... and consumption. Customer perceptions are also compared between farmers' markets and supermarkets. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaires were completed by 252 customers at 11 farmers' markets around New Zealand in 2008‐2009. Customers rated the importance of 31 constructs that might influence...

...Andrew G Parsons; Paul W Ballantine; Ann‐Marie Kennedy Purpose This historical narrative aims to analyse the changes in shop trading hour laws in New Zealand, to explore the reasons behind the acceptance of Sunday trading. It compares New Zealand's experience with the USA and the UK. Design...

...Andrew G Parsons; Paul W Ballantine; Gurvinder S. Shergill; Yuli Rosmala; Andrew G. Parsons Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate young New Zealand shoppers' ethnocentricity and brand perceptions by extending the research of O'Cass and Lim. The paper does this by looking...

... different organisations in terms of size, geographic location, and sector of operation. Design/methodology/approach A total of 50 (25 Australian, 25 New Zealand) managers associated with the retail sector (ranging from chief executive officers to store owners) were invited to participate in face‐to‐face...

...Andrea Insch; Magdalena Florek Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the prevalence and types of country associations on product labels and packages across a range of grocery product categories. Design/methodology/approach An audit of New Zealand and Australian country...

...@aut.ac.nz © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Shops Consumer behaviour Store ambience New Zealand Before the experiment could be conducted, associated scents needed to be established for use in the experiment. They were told to three generic store‐types 49 customers of relevant...

...Mike Reid; David Buisson Highlights the findings of a survey targeting UK and European wholesale and retail fruit buyers to discover factors which influence their adoption of apple and pear varieties. The research, performed from the perspective of the New Zealand pipfruit industry, reflects...

..., managers tended to have more positive views of their relationship with the tenants than the tenants themselves. Concludes that, although the centres have enjoyed success in New Zealand until now, there is still a need for managers and retailers to strive to work together in order to benefit equally from...

... with the functions of the bank branch. Seeks to determine the form and function of the retail bank branch network in New Zealand, in the presence of these self‐service technologies, to the years 2000 and 2010 To achieve this objective, a Delphi study was conducted with leading experts from both banks and technology...

...W.A. Thomas; Norman E. Marr Little has been written about the evaluative aspects of new product decisions within the broad reseller market. Reports a study, prior to which no known information existed about New Zealand retail grocery buyers′ evaluations of new products, procedures followed...

... retailers. Set in a New Zealand city, examines the extent to which a written grocery shopping list affects these two factors by comparing the behaviour of two matched samples, one with lists and one without. The findings are conclusive: written shopping lists significantly reduce average expenditure...

...David R. Goodwin The objective of this research was to assess whether the open‐to‐buy (OTB) system allows retail buyers to attain sales and profit objectives and thus obtain the bonuses available for budget attainment. The research used data from both Australia and New Zealand together...