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Consumer Trust and Platformised Retail Personalisation

Larsson, Stefan LU and Haresamudram, Kashyap LU (2023) p.77-94
Abstract
As retail is becoming increasingly digitised in its operation and consumer relationships, much faith is put into automation, prediction and insights drawn from consumer data to shape consumer experiences and expectations. Under the umbrella of data-collection and artificial intelligence (AI), this chapter studies the role of consumer trust in retail personalisation. We draw empirical insights from focus-group interviews conducted with Swedish consumers regarding three main aspects: (1) consumer sentiment on data collection; (2) data-dependent retail personalisation; and (3) the digitised market logic that follows from platformisation. Firstly, the results indicate that the level of trust that consumers have in general for data collection... (More)
As retail is becoming increasingly digitised in its operation and consumer relationships, much faith is put into automation, prediction and insights drawn from consumer data to shape consumer experiences and expectations. Under the umbrella of data-collection and artificial intelligence (AI), this chapter studies the role of consumer trust in retail personalisation. We draw empirical insights from focus-group interviews conducted with Swedish consumers regarding three main aspects: (1) consumer sentiment on data collection; (2) data-dependent retail personalisation; and (3) the digitised market logic that follows from platformisation. Firstly, the results indicate that the level of trust that consumers have in general for data collection is of relevance for how successful retailers use of recommendations systems and targeted ads will be. Secondly, and echoing earlier studies, the user agreements and privacy notices are something that most interviewees find hard to comprehend and pay attention to. And thirdly, data collection, automation and personalisation is often third-party dependent and platformised. To consumers, this adds to a lack of transparency and a sense of lost control over data, which should be taken as a call to action for retailers to be more attentive to consumer trust and to avoid third-party sharing to the extent possible. (Less)
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platformisation, consumer personalisation, data-collection, retail personalisation, consumer sentiment, consumer trust, artificial intelligence, data-dependent retail personalisation, privacy, third-party collection, transparency
host publication
The Future of Consumption : How Technology, Sustainability and Wellbeing will Transform Retail and Customer Experience - How Technology, Sustainability and Wellbeing will Transform Retail and Customer Experience
editor
Bäckström, Kristina ; Egan-Wyer, Carys and Samsioe, Emma
pages
18 pages
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Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN
978-3-031-33245-6
978-3-031-33246-3
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-33246-3_5
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AI-förordningen - mellan fixering och flexibilitet
AI Transparency and Consumer Trust
DATA/TRUST: Tillitsbaserad personuppgiftshantering i den digitala ekonomin
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English
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yes
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2023-10-16 12:57:20
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  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-031-33246-3_5}},
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