Search, purchase, and satisfaction in a multiple-channel environment: How have mobile devices changed consumer behaviors?

Sonika Singh and Sungha Jang

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2022, vol. 65, issue C

Abstract: The rapid adoption of smartphones and increasing reliance on the mobile Internet is influencing consumers’ shopping behavior with traditional Internet devices (e.g., desktop and laptop computers) and in stores. This research examines the effects of consumer perceptions of channels (i.e., mobile devices, computers, and offline stores) on their choices of search channels, purchase channel, and satisfaction level with the purchase channel. Using survey data from a sample of U.S. consumers, we find supplemental effects of mobile devices on computers do not alter the traditional substitution relationship between computers and stores during the search. The cross-channel effects indicate that perceived purchase benefits and costs of stores affect the purchase channel selection of mobile devices and computers, respectively. Satisfaction levels were highest when purchases were made on mobile devices. The insights from this study can help managers increase the effectiveness of advertising in different media and target distinct segments of consumers who rely on multiple channels for search and purchase.

Keywords: Information search; Mobile search; Channel choice; Multiple-channels; Customer satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102200

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