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    Informazioni addizionali sui display e percezione della scarsità relativa dei prodotti a scafale

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    This study will evaluate if and in which way, the perception of numerosity of retail products on the shelf can be conditioned by supplying appropriate additional information, under the shape of Pop material. In two laboratory experiments, 382 participants had to order in terms of increasing numerosity of items, three different images depicting three different shelf displays. Each of these images had varying degrees of additional information. As theoretically predicted, our study shows that (ceteris paribus, and in particular, in presence of an identical number of items characterizing each set) the estimate of product numerosity within the compared sets decreases monotonically when the amount of additional information on display increases. The introduction, and, a fortiori, the increase of additional information to certain products within the decision-making context is capable of generating an illusion of scarcity within these sets of products. Recent studies have shown that in certain circumstances within a product category, consumers choose the product characterized by a higher degree of shelf-based scarcity. Our study highlights that judgment of relative scarcity can be conditioned by using appropriate Pop material on display. Such material can be used in order to generate an illusion of scarcity within a category in correspondence with certain sub-categories. Similarly, within a sub-category, an illusion of scarcity could be produced in order to give certain brands advantages over others

    On the Role of Contrast Polarity in Perceptual Organization: A Gestalt Approach

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    In this work we demonstrated, in the same scientific spirit as used by Gestalt psychologists, unique and effective properties imparted by contrast polarity in perceptual grouping and figure-ground organization. These unique properties have been demonstrated by putting contrast polarity against the Gestalt principles of visual organization, by extending the phenomenon of amodal completion to a new kind of contour-junction (the so-called I-junction) and, finally by demonstrating new functional effects under limiting conditions. Our result showed the domination of contrast polarity against all the Gestalt principles, T-junctions, and regularity. These results suggest that the reversed contrast accentuates and instills a phenomenal salience that triggers a process of object segregation and figure-ground segregation

    Can your advertisement go abstract without affecting willingness to pay? Product-centered versus lifestyle content in luxury brand print advertisements

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    Advertising can focus on concrete product attributes or on lifestyle expressions and abstract benefits. In the context of print advertising, the authors explore the relationship among advertising style (product-based versus lifestyle-building), advertising language (abstract versus concrete), and consumers’ willingness to pay through the lens of construal level theory, providing insights for understanding and using the two strategies. The study found that lifestyle branding was related to high language abstractness; product-based branding was related to language concreteness; and construal level was a mediator, enhancing willingness to pay when low. The use of abstract language and lifestyle-based advertising therefore requires careful consideration.Advertising can focus on concrete product attributes or on lifestyle expressions and abstract benefits. In the context of print advertising for luxury brands, the authors explored the relationship among advertising style (product-based versus lifestyle-building), advertising language (abstract versus concrete), and consumers’ willingness to pay through the lens of construal level theory, which analyzes the way consumers interpret the brand. The study found that lifestyle branding was related to high language abstractness; product-based branding was related to language concreteness; and construal level was a mediator, enhancing willingness to pay when low. The use of abstract language and lifestyle-based advertising therefore requires careful consideration
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