DocumentCode
2329004
Title
Notice of Retraction
The Patronage Reasons of Supermarkets´ Consumers in China and Difference Analysis on Demographic Characteristics
Author
Junwu Chai ; Xuemei Zhou
Author_Institution
Sch. of Manage. & Econ., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
fYear
2009
fDate
23-24 May 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
5
Abstract
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
This article finds that there are four main reasons which are shopping environment, perceived convenience, merchandise awareness and service evaluation influence patronage of supermarkets´ consumers in China by analysis of questionnaire and analyzes on the similarities and differences of different characteristics of demography. It shows that consumers of different ages don´t have significant differences in patronage reasons. However, consumers of different ages and different monthly household income have significant differences in shopping environment. It also shows that consumers in different districts have different choice standards in supermarkets.
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
This article finds that there are four main reasons which are shopping environment, perceived convenience, merchandise awareness and service evaluation influence patronage of supermarkets´ consumers in China by analysis of questionnaire and analyzes on the similarities and differences of different characteristics of demography. It shows that consumers of different ages don´t have significant differences in patronage reasons. However, consumers of different ages and different monthly household income have significant differences in shopping environment. It also shows that consumers in different districts have different choice standards in supermarkets.
Keywords
consumer behaviour; customer services; demography; retailing; China; demographic characteristics; difference analysis; household income; merchandise awareness; patronage reason; perceived convenience; service evaluation; shopping environment; supermarket consumer; Consumer behavior; Consumer electronics; Demography; Environmental economics; Environmental management; Marketing and sales; Merchandise; Product design; Psychology; Technology management;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
E-Business and Information System Security, 2009. EBISS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location
Wuhan
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2909-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EBISS.2009.5138124
Filename
5138124
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