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Why customers would rather have a smartphone than a car : relationship retailing as an opportunity Cor Molenaar

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Farnham, Surrey, England : Gower, c2015.Description: vi, 208 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 978-1472466563
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Contents:
About the author -- Introduction -- The world we want -- Look now -- buy later -- Human factors as an accelerator of change -- Payment traffic -- The field of futurology -- What choices do we have? -- The world we get -- Signs of disruption -- The place of shops in the city centre -- Communication the basis of customer relationships -- The challenge for shops and shopping centres -- Learning from practice -- Innovation or disruption? : the reality -- Cornerstones of change, on the road to the future -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Why Customers Would Rather Have a Smartphone than a Car explores some of the fundamental changes in consumer behaviour: Why do we buy less in shops and more on the internet? Why do we spend more on gadgets, smartphones and Apps and not more on food, holidays or clothing? Why do most business people only look at symptoms and not causes of changing customer behaviour? The new generation buys differently from the baby boomers; they have different priorities and preferences. The internet has changed us in the way we think, act and communicate. Whilst many retailers now understand the need for chan.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 658.8342 MP WH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0054566

About the author -- Introduction -- The world we want -- Look now -- buy later -- Human factors as an accelerator of change -- Payment traffic -- The field of futurology -- What choices do we have? -- The world we get -- Signs of disruption -- The place of shops in the city centre -- Communication the basis of customer relationships -- The challenge for shops and shopping centres -- Learning from practice -- Innovation or disruption? : the reality -- Cornerstones of change, on the road to the future -- Bibliography -- Index.

Why Customers Would Rather Have a Smartphone than a Car explores some of the fundamental changes in consumer behaviour: Why do we buy less in shops and more on the internet? Why do we spend more on gadgets, smartphones and Apps and not more on food, holidays or clothing? Why do most business people only look at symptoms and not causes of changing customer behaviour? The new generation buys differently from the baby boomers; they have different priorities and preferences. The internet has changed us in the way we think, act and communicate. Whilst many retailers now understand the need for chan.

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