{"title":"How to engage and attract virtual influencers’ followers: a new non-human approach in the age of influencer marketing","authors":"Hanna-Anastasiia Melnychuk, Huseyin Arasli, Raziye Nevzat","doi":"10.1108/mip-06-2023-0251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mip-06-2023-0251","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The purpose of this study is to identify the process of virtual influencer stickiness in the age of influencer marketing, which has received little attention in the literature. This is essential because the research creates a theoretical model of follower loyalty/stickiness to virtual influencer techniques from the standpoint of influencer marketing, which has a substantial effect on the evolution of the global marketing world.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>In 2022, 302 people who currently follow an Instafamous virtual influencer took part in an Instagram self-administered online survey.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The findings show that both expertise and trustworthiness have a positive and significant influence on parasocial interaction, which in turn has a significant influence on virtual engagement and stickiness.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This research will specifically assist international readers in understanding how to harness and increase the efficiency and efficacy of interactive marketing strategies and methods to engage and retain followers of Instafamous virtual influencer. Moreover, the findings will be beneficial to opinion leaders, brand managers, company investors, entrepreneurs and service designers.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Highlights</h3>\u0000<p><ol list-type=\"order\"><li><p>The study pioneers a holistic virtual follower stickiness mechanism that comprises the role of source credibility, parasocial interaction, informational influence and virtual follower’s engagement and their interrelationship to each other.</p></li><li><p>This study is based on parasocial interaction theory and source credibility theory to understand the relationship between virtual followers and influencers stickiness process at social media platforms.</p></li><li><p>In addition, the study examined the subsequent effects of sources of credibility components on parasocial interaction; as well as, on virtual follower engagement and stickiness.</p></li><li><p>This study also categorized and examined the moderating effects exerted by the genres of informative influence of virtual influencer.</p></li></ol></p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48048,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Intelligence & Planning","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139476623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephen Wilkins, John J. Ireland, Joe Hazzam, Philip Megicks
{"title":"Service contract type and consumer choice behavior: the contributory roles of perceived value, brand reputation and consumer incentives","authors":"Stephen Wilkins, John J. Ireland, Joe Hazzam, Philip Megicks","doi":"10.1108/mip-01-2023-0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mip-01-2023-0028","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>To minimize customer churn, many service providers offer consumers the option of automatic contract renewal at the end of a contract period. Such agreements are known as rollover service contracts (RSCs). This research quantifies the effect of RSCs and other related factors, such as incentives, on consumers' service choice decisions.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>The study adopts choice-based conjoint analysis to assess the effect of RSCs on consumers' choices and to determine whether effect size varies when selecting a cell phone network or gym/leisure club provider, which represent lower-priced utilitarian and higher-priced hedonic services.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>It was found that RSCs produce negative perceptions and intended behaviors for the majority of consumers across different product types. Nevertheless, as explained by social exchange theory, many individuals may be persuaded to enter into a RSC on the basis of reciprocity if they are offered an incentive such as a price discount or free product add-on.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>In the marketing domain, this is the first comprehensive study to quantify the role of contract type among a range of other factors in consumers' decision-making when selecting a service. The authors' results offer context-specific implications for service marketers. First, RSCs are perceived more negatively in high-priced hedonistic categories, especially among those with lower incomes. Second, price discounts are more effective than product add-ons for motivating hedonic purchases, while product add-ons work better with utilitarian services.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48048,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Intelligence & Planning","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139373408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The influence of quality of big data marketing analytics on marketing capabilities: the impact of perceived market performance!","authors":"Matti Juhani Haverila, Kai Christian Haverila","doi":"10.1108/mip-07-2023-0319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mip-07-2023-0319","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Big data marketing analytics (BDMA) has been discovered to be a key contributing factor to developing necessary marketing capabilities. This research aims to investigate the impact of the technology and information quality of BDMA on the critical marketing capabilities by differentiating between firms with low and high perceived market performance.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>The responses were collected from marketing professionals familiar with BDMA in North America (<em>N</em> = 236). The analysis was done with partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The results indicated positive and significant relationships between the information and technology quality as exogenous constructs and the endogenous constructs of the marketing capabilities of marketing planning, implementation and customer relationship management (CRM) with mainly moderate effect sizes. Differences in the path coefficients in the structural model were detected between firms with low and high perceived market performance.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This research indicates the critical role of technology and information quality in developing marketing capabilities. The study discovered heterogeneity in the sample population when using the low and high perceived market performance as the source of potential heterogeneity, the presence of which would likely cause a threat to the validity of the results in case heterogeneity is not considered. Thus, this research builds on previous research by considering this issue.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48048,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Intelligence & Planning","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139077193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A comparison of short form Marlowe–Crowne and “best friends” social desirability bias measures","authors":"José I. Rojas-Méndez, Gary Davies","doi":"10.1108/mip-06-2023-0258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mip-06-2023-0258","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The purpose of this study is to compare two different types of measures of social desirability bias (SDB), a short form of the Marlowe–Crowne measure, a popular direct measure, and an example of a projective technique where half of the respondents record the views of their “best friends”.