Systemic changes are transforming traditional brick-and-mortar retailing, with some venerable retailers closing some or all of their stores, others reinventing store layouts and shopper engagement ...tactics, and, interestingly, the migration of erstwhile online-only retailers to the physical retail landscape. Given these changes, it is imperative for brick-and-mortar retailers to identify newer customer relationship mechanisms that motivate patronage intentions. Drawing from research on consumer-brand relationships, this study introduces store attachment as a second-order relational construct comprising of store-self connection and store prominence. Subsequently, for store attachment, cognitive and emotional antecedents as well as consequent influence on store patronage intentions are hypothesized and tested. Based on the findings, implications are offered for retailing researchers and practitioners.
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•Calcium (Ca2+) signaling is dysregulated in aging neurons and in neurons affected by neurodegenerative disorders.•Elevated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ levels and reduced neuronal ...store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) are linked with synaptic loss in Alzheimer’s disease.•Reduced ER Ca2+ levels and enhanced SOCE are linked with synaptic loss in Huntington’s disease.•Reduced SOCE and reduced ER Ca2+ levels are linked with neuronal cell death in Parkinson’s disease.
Calcium (Ca2+) is a ubiquitous second messenger that regulates various activities in eukaryotic cells. Especially important role calcium plays in excitable cells. Neurons require extremely precise spatial-temporal control of calcium-dependent processes because they regulate such vital functions as synaptic plasticity. Recent evidence indicates that neuronal calcium signaling is abnormal in many of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Huntington’s disease (HD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). These diseases represent a major medical, social, financial and scientific problem, but despite enormous research efforts, they are still incurable and only symptomatic relief drugs are available. Thus, new approaches and targets are needed. This review highlight neuronal calcium-signaling abnormalities in these diseases, with particular emphasis on the role of neuronal store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) pathway and its potential relevance as a therapeutic target for treatment of neurodegeneration.
The Prevalence of obesity and overweight has been increasing in many countries. Many factors have been identified as contributing to obesity including the food environment, especially the access, ...availability and affordability of healthy foods in grocery stores and supermarkets. Several interventions have been carried out in retail grocery/supermarket settings as part of an effort to understand and influence consumption of healthful foods. The review's key outcome variable is sale/purchase of healthy foods as a result of the interventions. This systematic review sheds light on the effectiveness of food store interventions intended to promote the consumption of healthy foods and the methodological quality of studies reporting them.
Systematic literature search spanning from 2003 to 2015 (inclusive both years), and confined to papers in the English language was conducted. Studies fulfilling search criteria were identified and critically appraised. Studies included in this review report health interventions at physical food stores including supermarkets and corner stores, and with outcome variable of adopting healthier food purchasing/consumption behavior. The methodological quality of all included articles has been determined using a validated 16-item quality assessment tool (QATSDD).
The literature search identified 1580 publications, of which 42 met the inclusion criteria. Most interventions used a combination of information (e.g. awareness raising through food labeling, promotions, campaigns, etc.) and increasing availability of healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables. Few used price interventions. The average quality score for all papers is 65.0%, or an overall medium methodological quality. Apart from few studies, most studies reported that store interventions were effective in promoting purchase of healthy foods.
Given the diverse study settings and despite the challenges of methodological quality for some papers, we find efficacy of in-store healthy food interventions in terms of increased purchase of healthy foods. Researchers need to take risk of bias and methodological quality into account when designing future studies that should guide policy makers. Interventions which combine price, information and easy access to and availability of healthy foods with interactive and engaging nutrition information, if carefully designed can help customers of food stores to buy and consume more healthy foods.
This study integrates extant research relating to store-related cognitions, customer emotions (arousal and pleasure), satisfaction, and loyalty into one framework. The researchers administer a survey ...to 274 customers in four coffee shops of a major chain. Using these data, the researchers test the hypotheses and model with structural equation modelling. The findings suggest that (a) store-related cognitions differentially affect emotions and customer outcomes (satisfaction and loyalty) and (b) the two emotions of arousal and pleasure differentially mediate the relationships between store-related cognitions and customer outcomes.
