Using Visual Retail Atmospheric Audits in Retailing Education

Despite the increased utilization of observation research, marketing students rarely if ever get the opportunity to apply ethnographic or observational market research methods in their educational endeavors from both the consumer perspective as well as from the retailing/marketing perspective. To br...

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Published in:Journal of marketing development and competitiveness 2018-12, Vol.12 (4), p.126-133
Main Authors: Stretch-Stephenson, Shirley M, Martin, Silvia L, Houston, H Rika
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Aesthetics
Audits
College students
Consumer behavior
Consumers
Education
Ethnography
Graduate students
Green buildings
Marketing
Merchandising
Observational studies
Qualitative research
Research methodology
Retail stores
Semiotics
Shopping
Strategic planning
Students
Studies
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Consumer behavior
Consumers
Education
Ethnography
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Green buildings
Marketing
Merchandising
Observational studies
Qualitative research
Research methodology
Retail stores
Semiotics
Shopping
Strategic planning
Students
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