Listening to the market: retail and the hearing-impaired customers

Authors

  • Paulo Ricardo Meira Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Luiz Eduardo Amaro Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis
  • Carolina Quadros Almeida UniRitter

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22277/rgo.v2i1.74

Abstract

The qualitative research portrayed here raise subsidies for the understanding on how retail stores can satisfy the needs of a customer segment often forgotten: the hearing impaired. Peter Drucker has stated long ago that companies should be effective, contributing for a better society. On the other hand, concerning aspects of citizenship, a better quality of life can be provided for segments of people detached of their sensorial integrality. This study, based on a phenomenological design, explores the interface between the role of firms and consumption as social interaction, by analyzing the quality of consumption interactions of hearing impaired customers. Findings show several difficulties faced by hearing impaired people when shopping, and therefore managerial implications to retail are presented.

Author Biographies

Paulo Ricardo Meira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Professor de Marketing do Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis, Técnico Superior em Trânsito/Publicitário do Detran/RS e Doutorando em Marketing pelo PPGA/UFRGS

Luiz Eduardo Amaro, Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis

Mestre em Marketing pelo PPGA/UFRGS e Professor de Administração do Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis

Carolina Quadros Almeida, UniRitter

Bacharel em Administração pelo Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis

Published

2009-07-09