1st Edition

The Role of Smart Technologies in Decision Making Developing, Supporting and Training Smart Consumers

Edited By Eleonora Pantano, Francesca Serravalle Copyright 2023
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

This comprehensive book examines the impact of smart technologies in consumer's behaviour from a contemporary perspective, blending marketing and retailing along with other disciplines such as psychology, media studies and sociology. Market forces and technological advancements are making the management of and strategies for innovation more prominent and essential in all functions of business,... Read more

Introduction: the role of smart technologies in decision making: developing, supporting and training smart consumers

Eleonora Pantano

1. Are households ready to engage with smart home technology?

Rory Mulcahy, Kate Letheren, Ryan McAndrew, Charmaine Glavas & Rebekah Russell-Bennett

2. Siri, Alexa, and other digital assistants: a study of customer satisfaction with artificial intelligence applications

Thomas M. Brill, Laura Munoz & Richard J. Miller

3. The need for services and technologies in physical fast fashion stores: Generation Y’s opinion

Alexandra Rese, Tobias Schlee & Daniel Baier

4. Impact of privacy concerns on resistance to smart services: does the ‘Big Brother effect’ matter?

Zied Mani & Inès Chouk

5. The rise of smart consumers: role of smart servicescape and smart consumer experience co-creation

Sanjit K. Roy, Gaganpreet Singh, Megan Hope, Bang Nguyen & Paul Harrigan

6. In-store location-based marketing with beacons: from inflated expectations to smart use in retailing

Stephanie van de Sanden, Kim Willems & Malaika Brengman

7. Smart consumers come undone: breakdowns in the process of digital agencing

Christian Fuentes

Conclusion

Eleonora Pantano & Francesca Serravalle

Biography

Eleonora Pantano is Senior Lecturer in Marketing at University of Bristol, UK. Her research activities mainly relate to the development of new customer solutions and retail management strategies, with emphasis on the role of new technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms.

Francesca Serravalle is Assistant Professor in Business Management at University of Turin, Italy. Her research activities mainly relate to new technologies in retailing, with emphasis on augmented reality in an omnichannel retailing.