...Katelyn Fulton; Seung‐Eun Lee Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify retailers selling sustainable apparel goods on the internet and examine their sustainable initiatives in the supply chain based on the United Nation's Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), one of the most widely used...

... Internet” (Hennig‐Thurau et al., 2004, p. 39). Consumers frequently create and search for eWOM information to reduce the perceived risk in making purchase decisions (Moore, 2010). eWOM information, i.e. messages and meanings, is coproduced between several people in consumer networks (Kozinets...

... sale sites. Consumer behaviour Women Fashion Web sites Internet Internet marketing Fashion retailing © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 The purpose of this study was to determine consumer characteristics that might predict the degree of intention to purchase from private...

... behaviour Internet Communities Green Sustainable Ethical Luxury Online communities I think in the future approaching fashion in an ethically responsible manner will be the way to behave. The problem is not only for the designers but also for consumers because it will take time to teach them how...

... research. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Consumer behaviour Young consumers Internet Fashion Electronic commerce Product viewing Hedonic effects Utilitarian effects Constantinides (2004) coined “the Web experience” (p. 112) as the right and correct online experience...

... the Theory of Planned Behavior. Boredom was associated with intentions and some of the specific types purchased. In the longitudinal analysis, increased internet information search was associated with purchases for all the specific clothing types. The most common purchases were T‐shirts, shoes, and skirts...

... consumer's perceived risks and benefits of online shopping. Age and general internet experience showed limited influences on mature consumers' perceptions and purchase intentions. Research limitations/implications The study provides numerous implications for future research with regard to the challenges...

... Publishing Limited 2010 H1c. When enlargements are available on an apparel website, more pleasure and arousal will be evoked than when only small size pictures are available. Risk management Internet Shopping Clothing Apparel is the most popular product category in online...

... be used by online apparel retailers to assess their marketing strategies. For consumers, the findings of the study inform consumers of factors that may encourage impulse purchases. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Buying behaviour Marketing Internet Shopping Research has found...

... and retain them through the web sites. Originality/value This study is the first to investigate young adult online consumers' perceptions of their favorite internet web sites in relation to their evaluations of the relative importance of general clothing web sites attributes. Existing evidence from...

... consumers. This study is in the forefront of examining e‐consumer behavior in the fashion industry. Hyun Ju Kwon can be contacted at: jasminkwon@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Fashion Internet Demographics Modelling Korea Creative web site contents, including...

... The paper provides value in classifying the e‐tailer type and investigating the attributes. The vast expanse of science and civilization has dramatically changed the experience of human life. The universality of computer and internet utilization has increased the rate of change so quickly...

...‐relevant information components; and explore whether differences in performance exist across different types of internet retailers. Design/methodology/approach Survey methodology was used to assess the task relevance of apparel web site information components from the consumers' perspective...

... effect of internet innovativeness on these impacts. Design/methodology/approach The data used in this study were gathered by surveying female university students in Seoul, Korea, using convenience sampling, and 222 questionnaires were used in the statistical analysis. In analyzing data, correlation...

...Seiji Endo; Doris H. Kincade Purpose To investigate consumers' characteristics during internet shopping for customized products in order to reduce the distance between a manufacturer and consumers. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative methods were conducted with longitudinal interviewing...

... intention toward the traditional retailer has been intensively investigated in the past (George, 2002). Similarly, in the internet context, a number of past studies (e.g. Goldsmith and Bridges, 2000 ; Shim et al., 2001) showed that attitude toward the internet shopping was positively related...

... retailers and manufacturers (Pastore, 2000). Internet retailers generally fall into one of the four categories: virtual e‐retailers, bricks‐and‐mortar retailers, catalog companies, and multi‐channel retailers that use the Internet. Each of the Internet retailers has a unique business strategy. Liu (2001...

..., ceramics, and glass, occupy consistent and strong positions in the market (Crafts Center, 2003). As a venue for marketing and purchasing cultural products, the Internet holds immense potential for bringing artisans and consumers together across national borders (Hamann, 2000; Jordan, 2000). However...

...MiYoung Lee; Kim K.P. Johnson We investigated whether differences existed among Internet apparel purchasers, browsers, and non‐purchasers in terms of their attitudes about Internet shopping and retailers, willingness to provide credit card information, Internet use behavior, and demographic...

... rates are seen in Latin America and Eastern Europe. Schattenburg (2001) says Sweden and Canada have greater user percentages over the USA. As Internet users and sites extend their reach, the content of the e‐tailer should reflect language options. Research indicates that 50 percent of users prefer...