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{"title":"Consuming intimate apparel: A Brazilian transgender discourse","authors":"Rodolfo Rodrigues Rocha,&nbsp;Andres Rodriguez Veloso,&nbsp;Roberto Flores Falcão,&nbsp;Giovanna Giacon Rossini,&nbsp;Beatriz Toriello Collalto,&nbsp;Larissa dos Santos Lopes,&nbsp;Giovanna Zamboni Batista","doi":"10.1111/joca.12550","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joca.12550","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Transgender consumers struggle to have their gender identity recognized, resorting to clothing as a practical way to forge their identity. Intimate apparel represents the innermost type of clothing, carrying both functional and aesthetic roles for transgender individuals. When navigating the intimate apparel marketplace, transgender consumers are faced with vulnerability as their gender identity is stigmatized by society, negatively impacting their well-being. This research focuses on understanding the neglected aspects of intimate apparel consumption by transgender consumers, discussing the role of stigma as it generates vulnerability in the intimate apparel marketplace. To gain insight into the multifaceted transgender people's intimate apparel consumption context, we conducted in-depth interviews with 18 Brazilian transgender consumers. Data were analyzed using dialogical thematic analysis with a hybrid approach of deductive and inductive coding. Our findings revealed that: (1) the consumption of intimate apparel by transgender individuals involves a striking duality of both positive and negative aspects; (2) although transgender consumers see intimate apparel as a legitimate way of expressing their gender identity that carries symbolic meaning, functional aspects (e.g., comfort and fit) are also essential to them; and (3) intimate apparel plays a unique role during transgender people's social transition as they can choose whether to use those pieces privately or publicly, unlike most fashion products. Our key takeaway from this research is that consuming intimate apparel carries multifaceted meanings for transgender consumers, impacting their emotional and social well-being in several ways.</p>","PeriodicalId":47976,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Affairs","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41693079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Expanding consumer mindfulness for collective sustainable well-being: Overview of the special issue and future research directions","authors":"Shalini Bahl,&nbsp;George R. Milne,&nbsp;Elizabeth G. Miller","doi":"10.1111/joca.12542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/joca.12542","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This special issue focuses on the potential of mindfulness to enhance consumer well-being. While various disciplines have investigated the psychological and physiological benefits of mindfulness, its potential for consumer well-being remains largely underexplored. Moreover, there have been concerns about the efficacy of secular mindfulness, which is being criticized for its limited focus on non-judgmental awareness while neglecting its original contemplative and ethical foundations. This omission is especially problematic when considering mindfulness as an intervention for issues such as overconsumption, addictions, and other harmful habits impacting individuals, society, and the environment. This introductory article expands the definition of consumer well-being to prioritize the positive feelings and effective functioning of groups and ecosystems over short-term individual benefits, summarizes the eight articles in the issue, identifies six themes that broaden the scope of mindfulness, and presents a framework for exploring how the special issue articles and future research can promote collective sustainable well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":47976,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Affairs","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50122016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Journal of Consumer Affairs Best Article and Best Reviewer Awards","authors":"Brenda J. Cude","doi":"10.1111/joca.12547","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joca.12547","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47976,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Affairs","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48904710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recipients of 2023 American Council on Consumer Interests Best Paper Awards","authors":"Brenda J. Cude","doi":"10.1111/joca.12546","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joca.12546","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47976,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Affairs","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44905612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Consumers' use of ambiguous product cues: The case of “regionality” claims","authors":"Marc Herz,&nbsp;Adamantios Diamantopoulos,&nbsp;Petra Riefler","doi":"10.1111/joca.12548","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joca.12548","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Ambiguous product cues—cues with multiple interpretation options—may impact consumer decision making. One such ambiguous cue is the designation of a product as “regional” without specifying the exact origin of the product. Here, consumers typically equate “regional” with spatial proximity, yet legally the use of regional labels does not necessarily reflect such proximity. A potential mismatch can occur between consumers' interpretation of regionality and firms' use of regional communication claims, leading to potential consumer deception and harmed consumer welfare. Drawing upon the accessibility-diagnosticity-framework and Elaboration-Likelihood-Model, this paper examines consumers' responses to different regionality cues. Across two studies, we find that communicated regionality cues heighten consumers' product evaluations resulting from (mis)perceived spatial proximity. Informing consumers about the true product results in unfavorable evaluations if that origin is spatially distant. Our findings call for regulation of regional product labels and highlight the need for communication standards in consumer markets.</p>","PeriodicalId":47976,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Affairs","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45284863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Consumer skepticism, advertising regulation, and the internet: Questions worth exploring","authors":"Debra Jones Ringold","doi":"10.1111/joca.12544","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joca.12544","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Since 1990, the US advertising, regulatory, and consumer information landscapes have changed materially, raising the possibility that consumers' fundamental beliefs about advertising as an activity or institution have also changed. Nine national polls of advertising sentiment, fielded between 1964 and 1989 by the Roper Organization or the Opinion Research Corporation, were replicated with panel members matched to the US adult population. Preliminary results suggest that the internet era may have fostered a trust-because-we-can-verify consumer attitude toward advertising. The internet has changed the consumer information landscape by reducing the difficulty of assessing claims, fostering independent evaluators who often include competitors, and providing a venue for consumer retaliation. The implications for advertising