PurposeThis study aims to develop an understanding of how customers of a physical retail store valuate receiving location-based mobile phone messages when they are in proximity of the store. It proposes and tests a model relating two benefits (personalization and location congruency) and two sacrifices (privacy concern and intrusiveness) to message value perceptions and store visit attitudes.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses a vignette-based survey to collect data from a sample of 1,225 customers of a fashion retailer. The postulated research model is estimated using SmartPLS 3.0 with the consistent-PLS algorithm and further validated via a post-hoc test.FindingsThe empirical testing confirms the predictive validity and robustness of the model and reveals that location congruency and intrusiveness are the location-based message characteristics with the strongest effects on message value and store visit attitude.Originality/valueThe paper adds to the underexplored field of store entry research and extends previous location-based messaging studies by integrating personalization, location congruency, privacy concern and intrusiveness into one validated model.
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Traditional turn-by-turn navigation approaches often do not provide sufficiently detailed information to help people with a visual impairment (PVI) to successfully navigate through an urban environment. To provide PVI with clear and supportive navigation information we created Sidewalk, a new wayfinding message syntax for mobile applications. Sidewalk proposes a consistent structure for detailed wayfinding instructions, short instructions and alerts. We tested Sidewalk with six PVI in the urban center of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Results show that our approach to wayfinding was positively valued by the participants.
Veel bedrijven staan reeds via social media als Facebook of Twitter in contact met hun gebruikers en iedere serieuze marketingcampagne werkt tegenwoordig met likes en tweets. Hoeveel ze daarin investeren en in de toekomst willen blijven doen, hangt af van de effectiviteit van social media. Maar wanneer zijn social media effectief, wat bepaalt die effectiviteit en hoe kunnen we die meten? Het zijn deze vragen waarop het project The Network = the Message zich richt. In de eerste fase van dit tweejarige onderzoekstraject is in kaart gebracht hoe social media campagnes nu worden ingezet en op welke wijze online netwerken worden geactiveerd. In december 2015 en januari 2016 hebben daartoe twaalf diepte-interviews plaats gevonden met de bureaus die deelnemen aan het project The Network is the Message.
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