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Table A1.

Construct measurement (Study 1)

Scale	Items	Source
Purchase intention	1. I’m likely to make a purchase/I’m unlikely to make a purchase 2. I’m interested in __________/I’m not interested in __________ (7 points)	Adapted from Rogers (2003)
Need for touch	1. I place more trust in products that can be touched before purchase 2. I feel more comfortable purchasing a product after physically examining it 3. If I cannot touch a product in the store, I am reluctant to purchase the product 4. I feel more confident purchasing after touching a product 5. The only way to make sure a product is worth buying is to actually touch it 6. There are many products that I would only buy if I could handle them before purchase (7 points)	Peck and Childers, 2003a, 2003b)

Scale	Items	Source
Purchase intention	1. I’m likely to make a purchase/I’m unlikely to make a purchase2. I’m interested in __________/I’m not interested in __________(7 points)	Adapted from Rogers (2003)
Need for touch	1. I place more trust in products that can be touched before purchase2. I feel more comfortable purchasing a product after physically examining it3. If I cannot touch a product in the store, I am reluctant to purchase the product4. I feel more confident purchasing after touching a product5. The only way to make sure a product is worth buying is to actually touch it6. There are many products that I would only buy if I could handle them before purchase (7 points)	Peck and Childers, 2003a, 2003b)