Lighting preferences of female shoppers on women's specialty retail store merchandise displays
type: CreativeWork
description: Accent lighting is used to add visual impact to displays and compel the customers' attention. Large amounts of money are invested in retail lighting systems every year, making it imperative that retailers are sure their lighting costs produce a return on investment. The purpose of this research was to investigate what type of lighting enables merchandise from a women's specialty retail store to look most appealing to its customers. The experimental design used in this study is a one-shot design in which three forms of lighting are manipulated. The experiment took place in the Human Sciences building at Texas Tech University. The sample was drawn from the female faculty and staff (N=2061) within the Texas Tech University main campus system, and was composed of those with a minimum age of 21. The sample was asked to view three merchandise displays which were exactly alike except for the lighting being used. Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire after viewing the displays. Analysis was performed using the MANOVA test. Results showed that overall, participants preferred the metal halide and the tungsten halogen lamps over the fluorescent lamp.
abstract: Accent lighting is used to add visual impact to displays and compel the customers' attention. Large amounts of money are invested in retail lighting systems every year, making it imperative that retailers are sure their lighting costs produce a return on investment. The purpose of this research was to investigate what type of lighting enables merchandise from a women's specialty retail store to look most appealing to its customers. The experimental design used in this study is a one-shot design in which three forms of lighting are manipulated. The experiment took place in the Human Sciences building at Texas Tech University. The sample was drawn from the female faculty and staff (N=2061) within the Texas Tech University main campus system, and was composed of those with a minimum age of 21. The sample was asked to view three merchandise displays which were exactly alike except for the lighting being used. Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire after viewing the displays. Analysis was performed using the MANOVA test. Results showed that overall, participants preferred the metal halide and the tungsten halogen lamps over the fluorescent lamp.
author: Linsey-Arze, Karrie Ann
language: eng
keywords: Stores, Displays of merchandise, Show windows, Architectural and decorative, Lighting, Retail
date published: 1999-12
date modified: 2026-07-24T05:04:54Z
provider: Texas Technology University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Texas Tech University

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value: http://hdl.handle.net/2346/14489