Understanding retail strategy and shopping behaviour: Perspectives from a developing country

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dc.contributor.authorNaicker, Visvanathan
dc.contributor.authorBrijlal, Pradeep
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-14T13:47:08Z
dc.date.available2016-06-14T13:47:08Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis research indicates that in order for retailers to achieve their primary objective of increasing the amount of customer traffic into their stores, some powerful, highly effective and strategic tools that retailers possess need to be utilised in an effective manner in order to meet their objectives. This research has been developed to examine the strategies that retailers can utilise in order to influence the customers' preference to shop in their stores. From the multitude of strategic choices available for each decision, a retailer can choose any combination. A survey was conducted, in order to collect data on customer behaviour, recruiting, store design, retail marketing, Supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management (CRM) - as well as a few other criteria - in the South African retail sector. This descriptive study establishes whether a retailer who makes an initial choice about which strategy to implement, complies with the existing understanding on the customers' preferences. Patterns and trends were detected when studying the determinants of various strategic retail combinations for retailers. The data indicated asymmetric evaluations of choices, in combination with a few distinct patterns. Additionally, a few associations between store preferences and price were identified with specific locations for the customers. Some combinations are more alike than others; and a concern exists that the pricing strategy in isolation fails to portray a complete picture. The study reveals that retailers should be more customer-focused; while at the same time, providing the requisite skills to their employees, in order to retain their existing customers, and to attract new customers.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNaicker, V. and Brijlal, P. (2012). Understanding retail strategy and shopping behaviour: Perspectives from a developing country. African Journal of Business Management, 6(22): 6471-6479en_US
dc.identifier.issn1993-8233
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2321
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherAcademic Journalsen_US
dc.rights.uriAcademic Journals strongly supports the Open Access initiative. Abstracts and full texts of all articles published by Academic Journals are freely accessible to everyone immediately after publication.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.5897/AJBM12.514
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectRetailen_US
dc.subjectCustomersen_US
dc.subjectMerchandiseen_US
dc.subjectRetail managementen_US
dc.subjectConsumer behaviouren_US
dc.subjectSupply chain management (SCM)en_US
dc.subjectCustomer relationship management (CRM)en_US
dc.titleUnderstanding retail strategy and shopping behaviour: Perspectives from a developing countryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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