Tailoring [Design] Messages
Congruent messages are more effective.
Servicescape Design and Consumer Perceptions (12-06-12)
Consumers are motivated to shop at particular stores or use certain services at least in part because of the apparent personality indicated by retail/service environments. Orth, Heinrich, and Maikewitz have investigated the influence of interior design on perceptions of personality and learned that “Store personality relates systematically to five holistic types of interiors.
Simple Scents (11-28-12)
Eric Spangenberg, who has done a great deal of important research on the appropriate use of scents in retail environments, recently completed some holiday appropriate work that will have repercussions long after the end-of-year celebrations are over.
- Blogs 2012
- Blog Article
- Any Designed Environment
- Encourage Sales
- Enhance Satisfaction/Quality of Life
- Increase Productivity/Performance
- Scents
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
More to Retail Experience Than Store Design (11-07-12)
Environmental psychologists are not place-deterministic, they understand that many factors influence experience in a space.
Value of Signage (10-30-12)
The Signage Foundation shares, at the web address below, a report on the economic value derived from on-premise signs.
Why People Move From One Floor to Another in a Shopping Center
Stairways matter.
Red/Blue and Online Sales (08-13-12)
Research soon to be published in the Journal of Consumer Research links red and blue onscreen banners/backgrounds with specific consumer behaviors.
Waiting Areas in Restaurants
When designed well, restaurant waiting areas can add to the patron experience.
Noise Levels and Consumer Behavior (05-22-12)
Ravi Mehta, Rui Zhu, and Amar Cheema investigated noise levels in retail environments and their repercussions for shopper behavior.
- Blogs 2012
- Blog Article
- Restaurant/Dining Room
- Retail Store
- Encourage Sales
- Foster Creativity
- Acoustics/Sound
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
Temperature Matters (05-17-12)
Kolb, Gockel, and Werth confirmed that temperature does indeed affect behavior.
- Blogs 2012
- Blog Article
- Healthcare
- Hotel
- Library
- Mass Transit
- Restaurant/Dining Room
- Retail Store
- Workplace
- Encourage Sales
- Enhance Satisfaction/Quality of Life
- Improve Mood/Increase Feelings of Wellbeing
- Increase Productivity/Performance
- Support Customer Satisfaction
- Temperature
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science



