The controllable elements of the total retail experience : a study of clothing shoppers
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2003
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Retail clothing stores continually have to adapt to marketplace demands to remain competitive. Customer retention has become a major objective for many clothing retailers. This study combines the management of a number of the controllable personal and non-personal elements that a customer are exposed to and interacts within a retail store, as part of the shopping experience. The data analysis procedures closely followed the guidelines for scale development suggested by Churchill (1979). The empirical results suggest that there are five dimensions considered important by consumers when assessing their satisfaction with a total retail experience in a clothing store. These are: merchandise value, internal store environment, personal interaction with staff, merchandise variety and complaint handling.
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CITATION: Terblanche, N. S. & Boshoff, C. 2003. The controllable elements of the total retail experience : a study of clothing shoppers. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 6(1), doi:10.4102/sajems.v6i1.3331.
The original publication is available at https://sajems.org
The original publication is available at https://sajems.org
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Terblanche, N. S. & Boshoff, C. 2003. The controllable elements of the total retail experience : a study of clothing shoppers. South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 6(1), doi:10.4102/sajems.v6i1.3331.