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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462140603321

Autore

Minahan Stella

Titolo

The inscrutable shopper [[electronic resource] ] : consumer resistance in retail / / Stella Minahan, Sean Sands, Carla Ferraro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017), : Business Expert Press, c2012

ISBN

1-78268-109-4

1-283-89273-1

1-60649-172-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 p.)

Collana

Consumer behavior collection

Altri autori (Persone)

SandsSean

FerraroCarla

Disciplina

658.8342

Soggetti

Consumer behavior

Consumption (Economics)

Marketing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-149) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Part I. Retailing and the consumer -- 1. A brief history of the consumer society -- 2. A brief history of shopping -- 3. The inscrutable shopper -- Part II. Elements of consumer resistance -- 4. A model of consumer resistance -- 5. Responses: mainstream and fringe -- Part III. The strategic retailer -- 6. Implications for retailers -- 7. Responsible retailing -- 8. Best practice considerations -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Recommended reading -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Traditional retail marketing theory has aimed to assist retailers with ideas, suggestions, and methods to attract shoppers and encourage them to spend, and ideally engender loyalty. Attracting shoppers, and encouraging them to purchase, has traditionally involved a range of marketing tactics within the retail environment, such as hanging banners, engaging barkers, playing music, designing elaborate store environments, and spending a continually increasing amount on advertising. We take a different approach with this book and ask the retailer to strategically consider and understand its customer base,



particularly the issues surrounding why some customers may, or may not, choose to purchase (or shop) at all: what we define as the inscrutable shopper. While some retailers will not need to do any more than let the customer know that they exist (they have their formula just right), the reality for many retailers is that they are caught up in the business of day-to- day retail operations and lose sight of customer shifts, let alone have the time to consider why customers may not be purchasing. Hence the focus of this book is to provide an understanding of the different customer types that exist today, as a challenge of resistance to consumption.