Retail environments and spatial shopping behavior

The interplay between aspects of retail environments and consumer spatial shopping behavior has traditionally been an area of major concern in geography, urban planning and related disciplines. It reflects an interest in explaining the relationship between locational and nonlocational attributes of stores or shopping centers and consumer choice behavior either for theory development or as a fundamental component of planning models that are used to predict the likely impact of retail planning decisions on consumer behavior and store performance measures. The purpose of this chapter is to review this literature to evaluate the state of the art and identify future research directions. The chapter focuses on both theo-retical and empirical studies involving analytical as well as modeling approaches. The chapter is organized into seven major sections. The second section presents a conceptual framework underlying most research on consumer shopping behavior. This is followed by discussions of analytical studies of consumer perception and cognition, attitudes and preference structures, and choice of shopping centers in sections 3, 4, and 5, respectively. The sixth section traces the development of predictive models of store or shopping center choice. Finally, some directions for future research are discussed

Decision making processes, choice behavior, and environmental design : conceptual issues and problems of application

(from the chapter) focuses exclusively on a particular type of decision making and action, namely spatial choice behavior [in physical environments] / the problem context is sketched in more depth / a characteristic of research on spatial choice is the development of mathematical-statistical models for predicting choice behavior / outlines a general conceptual framework for the different modeling approaches, which are then briefly explained / a separate section is then devoted to a discussion of the role of the physical environment in spatial choice behavior / concludes with a discussion of a number of problems research on spatial choice faces / it is contended that the solution to some of these problems may benefit from a broader psychological approach similar to the one taken in environmental psychology (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA, all rights reserved

Retail environments and spatial shopping behavior

The interplay between aspects of retail environments and consumer spatial shopping behavior has traditionally been an area of major concern in geography, urban planning and related disciplines. It reflects an interest in explaining the relationship between locational and nonlocational attributes of stores or shopping centers and consumer choice behavior either for theory development or as a fundamental component of planning models that are used to predict the likely impact of retail planning decisions on consumer behavior and store performance measures. The purpose of this chapter is to review this literature to evaluate the state of the art and identify future research directions. The chapter focuses on both theo-retical and empirical studies involving analytical as well as modeling approaches. The chapter is organized into seven major sections. The second section presents a conceptual framework underlying most research on consumer shopping behavior. This is followed by discussions of analytical studies of consumer perception and cognition, attitudes and preference structures, and choice of shopping centers in sections 3, 4, and 5, respectively. The sixth section traces the development of predictive models of store or shopping center choice. Finally, some directions for future research are discussed

Modellering van ruimtelijke keuze- en beslissingsprocessen van consumenten : theorie, methode en empirische toepassing

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Modellen van recreatie-gedrag : een overzicht van enkele recente ontwikkelingen

De wiskundige modellen die in ons land worden gebruikt voor beschrijving, verklaring en voorspelling van recreatie-gedrag, zijn sterk verouderd. Toch zijn er best nieuwe ontwikkelingen in de modelbouw, maar onderzoekers zijn daar niet of nauwelijks van op de hoogte. En dat is jammer, want het modelleren van het ruimtelijk gedrag heeft in de afgelopen tien tot vijftien jaren een geweldige ontwikkeling doorgemaakt. Deze kenmerkt zich door een versterking van de methodologische basis van de modellen, een grotere flexibiliteit in de keuze van modeltypen, modelspecificaties, alsmede een verschuiving van de nadruk op aggregate, correlationele modellen naar individuele beslissingsmodellen, die inzicht proberen te verschaffen in keuze- en beslissingsprocessen van individuen. Dit artikel geeft een summier overzicht van de nieuwste onwikkelingen. Verplicht leesvoer derhalve