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>The data were collected using an online survey of members of a consumer panel. The context chosen to test the SDB measures was that of attitudes toward counterfeit products and xenocentrism in Colombia. Counterfeit proneness, attitude toward counterfeit products and consumer xenocentrism were selected as variables likely to be affected by SDB. Vertical and horizontal collectivism were included as variables likely to influence the first group of variables while not being themselves subject to SDB.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The projective technique consistently identified higher levels of SDB effects, as hypothesized. Marked differences emerged in the apparent strength of the relationships between the operational constructs depending upon which measure of SDB was used. At times, whether any such relationship might exist depended on the SDB measure used. Contrary to some prior work, no systematic gender effects were identified using either approach.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The first study to provide evidence of the comparative effects of different types of measures of SDB in research into ethical issues. One of the few to demonstrate how apparent relationships between variables can be created by SDB.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48048,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Intelligence & Planning","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139069103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sita Mishra, Tapas Ranjan Moharana, Ravi Chatterjee
{"title":"Exploring the role of self-conscious emotions between consumer minimalism and rental behavior","authors":"Sita Mishra, Tapas Ranjan Moharana, Ravi Chatterjee","doi":"10.1108/mip-07-2023-0322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mip-07-2023-0322","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This research aims to examine how consumer minimalism (CM), self-conscious feelings (such as consumer guilt (CG) and consumer pride (CP)) and the inclination to use rental services interact. It also looks at how attitudes toward pro-environmental advertisements affect these relationships as a moderator, recognizing the importance of pro-environmental advertising in influencing consumer behavior.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This study employed a quantitative methodology to investigate the aforementioned associations. Survey questionnaires are used to collect data, which is then analyzed using AMOS 25 and Process Macro to generate meaningful insights.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The findings indicate that the willingness to use rental services is directly associated with CM, while self-conscious emotions (SCEs) play the role of a mediator in this relationship.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p>It is essential to recognize the limitations of this study. There may be other variables at play, but the research focuses on SCEs (CG and CP) and their role as mediators. The findings must be interpreted based on the selected research methodology and sample size. Future research could investigate additional variables and enlarge the sample size to increase generalizability.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>Targeted marketing can leverage CM, SCEs and willingness to use rental services. Recognizing the moderating effect of attitude toward pro-environmental advertisements can help create more effective campaigns promoting environmental behavior.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Underpinned by SCEs, the current study is one of the initial studies to explain how CM encourages responsible environmental behavior through access-based consumption models.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48048,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Intelligence & Planning","volume":"135 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139069320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Real versus virtual celebrity endorsement: presentation of online product information and consumer attitudes toward digital products","authors":"Baoku Li, Yafeng Nan","doi":"10.1108/mip-06-2023-0288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mip-06-2023-0288","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This paper aims to reveal the influence of the presentation of online product information (POPI) on consumer attitudes in the context of online buying digital products.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Two main experimental designs are used to collect data. The ANOVA, <em>t</em>-test and Bootstrap methods are applied to check hypotheses.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Findings of Study 1 indicate that if the POPI is combined with different types of celebrity endorsement (CE) (real vs virtual), the self-brand connection will be changed and further influence consumer attitudes toward digital products. Study 2 verifies the diverse moderating effects of the type of virtual CE. The CRP (central-route presentation) online product information with SVCE (super-realistic-digital virtual CE) can decrease consumer attitudes, while the PRP (peripheral-route presentation) online product information with AVCE (anthropomorphic virtual CE) can enhance consumer attitudes.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>E-commerce enterprises should optimize the current layout of POPI by considering diverse matchings between POPI and CE to increase consumer attitudes. Moreover, marketers could make various schemes of POPI considering (virtual) CE and self-brand connection.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Findings contribute to understanding the relationship between POPI and consumer attitudes considering the mediation of self-brand connection and the mediations of virtual/real CE. Additionally, this study bridges the gap between research on virtual CE and business practices.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48048,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Intelligence & Planning","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139069110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond the storefront: empirical insights into consumers' responses to omnichannel apparel retailers","authors":"Yini Chen, Ting Chi","doi":"10.1108/mip-06-2023-0306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mip-06-2023-0306","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p> This research investigates apparel consumers' psychological and behavioral responses to omnichannel (OC) integration. Specifically, the study applies the cognitive–affective–conative (CAC) model to reveal consumers' decision-making process under the impact of channel integration quality (CIQ), perceived fluency (PF) and cognitive and affective trust (AT).</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p> Primary data were collected through an online survey. In total, 657 eligible responses were received. This study applied partial least square structural equation modeling for data analysis.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p> The findings demonstrate that the extrinsic cognitive factor, CIQ, substantially affects consumers' intrinsic cognition (cognitive trust [CT] and PF), which consequently fosters consumers' AT and shopping intentions. Specifically, integrated promotion and transaction information positively affects CT, while integrated product and price and information access negatively impact CT. All the dimensions of CIQ, except integrated promotion (IP), significantly affect PF. CT and AT exhibit mediation effects in the CAC model.