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Category Congruence of Display-Only Products Influences Attention and Purchase Decisions

Authors :
Ann L. Carroll
Marina Burke
Shori Hijikata
Uma R. Karmarkar
Source :
Frontiers in Neuroscience, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Vol 15 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Frontiers Media SA, 2021.

Abstract

In e-commerce settings, shoppers can navigate to product-specific pages on which they are asked to make yes-or-no decisions about buying a particular item. Beyond that target, there are often other products displayed on the page, such as those suggested by the retailers’ recommendation systems, that can influence consumers’ buying behavior. We propose that display items that come from the same category as the target product (matched) may enhance target purchase by increasing the attractiveness of the presented opportunity. Contrasting this, mismatched display items may reduce purchase by raising awareness of opportunity costs. Eye-tracking was used to explore this framework by examining how different types of displays influenced visual attention. Although target purchase rates were higher for products with matched vs. mismatched displays, there was no difference in fixation time for the target images. However, participants attended to mismatched display items for more time than they did for matched ones consistent with the hypothesized processes. In addition, increases in display attractiveness increased target purchase, but only for matched items, in line with supporting the target category. Given the importance of relative attention and information in determining the impact of display items, we replicated the overall purchase effect across varying amounts of available display information in a second behavioral study. This demonstration of robustness supports the translational relevance of these findings for application in industry.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1662453X
Volume :
15
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Frontiers in Neuroscience
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....611bf11f0256662a0aa446d1b122c28e
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.610060