• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: The influences of quality attributes and socio-demographics on Chinese consumers' general and online consumptions of Canadian, US and Australian lobsters
  • Beteiligte: Wang, Ou; Somogyi, Simon; Ablett, Richard
  • Erschienen: Emerald, 2021
  • Erschienen in: British Food Journal
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1108/bfj-12-2020-1101
  • ISSN: 0007-070X
  • Schlagwörter: Food Science ; Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Purpose</jats:title><jats:p>This study explores the influence of quality attributes and socio-demographics on Chinese consumers' general and online consumption of three origin-specific lobsters: Canadian, United States and Australian.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title><jats:p>A web-based survey was administrated to 981 consumers from two cities in China: Shanghai and Qingdao. Descriptive analysis and binary logistic regression were used in the data analysis.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Findings</jats:title><jats:p>Chinese consumers were more willing to pay for the lobster quality attributes vitality, meat content, texture, size and safety. Their general and online consumption of three origin-specific lobsters is significantly linked to the following quality attributes and socio-demographics: meat content, size, shell hardness, texture, safety, nutrition, age, income, education, occupation, residential place and marital status.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Originality/value</jats:title><jats:p>This is the first study to explore the influence of quality attributes and socio-demographics on consumers' online consumption of luxury seafood.</jats:p></jats:sec>