table 5
Moderating Effects of Retail Store Formats
Path from/to
Discount Stores (n = 198)
Department
Stores
(n = 461)
χ2 Difference
Corresponding Hypotheses
Result
γ11 Price Value Image OSPI
0.05
0.22**
4.342*
H6a
Supported
γ12 Price Rewards Image OSPI
−0.14
0.11
6.875**
H6b
Rejected
γ13 Price Fairness Image OSPI
0.26*
0.37***
1.456
H6c
Rejected
γ14 Price Pleasure Image OSPI
0.16
0.32***
8.328**
H6d
Supported
Notes: OSPI = overall store price image. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
Table 6
Moderating Effect of Store Images
Store Images
Shape
Low Store Images High Store Images Corresponding
Path Coefficient (n = 264)
(n = 395)
χ2 Difference
Hypothesis
Result
OSPI Repurchase 0.85***
Intentions
0.86***
5.09*
H7
Supported
Notes: OSPI = overall share price image. *p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001.