Black middle class township shoppers : a shopper typology

dc.contributor.authorMashaba, Nontuthuzelo
dc.contributor.authorWiese, Melanie
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-29T07:19:33Z
dc.date.issued2016-01
dc.description.abstractDue to an increase in spending power amongst Black middle class, this growing segment has become a lucrative investment opportunity for many retailers in South Africa and most emerging markets. The purpose of this study is to segment township consumers according to their demographics, life stage, attitudes towards township shopping centres and Living Standards Measure, to understand shopping patterns of township consumers. A survey among Soweto Black middle class township respondents was conducted, and maximum likelihood factor analysis was used to identify attitudes towards township mall factors. The study revealed five factors namely: entertainment, convenience, mall essence, staff and mall basics, which were all consistent with previous studies, with the exception of staff and mall basics, which was revealed in this study. A Kmeans cluster analysis was then used to segment township shoppers according to their attitudes. Four shopper segments were discovered, namely: disappointed crusaders, upcoming loyals, social seekers and local loyals, which, despite investigating shopper attitudes in place of shopper behaviour alone, were similar to well-establish shopper typologies. Each segment was profiled according to demographic variables, attitudes as well as shopping patterns. Results therefore suggest that retailers and developers need to consider the unique needs and differences among Black middle class consumers when developing retail strategies as they reveal unique characteristics from typical shopper typologies. Given similarities in some emerging countries such as India, the findings of this study could be generalized to other middle class consumers from emerging markets. Similar shopper segments may arise, which may be consistent with previous shopper typology studies and new segments unique to emerging market middle class consumer may be unveiled.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentMarketing Managementen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2017-06-30
dc.description.librarianhb2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rirr20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNontuthuzelo Mashaba & Melanie Wiese (2016) Black middle class township shoppers: a shopper typology, The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, 26:1, 35-54, DOI:10.1080/09593969.2015.1068827.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0959-3969 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1466-4402 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/09593969.2015.1068827
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/52203
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research , vol. 26, no.1, 35-54, 2016. doi :10.1080/09593969.2015.1068827. International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rirr20.en_ZA
dc.subjectBlack middle classen_ZA
dc.subjectAttitudesen_ZA
dc.subjectShopping mallsen_ZA
dc.subjectTownshipsen_ZA
dc.subjectSegmentationen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.titleBlack middle class township shoppers : a shopper typologyen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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