Since chain convenience store becomes the main trend in the retail industry, and the store managers play the important roles to run the business, therefore this research is trying to find out what the competences are necessary for the store managers. Furthermore, this research would like to find out if different characteristics of managers would affect their emphasis degree on the managerial competency. The results are as follows: 1. The 7 competences for the store managers are: (1) business improving ability; (2) daily work managing ability; (3) planning ability; (4) leadership; (5) selling field managing ability; (6) instructing ability; (7) goal approaching ability. 2. The relations between demographics valuables and managerial competences: (1) store managers from ¡§ the middle area¡¨ put the least emphasis on selling field managing ability, leadership and instructing ability; (2) store managers working in ¡§ Family¡¨ put the least emphasis on goal approaching ability; (3) store managers working in ¡§ regular chain¡¨ put more emphasis on planning ability, daily work managing ability and leadership than franchise chain; (4) store managers who work less than one year put the least emphasis on planning ability, goal approaching ability and business improving ability. 3. The moderate effect of individual performance: when individual performance interacting with education, it would affect the emphasis degree toward planning ability and daily work managing ability.

Facing the new technology era, electronic store all over the world and affect the behavior of consumer. As For dress production, besides the virtual stole method such as: department store and brand shop, electronic store give consumer another choices to consume. Therefore, we research dress consumers in Kaohsiung city, between dress store and electronic store, and discuss which one the consumers were most likely to choose. Additionally, we explore the effect of population statistic change and the life style on the consumer behavior. According to the study results, we hope this paper can help clothing sale companies to plan a suitable marketing strategy for distribution channel and get more profit. This thesis we take Q and A investigation, Descriptive Sattistics, Chi-square test, t-value test, one way ANOVA, two way ANOVA and SPSS as our main approaching research methods. Although electronic store become an easy and popular way for the consumers to choose, the paper explores that the consumers are likely to buy dress production in the shop rather than electronic store.

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The culture of America is changing now more than ever. With the Hispanic American population growing, it is important for retailers to understand how to market to these changing demographics. This study compares white Americans to Hispanic Americans in regard to store selection influences. Information sources and store attributes are analyzed as factors that influence store selection. It was found that acculturation of Hispanic American teens has created many commonalities between the two cultures. Future research could become be more in depth as to why these things occur or their effect on actual purchases.

In Sweden today, the consumers have the opportunity to use the different sales channels; physical store, online store and brick and click, a combination of both. For the past decade, the use of ecommerce has spread tremendously and the fashion industry is one of the top three industries in this category. This, together with the growth of technology, have created new opportunities for consumers during their online shopping. The purpose of this study is to examine the differences between consumers who use physical store, online store or both. This study aims to look into consumers' shopping habits within these sales channels and factors that are affecting them. This study uses a quantitative method with 150 respondents participating in a survey of 16 questions. The respondents consist of women in Stockholm in the age group 15-35. The survey is based on theories of sales channels and consumer buying process. The results show that respondents shop more frequently in a physical store than an electronic store. The three most important factors, for respondents that are using both channels, are the price, the fit and the quality. The latter two factors are perceived to be more easily evaluated and detailed in a physical store with physical contact. The traditional retailers, who only shop in a physical store, value service and experience the highest. This is one of the main reasons that they do not shop online because the service and experience are different in each sales channels. However, the price, the fit and the quality share the second place. Also, the brand and the width of the supply are of significance since the availability is greater in e-commerce. These two factors, can along with the price, be prime reasons for onlineshopping. Respondents who never shop online consider safety and shipping/delivery process the main reason for it. This study has therefore come to the conclusion that the ideal marketing strategy for consumers is the brick and click strategy. These two combined channels can compensate for each other's shortcomings and thereby enhance the consumer satisfaction. With a combined sales channel, consumers have also the possibility to use both channels in the buying process and adapt their approaches in the different stages according to their needs, which may differ depending on different circumstances.

Syftet med studien är att få en ökad förståelse för vilka faktorer som påverkar konsumentens butiksupplevelse. Detta för att få kunskap om hur butiker kan möta kundens behov, genom utformning av butiksutrymmet samt personalens bemötande. Studien ämnar ta reda på vilka faktorer som skapar en positiv respektive negativ respons från konsumenten. Undersökningen genomfördes genom deltagande observationer, där en person åt gången observerades och intervjuades under en shoppingtur. Detta för att ta del av både konsumentens åsikter samt agerande i miljön. Ett ord som var återkommande i samtliga deltagande observationer var struktur, då deltagarna ansåg att butikens struktur var mycket viktig för helhetsintrycket. Det fick inte vara rörigt i butiken. Efter varje butik fick deltagarna säga tre ord de förknippade med butiken som precis hade besökts. De positiva ord som sades flest gånger var ljust och fräscht. Medan det negativa ordet som förekom mest var rörigt. Helhetsintrycket av butiken var det viktigaste för konsumenterna varpå de synliga faktorerna tog störst plats. Personalens uppmärksamhet och interaktion visade även på en betydande roll. / The purpose of the study is to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that affect how consumers perceive store environments. This is to gain knowledge about how retailers can meet customer needs, through the design of the store space and services. The study intends to determine which factors that create a positive relative to negative response from the consumer. The survey was conducted through participant observation, in order to take part of the consumer's opinions and actions within a store environment. One person at a time was observed and interviewed, during a shopping trip. A word that was repeated in all participant observations was structure. The participants felt that the store's structure was very important to the overall impression. After each shop, participants were told to say three words they associated with the store. The positive words that were said the most times were bright and clean. While the negative word that appeared most times was disarray. The study shows that the overall impression of the store is the most important factor. The visible factors are although those who are noticed the most. Attention from the staff and interaction also revealed a significant role in the consumer’s overall impression.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 187-191).

