Using values and shopping styles to identify fashion apparel segments
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
ISSN: 0959-0552
Article publication date: 9 March 2012
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to segment consumers using personal values and to link the resulting typologies with shopping styles for the fashion apparel (FA) market.
Design/methodology/approach
The Schwartz value inventory (SVI) was suitably modified for the Spanish fashion retail consumer context using expert and consumer panels and then administered. Firstly, principal components analysis was conducted to identify the motivational value types and compare with Schwartz. Secondly, cluster analysis was used to create a typology of Spanish fashion consumers. Finally, ANOVA analysis was conducted to link the consumer typology with a typology of shopping styles.
Findings
Eleven motivational types of consumer values were found (congruent with Schwartz's results), however with slight differences leading to the uncovering of Spanish culture‐specific motivational types such as “ecology”, “inner peace” and four distinct motivational types of “self‐direction”. This further led to the emergence of four fashion retail consumer segments which could be linked to shopping styles with six of the eight shopping styles showing significant differences across segments.
Research limitations/implications
Results may vary with cultural context and consumer industry context suggesting future research opportunities.
Practical implications
Cultural differences in consumer values cannot be ignored even amidst globalization. Therefore, the use of consumer values for Spanish fashion retail consumer segmentation and its further link with shopping styles has significant implications for fashion retail marketers as it can be used to plan the retail marketing mix strategy.
Originality/value
The study has originality and value since the results provide interesting empirical evidence of the usefulness of personal values as a consumer segmentation tool, and expand one's knowledge on the relationship between cultural values and consumer shopping behaviour in a critical but neglected research domain; the Spanish fashion retail context.
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Citation
Sarabia‐Sanchez, F.J., De Juan Vigaray, M.D. and Hota, M. (2012), "Using values and shopping styles to identify fashion apparel segments", International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Vol. 40 No. 3, pp. 180-199. https://doi.org/10.1108/09590551211207157
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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