its popularity has challenged traditional brick and mortar stores, most of which now have an internet presence and many of which are going out of business—a phenomenon sometimes called “the retail apocalypse.” This term, let me point out, has religious implications. The subtext of Shopper’s Paradise involves the notion, only dimly perceived by most people, there is a paradisical element to shopping and that in curious ways, shopping represents an unrecognized attempt to return to the Garden of Eden, where all our wants were taken care of by God. We have replaced the talking snake in the Garden with advertising agencies and marketing experts. Now, depending on our incomes, we rely on stores ranging from Neiman Marcus to Dollar stores to help us take care of our needs. Shopper’s Paradise demonstrates how ubiquitous and varied retail stores, explains how they function, and suggests, by their very presence, that they play an important role in our lives.

Impact of store attributes on consumer-based retailer equity

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gopal Das
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Department Stores ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Store Attributes ◽  
Intercept Survey ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the impacts of store attributes on consumer-based retailer equity (CBRE) dimensions. Design/methodology/approach – A mall-intercept survey was undertaken using a systematic sampling of department store shoppers of age 18 years and above in Kolkata, a metropolitan city in India. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data from busy shopping malls or retail stores located in different places of Kolkata. The impact of store attributes on CBRE dimensions was explored using stepwise regression analysis. Findings – Results revealed that different sets of store attributes affect various CBRE dimensions differently. Originality/value – This paper is probably the first to explore the link between store attributes and CBRE dimensions in an Indian and department stores contexts.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF CUSTOMER COMPLAINING BEHAVIOUR ON DEFECTION BEHAVIOUR: AN INVESTIGATION ON RETAIL FORMATS IN INDIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 214-225
Author(s):  
Pankaj Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Income Level ◽  
Retail Stores ◽  
Department Stores ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Forward Selection ◽  
Discount Stores ◽  
Retail Formats ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of complaining behaviour on defection behaviour based on demographics (gender, age, marital status, education and, income level) of the dissatisfied customers of retail stores. A structured questionnaire was successfully distributed to 600 respondents, who had made purchases from sixty retail formats operated in Delhi and Gurugram belonging to the domain of Shopping Malls, Hypermarket, Supermarket, Department Stores, Discount stores and Category Killers through systematic stratified sampling for the collection of data. Out of 377 valid ones questionnaires for analysis, a set of 89 responsents have shown dissatisfaction about the retail store products and services and have taken in this study (N=89). Multiple regression analysis with forward selection was employed to predict the effect of complaining actions on defection behaviour based on demographics (gender, age, marital status, education and, income level) of the dissatisfied customers of retail stores. The study has found a significant effect of complaining actions on defection behaviour of dissatisfied customers of retail stores based on their education qualification and income level. However, gender, age and maritial status of dissatisfied customers did not moderate the the relationship between complaining actions and switching behaviour. The recommendations for managers are also discussed.

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