Purpose The growth of omni-channel retailing is causing consumers to change their habits and shopping behaviour. It is essential to understand the factors on purchase intention within the consumer context. The purpose of this paper is to explore factors that are influencing consumers to use omni-channel in their shopping behaviour – specifically in the apparel sector in Turkey as an emerging country. Design/methodology/approach Designed as exploratory research, this study used four different focus groups. Focus groups were conducted with university students who have experienced the company’s omni-channel applications. The study sample included a total of 30 purposefully selected university students in Izmir, Turkey, who previously shopped at the same store. The selected retail store is the leading domestic shopping brand and the pioneer in omni-channel in the apparel and fashion sector in Turkey. The participants were given three company-related scenarios which were used to help the students to better understand omni-channel applications of the company. Then, they were asked to discuss their perceptions and intentions towards omni-channel shopping. Content analysis was used for analysing transcripts. Findings The findings of the focus groups have revealed 12 themes about the intentions of the university students towards omni-channel shopping. Among 12 themes, it is observed that 6 of them have similarities with the variables of the UTAUT2 model. The findings of the study showed that, beside the additional themes, the predetermined variables of the UTAUT2 model within the literature; which are “performance expectancy”, “effort expectancy”, “facilitating conditions”, “hedonic motivation”, “habit” and “price value” have affected purchasing intentions towards omni-channel shopping. This study proposed six additional themes which were not revealed in the previous studies on purchase intentions in an omni-channel shopping in apparel sector. The six additional themes proposed in this study are; “perceived trust”, “situational factors”, “perceived risk”, “anxiety”, “need for interaction” and “privacy concern”. Research limitations/implications This study is limited to the focus group interviews held in only one university with students from the same programme. The findings are obtained also only valid for the relevant retail store and city, and cannot yet be generalised. Practical implications The relationships suggested in this exploratory study can further be analysed by quantitative study. It is also claimed that the findings of this study can act as a framework to extend the UTAUT2 model by integrating perceived trust, situational factors, perceived risk, anxiety, need for interaction and privacy concern. This model will enable retailers to understand consumer expectations towards omni-channel shopping and to focus on integrating these factors through whole purchasing process in order to increase omni-channel sales. Originality/value The literature on omni-channel has concentrated on the retailers’ perspective, whereas this study aims to reveal an insight from the consumer perspective. The contribution of the study is to provide a framework for understanding the themes on consumer viewpoint in the omni-channel shopping behaviour.

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Teknoloji ile iç içe olan tüketiciler sürekli olarak internette gezinmekte, telefonlarını ellerinden bırakmamakta ve sosyal medyada olup bitenden sürekli haberdar olmak istemektedirler. Tüketicilerin sosyal medya ile bu güçlü ilişkileri bir süre sonra sosyal medya korkularına dönüşebilmektedir. Sosyal medyadaki gelişmeleri kaçırma korkusu bu korkulardan birisidir. Sosyal medyadaki gelişmeleri kaçırma korkusu, pazarlamacılar tarafından birçok şekilde tetiklenmektedir. Özellikle ürün ve hizmetlerde kıtlık algısı oluşturma, bu stratejilerden birisidir. Tüketiciler, bir ürün ya da hizmet ile ilgili kıtlık algısı hissettikleri anda sosyal medyadaki gelişmeleri kaçırma korkusunu daha fazla hissedebilmektedirler. Bu korku tüketicinin tüketim davranışını etkileyebilmektedir. Bu anlamda bu fobi, tüketicilerin içgüdüsel alışveriş davranışlarının da bir nedeni olabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada kıtlık algısının sosyal medyadaki gelişmeleri kaçırma korkusuna ve bu korkunun içgüdüsel alımlara etkisini tespit etmek amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçla Bandırma il merkezinde bulunan öğrencilerle yüz yüze anket uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlar doğrultusunda kıtlık algısının FoMO üzerinde ve FoMO'nun içgüdüsel alımlar üzerinde pozitif yönde anlamlı etkiye sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the arousal of negative consumer emotions as a consequence of fast food consumption among individuals with restrained food consumption. Furthermore, a moderating effect of socio-cultural pressure to buffer these relationships is positioned for the first time. Design/methodology/approach The field study is completed with data collected through an online survey among 353 customers by employing a random sampling technique. The collected data are analyzed through confirmatory factor analysis procedures. Findings The hypotheses related to the effects of fast food consumption on body image guilt and shame, body image guilt on planning diet and shame, moderator role of socio-cultural, in terms of shame, are accepted. Research limitations/implications A key limitation is data collected from individuals with restrained food consumption in Turkey which limits the generalizability of results to other countries and contexts. Practical implications The results call for paying attention to socio-cultural pressures that enhance shame. Originality/value The primary contribution of this paper lies in the fact that fast food consumption is scantly related to the arousal of negative consumer emotions. Furthermore, moderating effects of social pressures and Turkish context are also unique to this study.

In this study,it is aimed to examine the impact of consumers' lifestyles on sustainable consumption trends. Life style is an individual's activities, interests and ideas about various issues. Consumers make consumption under the influence of these dynamics. Life style has an important place in the individual's consumption decisions. Sustainable consumption is a ethical consumption which correspond future generations needs and capabilities without the ethical barriers. But sustainable consumption is a hard progress which is effected by many factors. One of the factors is individual's life styles. Hence this study aimed to investigate whether there is an impact of consumer's life styles on sustainable consumption.According to result of survey which has been done at Erzurum/Turkey on 350 people, it has been determined that consumers' life styles have an impact on their sustainable consumption trends.The consumers who are innovators andthinkers carry more information about environmental problems and have more positive attitude. However thinkers and believers make more sustainable consumption.

A brand evangelist has a strong influence on consumption behavior, yet some personality traits affect his/her brand evangelism. The objective of this study is to understand the relationships between brand evangelism and the Big Five personality traits (i.e., extraversion, openness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and agreeableness). The study was conducted on 385 car owners in Muş. The results include descriptive characteristics, exploratory factor analysis, correlation, t-test, and a multivariate regression model for testing the hypotheses. The results show that brand evangelism is significantly related to extraversion and openness. In addition, women exhibit more agreeableness, neuroticism, and conscientiousness than men, who are more open than women; no significant difference exists between them in terms of extraversion. Keywords: Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, Agreeableness; Openness, Brand Evangelism;

Environmentally responsible consumerism is defined as consumers' tendency to evaluate the environmental attributes of products before making buying decisions. Environmentally responsible consumerism is ethical consumption, and this consumption is affected by many factors. Two of these factors are voluntary simplicity lifestyle, and consumption values. Voluntary simplicity lifestyle is defined as a way of life that rejects the high-consumption, materialistic lifestyles, and affirms what is often called 'the simplicity life'. Consumption value is defined as consumer's overall assessment of the utility of a product and service. These values are defined as conditional, functional, emotional, social, and epistemic environmental values. In this study, it is aimed to examine the relationship between consumption value and voluntary simplicity lifestyle, and consider the impact of voluntary simplicity lifestyle and consumption values on environmentally responsible consumerism. The data were collected from undergraduates at Ege University in Izmir and Mus Alparslan University in Mus which are in the West and East of Turkey, respectively. According to the results, there is a relationship between consumption value and voluntary simplicity lifestyle and effect of these factors on environmentally responsible consumerism.