regulation may contradict the Pertschuk view (1982) of regulation again embraced by some at the Federal Trade Commission. Rather than enhancing the need for advertising regulation and enforcement, the internet may have reduced the need for such efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":47976,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Affairs","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48599928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"2023 American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) Distinguished Fellow: Irene Ellis Leech","authors":"Brenda J. Cude","doi":"10.1111/joca.12545","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joca.12545","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The purpose of the ACCI Distinguished Fellow designation is to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to ACCI over a long period of time and are widely recognized as leaders in the consumer field. The award honors an individual who (1) has been a member of ACCI for at least 20 years; (2) has provided outstanding service to ACCI; (3) is recognized as a leader in the consumer field; and (4) has displayed high standards of professional and ethical conduct throughout her/his career.</p><p>This year's Distinguished Fellow—Irene Ellis Leech—amply meets these qualifications. Irene has contributed to the profession in every possible way over more than four decades. Her service to ACCI is extraordinary. In addition to serving as ACCI's President, she has been a program chair for an ACCI annual conference and a regular presenter at those conferences. Unofficially, she is ACCI's photographer, capturing many important moments in the lives of conference participants that otherwise would have been lost. Most significantly, Irene's passion for both ACCI and its work is evident in all of her interactions with the organization and its members.</p><p>Irene is clearly recognized as a leader in the consumer field. She has been a Consumer Federation of America (CFA) Board member since 1990, serving as president and vice president multiple times. CFA has recognized her many contributions to that organization and the profession with the Esther Peterson Consumer Service Award. Irene has served as President of the Virginia Citizens Consumer Council for 25 years, and as an unpaid lobbyist on behalf of the Council in the Virginia legislature. She has been a Consumer Council Member for Underwriters Laboratories (now UL) for more than 20 years. In addition, she previously served on the boards of the Association of Financial Counseling and Planning Education and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors. Irene has actively engaged in activities to represent consumer views in policy discussions in her home state of Virginia on diverse topics, including food safety and energy policy. At the federal level, she represented consumers on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Advisory Committee for Meat and Poultry Inspection. Irene also served on the Federal Communications Commission's Consumer Advisory Council for 12 years and is actively engaged in the national debate about energy policy.</p><p>Few in ACCI have such a long-standing and varied record of service to the consumer field. And few are as respected as Irene is for the quality of her work. At ACCI, Irene is a positive role model for others, especially those who are new to the organization. Few have a record of sustained and distinguished service to ACCI and the larger consumer community that would compare favorably with Irene's.</p><p>Irene is an associate professor at Virginia Tech University, where she has worked for 37 years. She was a Consumer Education Specialist with Virgi","PeriodicalId":47976,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Affairs","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joca.12545","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47189451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"W. Keith Bryant in Memoriam","authors":"Cathleen D. Zick,&nbsp;Robin Douthitt","doi":"10.1111/joca.12541","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joca.12541","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47976,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Affairs","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42363793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Modernizing standards of identity for juice: Evidence from consumer acceptance of orange juice blend","authors":"Luqing Yu,&nbsp;Sungeun Yoon,&nbsp;Qianyan Wu,&nbsp;Zhifeng Gao,&nbsp;Stephanie Hricik,&nbsp;Renee Goodrich-Schneider,&nbsp;Charles Sims,&nbsp;Yu Wang","doi":"10.1111/joca.12549","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joca.12549","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Standards of Identity (SOI) for food may prevent the adoption of the strategies that help sustain the development of some food industries. This study provides comprehensive insights into the possibility of regulation changes with SOI for orange juice from consumer perspectives. Results show that the juice blends with 50% orange juice and 50% tangerine juice received the highest sensory scores. However, most consumers do not think juice blends with less than 70% orange juice can be called orange juice. The WTP for juice blends with less than 70% orange juice also decreases significantly. The results provide strong support for modifying the current SOI for orange juice. In addition, the ratio of 70% orange juice and 30% non-orange juice (tangerine/mandarin) is an appropriate threshold for starting the change to the SOI for orange juice. Successful modification to food SOI should consider its impact on both food quality and consumer perceptions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47976,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Affairs","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42776517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Next-generation mindfulness: A mindfulness matrix to extend the transformative potential of mindfulness for consumer, organizational, and societal wellbeing","authors":"Jutta Tobias Mortlock","doi":"10.1111/joca.12543","DOIUrl":"10.1111/joca.12543","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This conceptual analysis contributes to extending the transformative potential of mindfulness for consumers and society by creating a mindfulness matrix that uncovers new linkages across previously siloed mindfulness literatures and by arguing that next-generation mindfulness research and practice should draw on underexplored synergies between these. The paper makes three key contributions: First, it illustrates how a shift in understanding mainstream mindfulness from a predominate focus on the Self may create new opportunities for individual and collective wellbeing. Second, its mindfulness matrix offers an integrative mapping of relevant literatures to different motivations for engaging in mindfulness, suggesting opportunities for integration between diverse schools of thought. Finally, it argues that to broaden the scope of mindfulness to generate wisdom and transformative capacity in one and all, we need a stronger emphasis on understanding mindfulness as prosocial engagement. This offers new opportunities for research and interventions that promote consumer, organizational, and societal wellbeing.</p>","PeriodicalId":47976,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Affairs","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joca.12543","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43881322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}