... social culture in which food choice is embedded. Health vulnerabilities to poor nutrition exist throughout life but may be influenced by socio-cultural factors such as age. This study aimed to assess the attitudes of older or younger Chinese consumers towards healthy eating and explore the factors...

... animosity Chinese consumers Country-of-origin effects Purchase frequency In an attempt to understand consumers' decision-making process when choosing between domestic and international brands, the concept of “country-of-origin (COO) effects” provides the theoretical basis for investigation...

...Ou Wang; Simon Somogyi; Richard Ablett Purpose This study explores the influence of quality attributes and socio-demographics on Chinese consumers' general and online consumption of three origin-specific lobsters: Canadian, United States and Australian. Design/methodology/approach A web-based...

...Miranda Mirosa; Yang Liu; Phil Bremer Purpose Food safety is an issue of key concern for Chinese consumers. This study identifies intrinsic and extrinsic cues on product labels or websites that Chinese consumers use to assess a product's perceived safety. Design/methodology/approach Five...

...Jae‐Eun Chung; Leslie Stoel; Yingjiao Xu; Jing Ren Purpose The purpose of this paper is to model Chinese consumers' purchase intentions for imported soy‐based dietary supplements (DS) based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the health belief model (HBM). The central hypotheses...