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Atmospherics  the process managers use to manipulate the physical retail or service environment to create specific mood responses in shoppers.
(See page(s) 611)
External reference price  a price presented by a marketer for the consumer to use to compare with the current price.
(See page(s) 602)
Impulse purchase  occurs when a consumer sees an item in the store and purchases it with little or no deliberation as the result of a sudden, powerful urge to have it.
(See page(s) 607)
In-home shopping  occurs when consumers acquire products through mail, telephone, or computer orders.
(See page(s) 590)
Internal reference price  a price or price range that a consumer retrieves from memory to compare with a price in the market.
(See page(s) 602)
Perceived risk  considered to be both a consumer characteristic and a product characteristic it involve the risk associated with the purchase of a product that may not perform as expected.
(See page(s) 604)
Privacy concerns  concerns consumers have about providing their personal information which represent a major challenge to the continued growth of Internet commerce.
(See page(s) 593)
Reference price  a price with which other prices are compared.
(See page(s) 602)
Retail attraction (gravitation) model  used to calculate the level of store attraction based on store size and distance from the consumer.
(See page(s) 603)
Servicescape  refers to atmosphere when describing a service business such as a hospital, bank, or restaurant.
(See page(s) 611)
Shopping orientation  a shopping style that puts particular emphasis on certain activities or shopping motivations.
(See page(s) 606)
Spillover sales  sales of additional items to customers who came to purchase an advertised item.
(See page(s) 601)
Stockouts  refers to the store being temporarily out of a particular brand.
(See page(s) 614)
Store atmosphere  influenced by such attributes as lighting, layout, presentation of merchandise, fixtures, floor coverings, colors, sounds, odors, and the dress and behavior of sales and service personnel.
(See page(s) 611)
Store brands  closely related to store image this occurs when the store or outlet is the brand.
(See page(s) 600)
Store image  a given consumer’s or target market’s perception of all the attributes associated with a retail outlet.
(See page(s) 598)
Unplanned purchases  purchases made in a store that are different from those the consumer planned to make prior to entering the store.
(See page(s) 607)







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