Marketing scholars have hypothesized and found a linear and symmetric association between different dimensions of customer commitment and behavioral intentions. We utilize a four dimensional conceptualization of commitment to hypothesize an asymmetric association among the different dimensions...

Previous research assumes an unconditionally positive association of perceived switching costs — financial, procedural and relational — with repurchase intentions. The authors theorize that price sensitivity differentially moderates the relationship of repurchase intentions with three...

Rather than a fad, buying American is a consistent and persistent motivation for many consumers. But which consumers are more likely to buy American and why? How can companies better cater to this need among their current and potential customers? This note reviews how companies can proactively...

Firms conduct customer surveys to gather their customers' voice in order to fully understand their perceptions, judgments, attitudes, intentions, and behaviors. Among firms, the practice of surveying customers is widespread. However, if conducted incorrectly, surveys can lead to significant...

Electronic retailing arrived silently in India but currently it is growing by 70% CAGR while the brick & mortar retailing is struggling at 20% CAGR. The researcher studied consumers' Internet usage pattern, their profile and their shopping pattern through his illustrious study on e-retailing....

Although the online shopping is on rise on daily basis, but online shopping is not done by everybody. Perceived risk is one of the big hurdles in online shopping. Measuring this aspect & finding the details of it & implementing the ways to reduce it will increase online shopping. The current...

Empirical studies in marketing conceptualize commitment as a three-component construct comprised of affective, normative, and calculative commitment. We develop and empirically test a five-component typology of consumer commitment — affective, normative, economic, forced, and habitual...

Switching costs and customer satisfaction may differently affect marketing strategy. Managers would benefit from knowing how different switching costs (financial, procedural, and relational) and satisfaction jointly affect repurchase in order to properly invest marketing resources. A...