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1990.

Title: Technology and Consumers’ Experiences in Fashion Physical Stores: The Case of Sweden Level: Master Thesis in Business Administration Author: Meron Kebede Abebaw; Willard Kingstone Matukuta Supervisor: Agneta Sundström, PhD Examiner: Maria Fregidou-Malama, PhD Date: May, 2018  Aim: The aim of this study is to analyze whether in-store digital technology in fashion retailers are used to change the customers’ shopping experience and behavior. Method: This study chooses qualitative research and used both primary and secondary data collection as method. Results and conclusions: This study have reached to conclude that: with the current advances in technology, physical stores can use in-store technology to give customers a new experience; physical stores perceive that using in-store digital technology will change customers shopping experience. Also, marketing mix inputs and technology affect customers’ behavior. Suggestions for future research: For future research, how smart fitting rooms may influence the customer experience in the physical store will be important to study. Researchers can also consider understanding customer responses to in-store technology. Finally, a customer’s perspective to both suggestions should improve the knowledge on whether digital solutions are preferred in in-store shopping or not. Contributions of the thesis: This thesis contributes to the current state of theories on in-store technology by showing atmosphere has effect on customers’ experiences and behavior in addition to the marketing mix. On the managerial perspective, analyzing the installation of this technology will enable to identify its effect on customers’ experiences and behavior. In addition, on the societal perspective, the behavior of customers will help in motivating younger generation to utilize this in-store technology.

TESIS PARA OPTAR AL GRADO DE MAGÍSTER EN MARKETING / El presente estudio se enfoca en analizar la relación existente entre la imagen de la tienda con la experiencia de marca, y como esta última puede influir en la actitud a la marca, apego a la marca y valor de marca. Por otra parte, el tipo de tienda (Flagship Store o Brand Store) tiene influencia en la imagen de la tienda con la experiencia de marca que tengan los consumidores. Este estudio es cuantitativo del tipo concluyente, donde la metodología de la investigación se aplicó de forma transversal, obteniendo la información necesaria mediante una encuesta presencial y autoadministrada. La encuesta se aplicó a 528 individuos que compraron en alguna de las tiendas de Adidas, y además eran consumidores de la marca. Una vez recopilada la información se formó la base de datos en Excel, la cual luego se traspasó a SPSS. Posteriormente, se realizó un análisis de fiabilidad y validez (análisis factorial exploratorio) para evaluar si el instrumento utilizado era idóneo. El aporte que tiene esta investigación es mostrar como el tipo de tienda (Flagship Store o Brand Store) influye en la relación existente entre imagen de la tienda y experiencia de marca, y también ver si la experiencia de marca tiene influencia en los constructos de marca (apego a la marca, actitud a la marca y valor de marca). La originalidad de este estudio es determinar si en Chile funciona el tipo de tienda Flagship Store, es decir, si este cumple con los objetivos esperados, para que las empresas inviertan en este diseño de tienda con el fin de construir una marca más potente, o si es innecesario y no se obtienen los resultados esperados, para no malgastar recursos. Por lo tanto, diferentes empresas pueden tener conocimiento de que mejoras en las variables ya mencionadas, son factores influyentes en los individuos, lo que finalmente conducirá a obtener información necesaria para tomar decisiones estratégicas, con el fin de aumentar valor a los clientes, a la marca y mejorando la relación cliente, marca y empresa. Posteriormente, se realizó un análisis de regresión lineal entre imagen de la tienda con experiencia de marca, de la Flagship Store como de la Brand Store para ver si existe diferencia por el tipo de tienda en Chile. Finalmente, se efectuó el análisis factorial confirmatorio, mediante un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales (SEM) para observar la relación que existe entre la variable independiente (imagen de la tienda) con las variables dependientes (experiencia, actitud, apego y valor de marca), con el fin de rechazar o no rechazar las hipótesis planteadas en este estudio, plasmado en el modelo que será visto en el transcurso de la investigación.