From selling to supporting – Leveraging mobile services in the context of food retailing

Saarijärvi, Hannu, Lasse Mitronen and Yrjölä, Mika

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2014, vol. 21, issue 1, 26-36

Abstract: To safeguard their existence in the face of harsh competition, food retailers have shifting their attention from goods to service. In this development, mobile services have emerged as suitable venues for intensifying companies' service orientation. To address this phenomenon, the purpose of this study is to explore and analyze how mobile services are leveraged to serve customers better in the context of food retailing. With the help of 10 case examples the perspective is extended from food retailers' in-store activities to supporting customers' processes at the pre- and post-purchase stages. As a result, a tentative framework is suggested that captures the ways in which companies can use mobile services in their strategic quest to move from selling to supporting.

Keywords: Service; Service business logic; Internet; Interaction; Mobile service (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2013.06.009

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