Many retailers have recently integrated online and offline channels to give consumers a seamless shopping experience. Our study considers an omnichannel retailer fulfilling order delivery by adopting ...two common strategies, ship‐to‐store (STS) and ship‐from‐store (SFS), when one of the channels is in short supply. We develop a newsvendor model to investigate the effects of these two omnichannel fulfillment strategies on the retailer's order decisions and expected profits. The analysis reveals the key roles of the external market and inventory cost of different channels in adopting an omnichannel strategy. An interesting finding is that the retailer may adopt the STS (SFS) strategy and take the offline (online) channel as a showroom (virtual webroom) to obtain higher profits than without adopting an omnichannel strategy.
Retailers are increasingly looking to strengthen the relationship with their customers by building a store's brand equity and brand engagement. One solution is to leverage in-store music to create a ...captivating store atmosphere. I explored the role of customer attitudes toward in-store
music in enhancing a store's brand equity and brand engagement and subsequently, brand relationship in the context of a shopping mall outlet. I obtained 256 valid responses using a questionnaire survey. The results of structural equation modeling revealed that customers' favorable attitudes
toward in-store music is positively related to both a store's brand equity and brand engagement, which, in turn, are positively related to brand relationship. This current study enhances the understanding of in-store music by empirically verifying its relevance in building the store-customer
relationship.
In this study we investigated the relationship between happy songs and store brand equity. In particular, we emphasized two pivotal components of brand equity (store brand image and store brand ...awareness), and explored the underlying mediating mechanism of these relationships. A survey
study was conducted in a fashion store, where 266 customers (127 men and 99 women) reported their perception of happy songs, store brand image, and store brand awareness. Structural equation modeling revealed a positive relationship between happy songs and store brand image, and this link
was, in turn, positively related to store brand awareness. Thus, store brand image played a mediating role in the relationship between happy songs and store brand awareness. This study contributes to better understanding of the relationship between store music and store brand equity, providing
practical insights for retailers to build brand equity by using music cues in their stores.
Little is known about the practices for stocking and procuring healthy food in non-traditional food retailers (e.g., gas-marts, pharmacies). The present study aimed to: (i) compare availability of ...healthy food items across small food store types; and (ii) examine owner/manager perceptions and stocking practices for healthy food across store types.
Descriptive analyses were conducted among corner/small grocery stores, gas-marts, pharmacies and dollar stores. Data from store inventories were used to examine availability of twelve healthy food types and an overall healthy food supply score. Interviews with managers assessed stocking practices and profitability.
Small stores in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, USA, not participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
One hundred and nineteen small food retailers and seventy-one store managers.
Availability of specific items varied across store type. Only corner/small grocery stores commonly sold fresh vegetables (63% v. 8% of gas-marts, 0% of dollar stores and 23% of pharmacies). More than half of managers stocking produce relied on cash-and-carry practices to stock fresh fruit (53%) and vegetables (55%), instead of direct store delivery. Most healthy foods were perceived by managers to have at least average profitability.
Interventions to improve healthy food offerings in small stores should consider the diverse environments, stocking practices and supply mechanisms of small stores, particularly non-traditional food retailers. Improvements may require technical support, customer engagement and innovative distribution practices.
Patterns of store patronage in urban China Uncles, Mark D.; Kwok, Simon
Journal of business research,
2009, 2009-1-00, 20090101, Letnik:
62, Številka:
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Journal Article
Recenzirano
Reported is a formal investigation of store patronage in urban China. Using consumer panel data for sales of packaged goods through store types and named store chains, patterns of sales, loyalty and ...duplication are examined. Observed patterns are benchmarked against predictions from the NBD-Dirichlet model. Findings are generalized across six product categories in the packaged-goods retailing sector of Shanghai. Crucial aspects of store type/chain patronage are shown to be regular and predictable: patronage levels co-vary with market shares, average frequencies of patronage do not vary as much, few consumers are exclusively loyal, a majority of consumers are divided in their loyalty, and they patronize other store types/chains in line with market shares. Special groupings of store types/chains are not found. All these results occur for the buying of both contemporary and traditional products.
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