Does social exclusion influence multiple channel use? The interconnections with community, happiness, and well-being

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• 作者：Charles Dennis^a ; ^{c.dennis@mdx.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Eleftherios Alamanos^b ; ^{Eleftherios.Alamanos@newcastle.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Savvas Papagiannidis^b ; ¹ ; ^{savvas.papagiannidis@ncl.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Michael Bourlakis^c ; ² ; ^{m.bourlakis@cranfield.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Multi-channel shopping ; Cell phone shopping ; Social exclusion ; Mobility ; Financial stress ; Happiness and wellbeing
• 刊名：Journal of Business Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：69
• 期：3
• 页码：1061-1070
• 全文大小：669 K

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This paper examines how social exclusion affects consumer use of multiple shopping channels (traditional stores, online by computer and mobile retailing by cell phone) and how these choices affect consumers' happiness and wellbeing. The findings from an online survey (n = 1368) in the United States indicate that socially-excluded people spend more time shopping by all three channels, with the most significant being the cell phone. The latter channel is also more significant for younger respondents and for those who report a mobility/disability issue. Time spent on traditional store shopping and shopping by cell phone both have significant positive effects on happiness and wellbeing. Shopping by cell phone significantly ameliorates the negative effects of social exclusion on happiness and wellbeing for consumers with mobility/disability issues. The paper also includes practical implications for retail marketing managers' and policy makers' communication strategies.