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Marques, C., Vinhas da Silva, Rui & Cardoso, B. (2020). DOLLARS & SCENTS: BUILDING BRAND-RELATIONSHIPS IN STORES. 2020 Global Marketing Conference.

C. M. Marques et al.,  "DOLLARS & SCENTS: BUILDING BRAND-RELATIONSHIPS IN STORES", in 2020 Global Marketing Conf., Seoul, 2020

@misc{marques2020_1732204868004,
	author = "Marques, C. and Vinhas da Silva, Rui and Cardoso, B.",
	title = "DOLLARS & SCENTS: BUILDING BRAND-RELATIONSHIPS IN STORES",
	year = "2020",
	url = "https://2020gamma.imweb.me/"
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - DOLLARS & SCENTS: BUILDING BRAND-RELATIONSHIPS IN STORES
T2  - 2020 Global Marketing Conference
AU  - Marques, C.
AU  - Vinhas da Silva, Rui
AU  - Cardoso, B.
PY  - 2020
CY  - Seoul
UR  - https://2020gamma.imweb.me/
AB  - Scent marketing is used to modify consumer behavior by subconsciously creating emotions
in people, thus shaping their decisions, which ultimately leads to higher consumer
purchases (Madzharov et al., 2015; Krishna et al., 2014; Spence et al., 2014; Hultén, 2011).
Companies use scent marketing to create positive memories and with this somehow
influence consumers´ subsequent feelings about the brand, resulting in a lasting emotional
bond with the consumer (ibid). Studies have focused on how senses really impact on
consumer behaviour and emotions, but much of it has been done in a laboratory context,
rather than in real stores. The current study differs from traditional approached in that it
aims to understand the impact of scent in bricks and mortar retailing, namely on brand
loyalty and brand image, i.e. specifically, the current study aims to shed light on how the
introduction of a pleasant scent influences the emotional state of the consumer and his or
her intention to buy product and revisit the store. Customer satisfaction with staff and the
overall quality of the store are also evaluated as well as the moderation effect of store type.
The experimental study started on June 5th and ended on July 8th of 2019. The first two
weeks of the experience took place at the Worten Mobilat Amadora in Portugal and the last
two weeks in the Worten Megastore at Amadora. In achieving more stable results, the
stimulus was programmed to be switched on, on a particular day and switched off on the
following day. A survey was conducted to evaluate if the introduction of a pleasant scent
impacted, in a positive way on the intention to revisit the store, the overall store image, the
perceived environmental quality of the store and the overall product and staff evaluation.
Hypotheses testing via multiple regression analyses was adopted. Results show that the
impact of the customer emotional state on intention to purchase and to revisit the store was
not verified. In contrast, the introduction of a pleasant scent correlates positively with
intention to revisit the store, overall store image, perceived environmental quality, overall
evaluation of products and staff and negatively with perception of time spent in the store.
Finally, there is no store type effect on attitudinal and behavioural outcomes. Theoretical
and practical implications are discussed.
ER  -