Harris, Patricia, Dall'Olmo Riley, Francesca, Rettie, Ruth and Hand, Chris (2008) Offline to online : the transfer of store loyalty in grocery shopping in the UK. In: Academy of Marketing (AM) Annual Conference 2008 - Reflective marketing in a material world; 08 - 10 Jul 2008, Aberdeen, U.K..

Abstract

Our research uses Mosaic Geodemographic profiling to compare offline and online grocery shoppers and the customers of different online grocers in an attempt to explore the transference of offline store loyalty. We find heterogeneity in online grocers’ customer profiles, indicating that there is not a direct, straightforward transfer of loyalty from offline to online shopping. These differences are more marked for Waitrose/Ocado and for Asda than for Sainsbury’s and Tesco. Our findings have important implications for e-grocery providers and potentially for other e-retailers. Retailers cannot count on a straightforward transfer of customer allegiance from offline to online.

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Official URL:	http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/am2008/
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Title:	Academy of Marketing (AM) Annual Conference 2008 - Reflective marketing in a material world
Uncontrolled Keywords:	internet shopping; online grocery shopping; geodemographics; customer profiling; loyalty
Research Area:	Research Areas > Business and management studies
Faculty, School or Research Centre:	Faculty of Business and Law (until 2017) Faculty of Business and Law (until 2017) > Kingston Business School (Strategy, Marketing and Entrepreneurship) (until July 2013)
Date Deposited:	17 Sep 2008
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2022 11:55
URI:	https://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/id/eprint/3244

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