The effects of online shopping on the customer loyalty

This paper investigates the use of Online Shopping as one of electronic marketing techniques as well as the effect of applying this shopping method and marketing on customer loyalty in Iran. The variables are extracted according to the review of literature and studies conducted in the field of shopp...

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Main Authors: Hamideh Afrashteh, Naser Azad, Seyed Vali Tabatabaei Hanzayy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2014-09-01
Series:Management Science Letters
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol4/msl_2014_248.pdf
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description This paper investigates the use of Online Shopping as one of electronic marketing techniques as well as the effect of applying this shopping method and marketing on customer loyalty in Iran. The variables are extracted according to the review of literature and studies conducted in the field of shopping through cyberspace. A questionnaire is designed by applying these variables and distributed among a sample of service providers and users after testing its reliability and validity. Performing the statistical tests on the results of investigation led to the identification of effective factors. In addition, another questionnaire is distributed according to the obtained components in order to achieve a structural model for the impact of components on the customer loyalty. The structural equation modeling (SEM) is designed to learn the impact of obtained components on customer loyalty as a basis influencing on the survival of business space using SEM method. The study identified different components affected by utilization of online shopping websites including comprehensive information system, system development, choice power, viability and system optimization.
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spelling doaj-art-27ae5953f3784d3c95a30fa6430c4bdf2025-08-20T02:01:39ZengGrowing ScienceManagement Science Letters1923-29341923-93432014-09-01492077208610.5267/j.msl.2014.8.013The effects of online shopping on the customer loyaltyHamideh AfrashtehNaser AzadSeyed Vali Tabatabaei HanzayyThis paper investigates the use of Online Shopping as one of electronic marketing techniques as well as the effect of applying this shopping method and marketing on customer loyalty in Iran. The variables are extracted according to the review of literature and studies conducted in the field of shopping through cyberspace. A questionnaire is designed by applying these variables and distributed among a sample of service providers and users after testing its reliability and validity. Performing the statistical tests on the results of investigation led to the identification of effective factors. In addition, another questionnaire is distributed according to the obtained components in order to achieve a structural model for the impact of components on the customer loyalty. The structural equation modeling (SEM) is designed to learn the impact of obtained components on customer loyalty as a basis influencing on the survival of business space using SEM method. The study identified different components affected by utilization of online shopping websites including comprehensive information system, system development, choice power, viability and system optimization.http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol4/msl_2014_248.pdfOnline shoppingE-commerceCustomer loyalty
spellingShingle Hamideh Afrashteh
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The effects of online shopping on the customer loyalty
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E-commerce
Customer loyalty
title The effects of online shopping on the customer loyalty
title_full The effects of online shopping on the customer loyalty
title_fullStr The effects of online shopping on the customer loyalty
title_full_unstemmed The effects of online shopping on the customer loyalty
title_short The effects of online shopping on the customer loyalty
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topic Online shopping
E-commerce
Customer loyalty
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