Purpose Previous research in the context of feature fit has examined the effects of congruence (i.e. more specifically, the extent to which a new feature and the product are similar in the hedonic-utilitarian benefits they provide to consumers). The purpose of this paper is to examine a second...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the expectations and evaluations of services provided by members of an ethnic minority using the lens of ethnic stereotypes. The authors also examine how ethnic service providers (ESPs) are evaluated by customers from the majority group vs the...

What is evolutionary psychology? -- Consumer research domain-general & proximate-level theorizing -- Consumption & Darwinian modules -- Advertising content and media effects- mirrors of human nature -- Darwinian roots of cultural products -- Darwinian roots of "darkside" consumption -- Benefits...