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Measuring Retail Customer ExperienceABSTRACTPurpose - The purpose <strong>of</strong> this study is to develope a reliable and valid measure <strong>of</strong> retail customer experience.Design/Methodology/Approach – The paper reviews relevant studies dealing with <strong>the</strong>ories and dimensions <strong>of</strong> retailcustomer experience <strong>for</strong> developing scale items. Scientific scale development process has been followed. The resultsare tested <strong>for</strong> reliability and validity using EFA and CFA.Findings – Retail customer experience is a reliable and valid construct, explained in four dimensions: joy, mood,leisure and distinctive. It results into a unique, pleasurable, and memorable shopping experience.Research Limitations/Implications – The study provides important insights into <strong>the</strong> delivered retail customerexperience as perceived by <strong>the</strong> shoppers. It was confined to only ―brick and mortar‖ retail stores. The study alsopresents related issues <strong>for</strong> future research.Practical Implications – The scale can be used by retail stores to measure <strong>the</strong> experiential responses <strong>of</strong> retailingef<strong>for</strong>ts. It can help in identifying gaps in delivering pleasurable and memorable shopping experience.Originality/Value – The retail customer experience scale emphasize <strong>the</strong> role <strong>of</strong> emotional benefits in creating ajoyful shopping experience and provides a tool to help practitioners in monitoring experiential health.Key Words - Retail Experience, Shopping Experience, Retail Store, Emotion, Cognition<strong>Paper</strong> Type – Research <strong>Paper</strong>

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