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| Title: | FACTORS INFLUENCING CONSUMERS' LIKELIHOOD OF PURCHASING SPECIALTY FOOD AND DRINK PRODUCTS ON-LINE: RESULTS OF CONSUMER REVIEWS OF 12 SELECTED SITES |
| Authors: | White, Gregory K. |
| Issue Date: | 1996-10 |
| Abstract: | A total of twelve companies marketing specialty food and drink products on the World Wide Web were identified for this study. Four each marketed coffee, salsa, and seafood. Over a three week period, 163 respondents completed a total of 973 site evaluations. While respondents preferred to purchase products from a retail store, the majority identified at least one product from the sites which they would likely purchase on-line in the next six months. Respondents who regularly purchase one of the products monthly or more often were significantly more likely to make an on-line purchase in the future than those who purchase the product less frequently. Respondents who rated the overall appeal of a company's WWW site as good or excellent were nearly six times as likely to say that they would be likely to purchase the product on-line than those who rated the site as fair or poor. While no single site characteristic stood out relative to the others as having a major influence on increasing the likelihood of making an on-line purchase, insufficient company and/or product information reduced consumers' willingness to purchase on-line and by mail order. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/27893 |
| Institution/Association: | Journal of Food Distribution Research>Volume 27, Number 3, October 1996 |
| Total Pages: | 10 |
| Language: | English |
| From Page: | 31 |
| To Page: | 40 |
| Collections: | Volume 27, Number 3, October 1996
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