Experiências de consumo e satisfação dos clientes no setor supermercadista: um estudo no interior do Estado de São Paulo / Consumer experience and customer satisfaction in supermarkets: a study in the interior of São Paulo

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

06/04/2011

RESUMO

This research aimed to identify which elements of the consumer experience are more important for the formation of customer satisfaction in supermarkets in the interior of São Paulo. To achieve our objective, we opted for the operation of a field survey with a sample of 750 individuals chosen for convenience and stratified, and the criterion used to divide the strata was the level of consumer education. The questionnaire used for data collection was developed by the author of this work based on the supermarket variables identified in theoretical previously searched, and the scale used was a seven-point Likert. Data analysis was divided into three stages: first, the variables in the questionnaire were grouped using the statistical technique Factor Analysis, secondly, the factors resulting from the application of Factor Analysis were used in a Regression Analysis, whose purpose was to develop a regression equation that contained the most important variables for customer satisfaction in supermarkets and, finally, based on the theory raised, we developed an analysis of the equation developed. Between the findings of this study, we highlight the identification of two main constructs that should be used jointly to explain consumer satisfaction in the retail market: the image of the retailer and the consumer experience. Furthermore, it was possible to identify the elements of the consumer experience more relevant in terms of customer satisfaction: the store environment, the relationship between the customer and the retailer\ s employees, the assortment offered by retailers, the convenience provided to consumers during their purchases, the sale of private label products, the presence of other retailers in the physical environment of the supermarket, the presence of parking, the relationship between customers, monetary aspects and the communication developed by retailers. The main academic contribution of this work was the extension of the concept of satisfaction in retail, which can be analyzed more systemic, incorporating different constructs. Additionally, the main managerial contribution of this work was the identification of some tangible elements that must be administered to increase consumer satisfaction in the supermarket segment.

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consumer experience experiência de consumo retail satisfação satisfaction supermarkets supermercados varejo

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