Superstitious beliefs influence a wide range of decisions and activities in the everyday life. Yet, superstition has received little attention in the consumer behaviour literature, which is surprising since superstitious behaviours are found in numerous related domains, such as sports (Schippers...

This article demonstrates that socially anxious consumers avoid close relationships with merchants. An experimental approach (n=102) shows that socially anxious consumers prefer small talk with merchants rather than intimate conversations, whereas non-socially anxious consumers prefer intimate...

Les consommateurs qui gardent des objets alors qu'ils n'en ont plus l'utilité Cet article s'intéresse aux consommateurs qui gardent des objets alors qu'ils n'en ont plus l'utilité. Deux raisons expliquent leur comportement : 1) des raisons matérielles (ils ont de la place et ne se posent pas...

This article aims to confront Foucault’s (2001) concept of heterotopia (2001) – the physical location of an utopia – with a "new, "informal and non-institutionalized retail space for gleaning second hand items : the sidewalk during the time of bulky item collection. A qualitative survey...

This article demonstrates that socially anxious consumers avoid close relationships with merchants. An experimental approach (n=102) shows that socially anxious consumers prefer small talk with merchants rather than intimate conversations, whereas non-socially anxious consumers prefer intimate...

This article documents the development and validation of a multidimensional superstition scale (MSS). Superstition is conceptualized as a three dimension personality trait: belief in culturally shared superstitions, superstitious pessimism and magical thinking rituals. We carried out three...