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JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Volume 58, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102306
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Webrooming intention; Perceived hedonic value; Perceived utilitarian value; Online risk perceptions; Luxury consumption
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This study investigated factors influencing luxury consumers' webrooming intention using a moderated mediation framework, exploring the mediating effects of perceived hedonic value and perceived utilitarian value that are moderated by online risk perceptions. The study findings will assist luxury retailers in managing consumer channel switching behavior and enrich the luxury marketing literature by examining the emerging phenomena of webrooming and channel switching.
The aim of this study to investigate factors affecting luxury consumers' webrooming intention using a moderated mediation framework. The study also investigates the mediating effects of perceived hedonic value and perceived utilitarian value and how these mediating effects are moderated by online risk perceptions. Data were collected using offline survey from 374 luxury consumers in India, using systematic sampling. The results indicated that perceived usefulness of online search, need for touch and socialization have significant impact on webrooming intention. Perceived hedonic value and perceived utilitarian value mediate the effect of variables on webrooming intention and mediation effect of perceived utilitarian value varied between high and low levels of online risk perceptions. Findings of this study will help luxury retailers in managing consumer channel switching behaviour. The study enriches luxury marketing literature by examining emerging webmoming, channel switching phenomenon.
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