Consumer attitude toward using smart shopping carts: a comparative analysis of Italian and Croatian consumer attitudes

Factors Affecting Italian Consumer Attitudes Toward Functional Foods

In recent decades, consumer demands in the field of food production have changed considerably (Giannetti, Testani, & Recchia, 2009). In particular, functional foods are a relatively new concept that has emerged as a result of the recent increasing focus on—and awareness of—the influence of diet on overall health (Poulsen, 1999). Functional foods (FFs) represent one of the most interesting areas...

Consumer Alienation and Attitudes toward Consumer Free Riding

Given that consumer free riding involves a relatively high level of interaction with the marketplace, it is likely that individuals’ attitudes toward consumer free riding are related to degree to which they feel alienated from the marketplace. Such a relationship was observed to exist. Through further examination, attitudes toward consumer free riding appear to originate from two of the three a...

Eco-Impact of Shopping Bags: Consumer Attitude and Governmental Policies

Consumer Online Shopping Attitudes and Behavior: an Assessment of Research

The current status of studies of online shopping attitudes and behavior is investigated through an analysis of 35 empirical articles found in nine primary Information Systems (IS) journals and three major IS conference proceedings. A taxonomy is developed based on our analysis. A conceptual model of online shopping is presented and discussed in light of existing empirical studies. Areas for fur...

Internet-based e-shopping and consumer attitudes: an empirical study

This paper analyses consumer attitudes towards Internet-based e-shopping. It aims to provide a theoretically and empirically grounded initial reference position, against which later research can explore and interpret the effects of changes in variables representing consumer preferences and shifts in these preferences on the success or failure of B2C e-commerce over the Internet. Because of the ...