Consumer Attitudes and Shopping Intentions toward Pop-up Fashion Stores

Abstract

Abstract Pop-up retail refers to the practice of opening a transitory, short-term, and often unannounced retail sales space. Such a space may be set up in a movable container or in an existing structure to offer consumers experiential shopping and face-to-face interaction with brand representatives. The retail industry has rapidly embraced pop-up retail as a feasible distribution channel for reaching consumers, launching new products, and testing niche markets. Pop-up stores may also be operated as promotional events; the purpose of which is to increase brand awareness rather than to make sales. Researchers have compared consumer behavior in the context of such varied retail outlets as traditional brick-and-mortar stores and online stores. However, researchers have not heretofore investigated consumer behavior associated with pop-up fashion stores, even though a wide range of retailers utilize the pop-up format. Since pop-up retail is a distinct type of retail outlet, consumers’ attitudes and shopping int...