Image of Apparel Retail Store by Shopping Environment, Price, and Fashion Innovativeness (open access)

Image of Apparel Retail Store by Shopping Environment, Price, and Fashion Innovativeness

This study investigated college student's image of apparel retail stores associated with shopping environment, price, and fashion innovativeness and their self-perception of appearance and fashion innovativeness. These served as the dependent and independent variables, respectively. University of North Texas students residing in on-campus housing completed a self-administered questionnaire measuring each variable. Repeated measure ANOVAs determined differences in self-perceptions and store images across four stores varied by fashion (innovative/mass) and price (high/low). Results indicated that perceptions for shopping environment, price, and fashion innovativeness differed by store. Students' appearance and fashion innovativeness had no significant effect on their perceptions of apparel retail store image. Students perceive stores differently based on shopping environment, price, and fashion innovativeness.
Date: August 1995
Creator: Smith, Phillip Kerry
System: The UNT Digital Library