Fashioning organics: Wellbeing, sustainability, and status consumption practices

The LOHAS (Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability) Scale Development and Validation

“…In addition, the positive relationship between environmentalism/social consciousness and status consumption might be established because sustainable/ethical consumption often indicates a purchase going beyond basic needs [11]. For instance, organic product consumption makes people feel pride and place at a higher social status as they perceive the products in much the same way that they perceive high-end products [87]. Individuals gain prestige and esteem when their wealth or power is put in evidence through the purchase of exclusivity [88].…”

Consumers’ luxury restaurant reservation session abandonment behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: The influence of luxury restaurant attachment, emotional ambivalence, and luxury consumption goals

“…Apart from their functional value, luxury products signal users’ social status and wealth to others and to themselves ( Chen and Peng, 2018 ; Yang and Mattila, 2016 ). For this reason, some researchers have investigated consumers’ participation in status consumption, such as the consumption of organic food, green products, and luxury goods ( Butcher et al, 2017 ; Fifita et al, 2020 ). Their findings generally show that status consumption is a key goal for buying luxury products ( Roux et al, 2017 ).…”

Sustainable luxury: current status and perspectives for future research

“…4.5.5.2 What are the similarities between both product types? Fifita et al (2019) find that South Korean consumers of sustainable organic food follow three consumption practices in particular: investing in long-term wellbeing, expressing sustainability values, and signalling social status. They conclude that these practices resemble the consumption patterns of luxury fashion and, thus, draw a close link between sustainable and luxury consumption.…”

“…For example, Fifita et al (2019) apply the theory of social practice, and Gibson and Seibold (2013) base their research on self-determination theory. Overall, mostly theories related to aspects of signalling (e.g., Ivanova et al 2013;Berger 2017), attitudes (e.g., Beckham and Voyer 2014;Jin et al 2017;Line and Hanks 2016;Pinto et al 2019), social identity (e.g., Griskevicius et al 2010;Shilpa and Madhavaiah 2017;Johnson et al 2018;Ali et al 2019;Fifita et al 2019;Kessous and Valette-Florence 2019;Pinto et al 2019), and motivation (e.g., Gibson and Seibold 2013;Ali et al 2019;Peng and Chen 2019) are used. Moreover, scholars apply frameworks related to issues around values stemming from marketing (e.g., Hennigs et al 2013;Cervellon and Shammas 2013;Mititelu et al 2014;Pinto et al 2019).…”