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Customer perceived service quality in the supermarket and the discount store. Examination of a service quality measurement scale in a Swedish context

Anselmsson, Johan LU (2006) In Working Paper Series
Abstract
Service has traditionally been a forceful competitive tool in grocery retailing. Lately discount stores has proven to be a winning concept within North European grocery re-tailing and this has evoked a renewed interest in service quality and grocery retailing. The overall aim of this study is to enhance the understanding of customer perceived service quality within grocery retailing, by testing a previously published service qual-ity model for Spanish supermarkets in a Swedish supermarket and discount store con-text. The study is based on 400 Swedish customer interviews. The result shows that the traditional grocery store performs better on all service attributes, specifically on assort-ment issues. Also, the findings call for more... (More)
Service has traditionally been a forceful competitive tool in grocery retailing. Lately discount stores has proven to be a winning concept within North European grocery re-tailing and this has evoked a renewed interest in service quality and grocery retailing. The overall aim of this study is to enhance the understanding of customer perceived service quality within grocery retailing, by testing a previously published service qual-ity model for Spanish supermarkets in a Swedish supermarket and discount store con-text. The study is based on 400 Swedish customer interviews. The result shows that the traditional grocery store performs better on all service attributes, specifically on assort-ment issues. Also, the findings call for more research on how to measure service quality in north European grocery retailing. (Less)
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Service quality, grocery retailing, scale, discount store, measurement, supermarket
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15 pages
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Lund Institute of Economic Research
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English
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