Unplanned In-Store Purchase Behavior of Organic Grocery Product Users: Effect of Consumer Innovativeness Traits and Traditional and Digital Promotional Stimuli

The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship of consumer innovativeness traits and traditional or digital in-store promotional stimuli and their effect on in store unplanned shopping of organic products. Within a framework of trait theory, consumer buying behavior theory and decision...

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Main Authors: Dale A. Cake, Vikas Agrawal, Wooyang Kim
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Language:English
Published: Georgia Southern University 2025-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Marketing Theory
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/jamt/vol12/iss1/4/
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description The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship of consumer innovativeness traits and traditional or digital in-store promotional stimuli and their effect on in store unplanned shopping of organic products. Within a framework of trait theory, consumer buying behavior theory and decision-making processes, SEM and r software applied to U.S. retail organic user panel data showed a unique, positive relationship of hedonistic, price-consciousness and quality-seeking traits with domain-specific (organic products) consumer innovativeness. This had a direct, positive effect on traditional and digital stimuli use, as well as leading to unplanned shopping and spending of organic goods. Knowing the traits of those who utilize traditional and digital promotions adds to trait theory and domain-specific innovativeness, an essential dimension under trait theory. Within the decision-making process, it also adds to and clarifies traditional and digital stimuli’s effect on organic users’ unplanned shopping behavior in a technologically changing, post Covid pandemic era.
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spelling doaj-art-64c06db884cc409baf9cb592181fa73a2025-08-20T02:16:45ZengGeorgia Southern UniversityJournal of Applied Marketing Theory2151-32362025-01-01121577510.20429/jamt.2025.120104Unplanned In-Store Purchase Behavior of Organic Grocery Product Users: Effect of Consumer Innovativeness Traits and Traditional and Digital Promotional StimuliDale A. CakeVikas AgrawalWooyang KimThe purpose of this study was to understand the relationship of consumer innovativeness traits and traditional or digital in-store promotional stimuli and their effect on in store unplanned shopping of organic products. Within a framework of trait theory, consumer buying behavior theory and decision-making processes, SEM and r software applied to U.S. retail organic user panel data showed a unique, positive relationship of hedonistic, price-consciousness and quality-seeking traits with domain-specific (organic products) consumer innovativeness. This had a direct, positive effect on traditional and digital stimuli use, as well as leading to unplanned shopping and spending of organic goods. Knowing the traits of those who utilize traditional and digital promotions adds to trait theory and domain-specific innovativeness, an essential dimension under trait theory. Within the decision-making process, it also adds to and clarifies traditional and digital stimuli’s effect on organic users’ unplanned shopping behavior in a technologically changing, post Covid pandemic era.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/jamt/vol12/iss1/4/digital stimuliunplanned shoppingplanned behaviorconsumer traitsinnovativenessorganicsmart technologygrocery retail.
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Unplanned In-Store Purchase Behavior of Organic Grocery Product Users: Effect of Consumer Innovativeness Traits and Traditional and Digital Promotional Stimuli
Journal of Applied Marketing Theory
digital stimuli
unplanned shopping
planned behavior
consumer traits
innovativeness
organic
smart technology
grocery retail.
title Unplanned In-Store Purchase Behavior of Organic Grocery Product Users: Effect of Consumer Innovativeness Traits and Traditional and Digital Promotional Stimuli
title_full Unplanned In-Store Purchase Behavior of Organic Grocery Product Users: Effect of Consumer Innovativeness Traits and Traditional and Digital Promotional Stimuli
title_fullStr Unplanned In-Store Purchase Behavior of Organic Grocery Product Users: Effect of Consumer Innovativeness Traits and Traditional and Digital Promotional Stimuli
title_full_unstemmed Unplanned In-Store Purchase Behavior of Organic Grocery Product Users: Effect of Consumer Innovativeness Traits and Traditional and Digital Promotional Stimuli
title_short Unplanned In-Store Purchase Behavior of Organic Grocery Product Users: Effect of Consumer Innovativeness Traits and Traditional and Digital Promotional Stimuli
title_sort unplanned in store purchase behavior of organic grocery product users effect of consumer innovativeness traits and traditional and digital promotional stimuli
topic digital stimuli
unplanned shopping
planned behavior
consumer traits
innovativeness
organic
smart technology
grocery retail.
url https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/jamt/vol12/iss1/4/
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