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p> Apparel brands and retailers may apply the findings to effectively design their retail channels and implement channel integration to boost consumers' shopping intentions and trust.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p> This study is one of the pioneering studies applying the CAC model to empirically examine OC consumers' decision-making process. It is also among the first to determine that cognitive and AT have theoretical distinctions in the OC retailing setting.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48048,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Intelligence & Planning","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139054612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Celebrity endorsers and social media influencers for leveraging consumer advocacy and relationship intentions – a multivariate mediation analysis","authors":"Abul Kalam, Chai Lee Goi, Ying Ying Tiong","doi":"10.1108/mip-04-2023-0184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mip-04-2023-0184","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The purpose of this study is to explore the comparative effects of mainstream celebrities and social media influencers on consumer advocacy and relationship intentions. The study also examines the direct and serial mediation effects on those relationships.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>The survey questionnaire was used to collect data from 718 respondents throughout Malaysia, with convenience and snowball sampling techniques employed. The data were analyzed based on the structural equation modeling (SEM) approach through the AMOS version 24. The PROCESS MACRO v-4.20 was applied to evaluate mediating effects in the model.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The results reveal that celebrity endorsers' involvement in social media significantly influences the uses of social media, which also impacts the attitudes and, subsequently, consumer relationship and advocacy intentions. The study found that mainstream celebrities and social media influencers effectively promote brands, and it discovered insignificant differences in their effects on the analyzed relationships.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p>This study has been conducted on consumers in Malaysia; it may have different effects on consumers in other countries.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>Brand managers and policymakers may benefit from following the study's guidelines for making consumer relationship and advocacy intentions by celebrity endorsers and uses of social media.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Social implications</h3>\u0000<p>The brand community can benefit from tightening their social bondage by sharing and managing crucial information from celebrities and using social media.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The study explores the effects of mainstream celebrities on consumer relationship and advocacy intentions using social media networks and managing consumer attitudes.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48048,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Intelligence & Planning","volume":"2018 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138816542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cristina Calvo-Porral, Javier Orosa-González, Nuria Viejo-Fernández
{"title":"Barriers to online second-hand purchase behavior","authors":"Cristina Calvo-Porral, Javier Orosa-González, Nuria Viejo-Fernández","doi":"10.1108/mip-03-2023-0093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mip-03-2023-0093","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>In this context, the aim of the present research is to examine what factors determine that consumers restrain from shopping used products through the Internet. So, this research aims to analyze what makes consumers prevent from shopping second-hand products online.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>For this purpose, the authors propose and empirically test a conceptual model of the barriers towards online second-hand shopping behavior. Drawing on a sample of 405 consumers data were analyzed through structural equation modeling (SEM).</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The findings reveal that contamination effects and the lack of trust towards the online store, followed by the low perceived product reliability and the poor product perceived quality prevent consumers from shopping used products online. Conversely, consumer embarrassment for shopping second-hand products and the purchase uncertainty do not influence consumers' second-hand shopping behavior.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study contributes to the marketing literature on second-hand shopping, being an attempt to explore the factors that prevent consumers from purchasing used products through the Internet.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48048,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Intelligence & Planning","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138745917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Combination of streamers' product description and viewers' comments: moderating effect of streamer–viewer relationship strength","authors":"Yuhong Peng, Jianwei Ding, Yueyan Zhang","doi":"10.1108/mip-05-2023-0214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mip-05-2023-0214","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This study examines the relationship between streamers' product descriptions, customer comments and online sales and focuses on the moderating effect of streamer–viewer relationship strength.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Between June 2021 and April 2022, the structured data of 965 livestreaming and unstructured text data of 42,956,147 characters from two major live-streaming platforms were collected for the study. Text analysis and regression analysis methods were employed for data analysis.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>First, the authors' analysis reveals an inverted U-shaped relationship between comment length and product sales. Notably, comment volume and comment emotion positively influence product sales. Furthermore, the semantic richness, emotion and readability of streamers' product descriptions also positively influence product sales. Secondly, the authors find that the strength of streamer–viewer relationship weakens the positive effects of comment volume and comment emotion without moderating the inverted U-shaped effect of comment length. Lastly, the strength of streamer–viewer relationship also diminishes the positive effects of emotion, semantics and readability of streamers' product descriptions on product sales.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study is the first to concurrently examine the direct and interactive effects of user-generated content (UGC) and marketer-generated content (MGC) on consumer purchase behaviors in livestreaming e-commerce, offering a novel perspective on individual decision-making and cue utilization in the social retail context.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":48048,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Intelligence & Planning","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138684891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}