"Why Should I Buy Sustainable Apparel?" Impact of User-Centric Advertisements on Consumers’ Affective Responses and Sustainable Apparel Purchase Intentions (open access)

"Why Should I Buy Sustainable Apparel?" Impact of User-Centric Advertisements on Consumers’ Affective Responses and Sustainable Apparel Purchase Intentions

Article identifies some of the most important consumer concerns from the literature that influences consumers’ sustainable apparel purchase intentions. The authors propose a conceptual model grounded in the Elaboration Likelihood Model to test the efficacy of user-centric advertisements in encouraging purchase intentions for sustainable apparel, and conducted a between-subject experiment with female millennials in the U.S.
Date: September 15, 2022
Creator: Chakraborty, Swagata & Sadachar, Amrut
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sustainable and Innovative Packaging Solutions in the Fashion Industry: Global Report (open access)

Sustainable and Innovative Packaging Solutions in the Fashion Industry: Global Report

Article states it is the first global report on sustainable packaging innovation in the fashion sector using data-mining to gather a sample of 400 international fashion brands that advertise sustainable packaging solution across five continents. The report discusses the sustainability of the packaging of these fashion brands, testing the validity of their claims of sustainable packaging.
Date: October 19, 2022
Creator: Jestratijevic, Iva & Brodnjak-Vrabič, Urška
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of a Consumer’s Purchase Intentions and Behaviors towards Environmentally Friendly Grocery Packaging (open access)

Investigation of a Consumer’s Purchase Intentions and Behaviors towards Environmentally Friendly Grocery Packaging

Article asserts that plastic packaging dominates the US grocery industry, which raises the question of whether consumers are purchasing food that is not wrapped in conventional plastic but environmentally friendly packaging. Through their study, the authors hope that their findings provide marketers with fresh insights into the characteristics of consumers willing to purchase grocery items packaged in environmentally friendly materials.
Date: May 30, 2023
Creator: Oliver, Mikah O.; Jestratijevic, Iva; Uanhoro, James & Knight, Dee K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Secondary Luxury Consumer: An Investigation into Online Consumption (open access)

The Secondary Luxury Consumer: An Investigation into Online Consumption

Article studies consumption behaviors of secondary luxury consumers by investigating secondary consumer beliefs and purchase intention, specifically in the context of online shopping.
Date: October 24, 2022
Creator: Slaton, Kelcie & Pookulangara, Sanjukta
System: The UNT Digital Library