Configural Theory of Why People Shop for Clothes: Personal-Attribute Explanations of Four Stalwart Segments

The study here applies fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to offer configurations that are sufficient to identify “Clotheshorses”, “Clothesaholics”, “Clothesgourmands” and “Clothesnegators”. In contrast to prior literature investigating only clothes shopping frequency, we find these fo...

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Main Authors: Schuhmacher, Monika, von Janda, Sergej, Woodside, Arch
Format: Journal Article
Published: Korean Academy of Marketing Science 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13747
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author Schuhmacher, Monika
von Janda, Sergej
Woodside, Arch
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description The study here applies fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to offer configurations that are sufficient to identify “Clotheshorses”, “Clothesaholics”, “Clothesgourmands” and “Clothesnegators”. In contrast to prior literature investigating only clothes shopping frequency, we find these four clothes shopper types are different with regard to the perceived “importance of dressing well”. The findings demonstrate the existence of these four stalwart segments.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-137472017-09-13T15:01:41Z Configural Theory of Why People Shop for Clothes: Personal-Attribute Explanations of Four Stalwart Segments Schuhmacher, Monika von Janda, Sergej Woodside, Arch qualitative comparative analysis segments shopping configuration clothesgourmands The study here applies fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to offer configurations that are sufficient to identify “Clotheshorses”, “Clothesaholics”, “Clothesgourmands” and “Clothesnegators”. In contrast to prior literature investigating only clothes shopping frequency, we find these four clothes shopper types are different with regard to the perceived “importance of dressing well”. The findings demonstrate the existence of these four stalwart segments. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13747 10.1080/20932685.2013.857822 Korean Academy of Marketing Science restricted
spellingShingle qualitative comparative analysis
segments
shopping
configuration
clothesgourmands
Schuhmacher, Monika
von Janda, Sergej
Woodside, Arch
Configural Theory of Why People Shop for Clothes: Personal-Attribute Explanations of Four Stalwart Segments
title Configural Theory of Why People Shop for Clothes: Personal-Attribute Explanations of Four Stalwart Segments
title_full Configural Theory of Why People Shop for Clothes: Personal-Attribute Explanations of Four Stalwart Segments
title_fullStr Configural Theory of Why People Shop for Clothes: Personal-Attribute Explanations of Four Stalwart Segments
title_full_unstemmed Configural Theory of Why People Shop for Clothes: Personal-Attribute Explanations of Four Stalwart Segments
title_short Configural Theory of Why People Shop for Clothes: Personal-Attribute Explanations of Four Stalwart Segments
title_sort configural theory of why people shop for clothes: personal-attribute explanations of four stalwart segments
topic qualitative comparative analysis
segments
shopping
configuration
clothesgourmands
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13747