“…In the retail industry, experiential aspects have been recognized as being powerful drivers of researchers' understanding of shopping behavior, demonstrating that experiential values affect loyalty to retailers in both online (e.g., Mathwick et al, , ; Lloyd, Chan, Yip, & Chan, ; Yoo, Lee, & Park, ; Carlson, O'Cass, & Ahrholdt, ) and off‐line environments (e.g., Arnold & Reynolds, ; Babin et al, ; Carpenter & Moore, ; Sullivan, Kang, et al, ). Managerially, the retailer's challenge is to create a combination of both utilitarian and hedonic benefits for shoppers to enhance in‐store satisfaction and generate positive word‐of‐mouth and patronage intentions so as to become stronger competitors in a contemporary multichannel environment (Carlson et al , ).…”