19 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, Authors collected consumer data to understand the heterogeneity of consumer behavior and store competition in grocery shopping. Marketing research techniques were used to analyze consumers' decision processes and their preference models.
19 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, Researchers examined the effectiveness of descriptive norm cues in the context of green advertising for large grocery chains through the lens of the persuasion knowledge model. "Results suggested that green advertising might be more productive if retailers frame their messages without descriptive norm cues and reliance on whether they are seen as 'green' (Whole Foods) or 'non green' (Wal-Mart)."