Factors influencing destination choice for the urban grocery shopping trip

Abstract

Destination choice for the urban grocery shopping trip is hypothesized to be determined by three factors: the individual's perception of the destination, the individual's accessibility to the destination and the relative number of opportunities to exercise any particular choice. Results of a multinomial logit model estimation support this hypothesis and provide useful information concerning the role of urban form in this destination choice situation. It is determined that accessibility is the primary aspect influencing destination choice and that its effect is nonlinear.

Measuring non-motorized accessibility: issues, alternatives, and execution

“…Since many store attributes are difficult to measure in any great detail for modeling purposes, some researchers have chosen alternative measurement techniques, such as psychometric approaches (Recker and Kostyniuk 1978;Louviere 1979) and stated preference designs (Timmermans 1996). Calculation accessibility measures, however, requires the feasible collection of objective data on suitable measures of attractiveness.…”

Modeling constrained destination choice for shopping: a GIS-based, time-geographic approach

“…Beginning with early studies in shopping destination choice, accessibility in the form of travel time has been identified as a critical factor influencing choice (Kitamura and Kermanshah, 1984;Koppelman and Hauser, 1978;Landau et al, 1982;Recker and Kostyniuk, 1978;Timmermans, 1996). However, we argue that for an accurate prediction of destination choice, accessibility should not only be included in a model as a determinant, but should also be incorporated in the choice set derivation.…”

Spatial competitive interaction of retail store formats: modeling proposal and empirical results

“…This approach involves many possible variables, the suitability of which can be evaluated in an estimation procedure. Similar variables have been used as indicators of shop- ping opportunity by Recker and Kostyniuk (1978), as well as by Kelly et al (1993) to measure the degree of competition in store surroundings. Presumably, a greater presence in consumer surrounding favors the market share of the format in question.…”