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Do innovation and sustainability influence customer satisfaction in retail? A question of gender

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  • Antonio Marín-García
  • Irene Gil-Saura
  • María-Eugenia Ruiz-Molina

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As a consequence of advances in the digitisation process and increased consumer awareness of social, economic and environmental issues, more and more companies are embarking on innovative and sustainable initiatives in response to these new demands. However, given the nature and scope of these practices, research in this direction has not reported clarifying results to date, especially when pursuing a marketing approach to their analysis. Through this research, it is intended to test a model that makes it possible to analyse the effect of innovative and sustainable actions on retail and explain their contribution to customer satisfaction. To do this, this research is based on those studies stating that the progress in retailing is based on two main pillars: innovation and sustainability. From a sample of 510 customers across three retail business formats, empirical evidence has been obtained that both innovation and sustainability drive customer satisfaction, but in a different way according to gender, evidencing the moderating nature of this last variable when explaining satisfaction. In this way, the study highlights that the path to achieving satisfaction in retail trade requires the promotion of both innovative (product, marketing and relational innovation) and sustainable (environmental, social and economic) practices, especially in the case of women.

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  • Antonio Marín-García & Irene Gil-Saura & María-Eugenia Ruiz-Molina, 2022. "Do innovation and sustainability influence customer satisfaction in retail? A question of gender," Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(1), pages 546-563, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:reroxx:v:35:y:2022:i:1:p:546-563
    DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2021.1924217
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    1. Gavurova, Beata & Skare, Marinko & Belas, Jaroslav & Rigelsky, Martin & Ivankova, Viera, 2023. "The relationship between destination image and destination safety during technological and social changes COVID-19 pandemic," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 191(C).
    2. Hans Ulrich Buhl & Valerie Graf-Drasch & Christian Wiethe, 2023. "What to say and what to do: the disparity of the communication and investment in sustainability targets, given customer expectations," Journal of Business Economics, Springer, vol. 93(3), pages 485-507, April.

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