Smart shopping carts: How real-time feedback influences spending

Journal of Marketing

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 21-36

  Van Ittersum, Koert ^a   Wansink, Brian ^b   Pennings, Joost M E ^c,d   Sheehan, Daniel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget shoppers; Grocery shopping behavior; Nonbudget shoppers; Real time spending feedback; Smart shopping carts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887571519     PISSN: 00222429     EISSN: 15477185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jm.12.0060     Document Type: Article

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