On Store Design and Consumer Motivation: Spatial Control and Arousal in the Retail Context

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 800-820

  van Rompay, Thomas J L ^a   Tanja Dijkstra, Karin ^b   Verhoeven, Joost W M ^c   van Es, Annemiek F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

arousal; interior color; layout; shopping motivation; spatial control

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERCEPTION; SHOPPING ACTIVITY;

EID: 84868155041     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916511407309     Document Type: Article

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