Experience, brand prestige, perceived value (functional, hedonic, social, and financial), and loyalty among GROCERANT customers

The food service industry has already observed that a merely good quality of products/services cannot make a business successful and has emphasized the importance of delivering unique and memorable experiences. Grocerants meet customer demand by filling the roles of grocery stores and restaurants, w...

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Main Authors: Kim, Seoyoung, Ham, Sunny, Moon, Hyeyoung, Chua, Bee Lia, Han, Heesup
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79792/
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author Kim, Seoyoung
Ham, Sunny
Moon, Hyeyoung
Chua, Bee Lia
Han, Heesup
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Ham, Sunny
Moon, Hyeyoung
Chua, Bee Lia
Han, Heesup
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description The food service industry has already observed that a merely good quality of products/services cannot make a business successful and has emphasized the importance of delivering unique and memorable experiences. Grocerants meet customer demand by filling the roles of grocery stores and restaurants, while offering novel and special experiences to customers. This study explores the unique experiences staged in grocerants by applying the experience economy and associates such experiences to brand prestige, customer perceived value, and loyalty. Data was collected at grocerants in Korea, using a mall-intercept survey. Our results identify the positive effects of entertainment and escapist experiences on brand prestige which significantly triggers functional, hedonic, social, and financial values. The three values (functional, hedonic, and financial) also affect loyalty. Overall, the proposed theoretical framework sufficiently accounts for customer loyalty. This study was the first attempt to investigate grocerant patrons’ behaviors and thus includes a high degree of originality.
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spelling upm-797922022-11-05T17:10:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79792/ Experience, brand prestige, perceived value (functional, hedonic, social, and financial), and loyalty among GROCERANT customers Kim, Seoyoung Ham, Sunny Moon, Hyeyoung Chua, Bee Lia Han, Heesup The food service industry has already observed that a merely good quality of products/services cannot make a business successful and has emphasized the importance of delivering unique and memorable experiences. Grocerants meet customer demand by filling the roles of grocery stores and restaurants, while offering novel and special experiences to customers. This study explores the unique experiences staged in grocerants by applying the experience economy and associates such experiences to brand prestige, customer perceived value, and loyalty. Data was collected at grocerants in Korea, using a mall-intercept survey. Our results identify the positive effects of entertainment and escapist experiences on brand prestige which significantly triggers functional, hedonic, social, and financial values. The three values (functional, hedonic, and financial) also affect loyalty. Overall, the proposed theoretical framework sufficiently accounts for customer loyalty. This study was the first attempt to investigate grocerant patrons’ behaviors and thus includes a high degree of originality. Elsevier 2019 Article PeerReviewed Kim, Seoyoung and Ham, Sunny and Moon, Hyeyoung and Chua, Bee Lia and Han, Heesup (2019) Experience, brand prestige, perceived value (functional, hedonic, social, and financial), and loyalty among GROCERANT customers. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 77. pp. 169-177. ISSN 0278-4319; ESSN: 1873-4693 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278431918302196 10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.06.026
spellingShingle Kim, Seoyoung
Ham, Sunny
Moon, Hyeyoung
Chua, Bee Lia
Han, Heesup
Experience, brand prestige, perceived value (functional, hedonic, social, and financial), and loyalty among GROCERANT customers
title Experience, brand prestige, perceived value (functional, hedonic, social, and financial), and loyalty among GROCERANT customers
title_full Experience, brand prestige, perceived value (functional, hedonic, social, and financial), and loyalty among GROCERANT customers
title_fullStr Experience, brand prestige, perceived value (functional, hedonic, social, and financial), and loyalty among GROCERANT customers
title_full_unstemmed Experience, brand prestige, perceived value (functional, hedonic, social, and financial), and loyalty among GROCERANT customers
title_short Experience, brand prestige, perceived value (functional, hedonic, social, and financial), and loyalty among GROCERANT customers
title_sort experience, brand prestige, perceived value (functional, hedonic, social, and financial), and loyalty among grocerant customers
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79792/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79792/