The purpose of this study is to investigate hedonic online shopping motivations. A qualitative analysis was conducted to explore the factors influencing online hedonic shopping motivations. The results of the study indicate that traditional hedonic values, consisting of social, role, self-gratification, learning trends, pleasure of bargaining, stimulation, diversion, status, and adventure, and ...

Independent grocery shopping is one of the most functionally challenging tasks for visually impaired and blind individuals. Many assistive shopping systems have been developed to address the problem of blind grocery shopping. In this article, we identify several design requirements for assistive shopping systems and analyze existing approaches to see how well they meet them. Our objective is to...

This paper proposed a novel locating technology based shopping management system (LSMS) based on wireless localization technology, and described its design and implementation detail. By incorporating handheld devices, shopping mall resource management system and wireless location technology into a whole system, LSMS can make customers in a shopping mall get product information conveniently, kno...

This study aims to explore the factors that determine the attractiveness of shopping mall locations for developers, from the perspective of those who want to select site to open shopping malls in China, and to evaluate the relative importance of these factors. Through a literature review, shopping mall location, store attractiveness in the shopping mall, fit between target market customers and ...

Despite the overwhelming prediction of increasing trends for mobile shopping activities among customers based on the advantages provided by the mobile shopping channel, there is an urgent need for the re-assessment on the roles of technology adoption models and theories in explaining the adoption of mobile shopping among customers. Moreover, there is a lack of empirical testing for investigatin...

Nowadays Information and Communication Technology effects on all aspects of human activities, such as teleworking, electronic commerce, electronic banking, electronic learning, etc. the most of these services can prevent unnecessary travels in cities especially in rush hour. The aim of this study is to explore the frequency of electronic shopping and in-store shopping in Tehran, according to ge...

O mercado de shopping Center vem apresentando nos últimos anos fortes registros crescimento e consolidação no Brasil. Consequentemente, o número empreendimentos volume vendas estão crescendo, contribuindo para desenvolvimento do varejo brasileiro. Grandes redes varejo, como lojas departamentos, supermercados, franquia se espalhando por todas as capitais país. Em contrapartida, em janeiro 2009, ...

OBJECTIVES This study compared the risks of opioid shopping behavior and opioid abuse between tapentadol immediate release and oxycodone immediate release and, to validate the definition of shopping, examined the association between opioid shopping and opioid abuse further. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective cohort study using linked dispensing and diagnosis databases followed opioid-na...