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Gender Differences in the Fashion Consumption and Store Characteristics in Swedish Clothing Stores

The study examined gender differences in fashion consumption in reflecting to retailing-store characteristics. Observation was conducted in the five different retailing-stores to notice various store displays and consumer behaviors between women and men. Information from various sources including journals, books, stores’ magazines, and stores’ websites were used as additional data in complementing to observation technique. The study found that female were gather shoppers who went shopping for reasons of enjoyment and relaxation. Thus, they like spending time browsing for comparing price, products, and quality. On the other hand, men were hunter shoppers who went shopping for need-driven. As a result, men preferred shop where they can search for their intended items easily. Similarly, shop characteristics were found to reflect and adapt to consumer behavior by gender. / Program: Magisterutbildning i företagsekonomi

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hb-20616
Date January 2011
CreatorsChea, Pisey
PublisherHögskolan i Borås, Institutionen Handels- och IT-högskolan, University of Borås/School of Business and Informatics
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
RelationMagisteruppsats, ; 2011MF06

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