This article establishes a theoretical relationship between consumer satisfaction with the spatial marketing system and consumer expenditures on the product and service offerings of that system. Spatial marketing is defined as including those sectors where customers must travel to and from an outlet to acquire the offering; thus, it encompasses most of retailing and many of the consumer service industries. An empirical test is performed with 1977 data on grocery stores in 168 American SMSAs.
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