The literature has paid far too little attention to the potential impact of retro appearance and bandwagon effect on the adoption of really new products. By integrating the retro appearance and bandwagon perspectives, we aim to contribute to the understanding of adoption of really new products....

An ever lasting urge to uncover "the strategy" of building brand loyalty has been motivating marketers for decades. However, simply establishing the same discovered "template" for al l products and brands has been the pursued agenda, without any further interest in examining the deeper...

Socially constructed marketing imageries (e.g. e-atmospherics) help consumers while making choices and decisions. Still, human and retailing technologies interactions are rarely evaluated from a social practice perspective. This paper explores the potential impact of socially constructed...

This paper re-visits the theory of strategic experiential modules in the case of Turkish e-banking e-atmospherics. It is argued that experiential marketing in the e-banking sector could be the key to greater active online migration of consumers and differentiation among the players. Two leaders...

E-government has often been heralded as the new way forwards for emerging countries. While many such countries are already offering e-government services and are gearing up for further growth, little is actually known of the forming stages that are necessary to ensure a greater rate of success...

E-atmospherics have been often analyzed in terms of functional features, leaving its characteristics' link to social capital co-creation as a fertile research area. Prior research have demonstrated the capacity of e-atmospherics' at modifying shopping habits towards deeper engagement. Little is...

Two supermarkets in Turkey offer mechanisms to encourage consumers to shop online. Little is, however, available to comprehend Turkish household purchasing arrangements, processes and practices for tangible goods such as groceries. Our theoretical perspective draws on body of research covering...

For decades, marketers sought "the strategy" for building brand loyalty. When they succeeded in achieving extreme brand loyalty with customers, marketers simply followed the same template for other products and brands without bothering to examine the deeper, phenomenological processes involved...