Servicescape is a research area within service management which processes the effect that the environment has on the service experience. The purpose of this essay is to find out how servicescape, with focus on the “background music”, affects customer behavior in a clothing retail store. Through manipulation of the background music’s tempo the essay aim to explore to what extent this part of the servicescape a) affect the customers approach and avoidance behavior, b) is affected by customers with a hedonic or utilitarian shopping behavior, c) affects pleasure, arousal and dominance perceptions for the customer, and d) how the servicescape is perceived. Key words: Servicescape, approach-avoidance behaviour, pleasure, arousal, dominance, hedonic-utilitarian behaviour.

Syftet med denna uppsats bestod dels i att undersöka hur musik och dess tempo påverkar kunders emotioner, beteende och upplevelse i butik, men syftade även till att undersöka i vilken omfattning pleasure, arousal och dominance predicerar tillfredsställelse, närmande- undvikande sökbeteende, generell närmande- undvikande beteende samt upplevelse av servicescape. Undersökningen genomfördes som ett fältexperiment i butiksmiljö (N= 431), utifrån en oberoende mellan-individ-design. Musik användes som oberoende variabel (högt tempo, lågt tempo och frånvaro av musik). De beroende variablerna var pleasure, arousal och dominance, tillfredsställelse samt närmande- undvikande beteende vari även köp och spenderad tid i butik inkluderades. Datainsamlingsmetod utgjordes av en enkät. Resultatet visade signifikant att musik påverkar ny dominance utifrån att musik med högt tempo leder till lägre grad av kontroll. Resultatet visade även att kunders emotioner så som pleasure, arousal och dominance signifikant förklarar kunders tillfredsställelse, närmande- undvikande sökbeteende, generell närmande- undvikande beteende samt upplevelse av servicescape. / The purpose of this study consisted in examining how the music and the tempo affect customers' emotions, behavior and experience in stores but also aimed to examine the extent of pleasure, arousal and dominance predicts satisfaction, approach-avoidance search behavior, generalized approach-avoidance behavior and experience of servicescape. The survey was conducted as a field experiment in a retail environment (N= 431), based on an independent between-subject design. Music was used as the independent variable (high speed, low speed and absence of music). The dependent variables were pleasure, arousal and dominance, satisfaction and approach-avoidance behavior whereby purchase and time spent in the store was included. Data collection method consisted of a questionnaire. The results showed significant that music tempo affects new dominance based on the music with high tempo leads to lower degree of control. The results also showed that customers’ emotions such as pleasure, arousal and dominance significantly explains customers satisfaction, approach-avoidance search behavior, generalized approach-avoidance behavior and experience of servicescape.