FACULTY PROFILE
Banerjee, Snehamay
Baveja, Alok
Broussard, John
Day, Diana
Ganesh, Jai
Goh, Chon
Holtz, Brian
Houston, Franklin
Janes, Troy
Jansen, Ivo
Kahya, Emel
Kaufman-Scarborough, Carol
Kendall, Julie
Kendall, Ken
Kenis, Izzet
Kim, Sungsoo
Koza, Mitchell
Mascarenhas, Briance
Michelfelder, Richard
Morrin, Maureen
Nikiforov, Andrei
Parente, Ronaldo
Pilotte, Eugene
Porter, Gayle
Rabinowitz, Samuel
Ruth, Julie
Sambharya, Rakesh
Schindler, Robert
Spell, Chester
Strizhakova, Yuliya
Sundaresan, Shankar
Theodossiou, Peter
Vance, David
Yaari, Uzi

Faculty Profile

Robert Schindler, Ph.D.
Professor of Marketing  

Office Room: 253
Phone Number: 856-225-6716
E-Mail: rschindl@camden.rutgers.edu
Home Page: None
  Vita : Click here (PDF)

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

Expertise: Consumer Behavior

Research Interests:  Effects of price endings on the consumer and the implications of these effects for numeric information processing.  Motivational processes involved in consumer response to price promotions and other pricing tactics.  Prediction of consumer needs and the role of early experience in the formation of preferences.  Consumer decision-making in property and casualty insurance.  Word-of-mouth communication on the Internet and the factors behind its effectiveness.

Courses Taught:  Principles of Marketing, Pricing Strategies, Consumer Analysis

Selected Publications:

Schindler, R.M. , Pricing Strategies:  A Marketing Approach  Sage Publications, October 2011 http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book232613

Schindler, R.M. (2006), “The 99-Price Ending as a Signal of a Low-Price Appeal,” Journal of Retailing, 82 (1), 71-77. Download Paper

Schindler, R.M. and R.F. Yalch (2006) “It Seems Factual, But Is It? Effects of Using Sharp Versus Round Numbers in Advertising Claims,” Advances in Consumer Research, Vol. 33, C. Pechmann and L.L. Price (eds.), Duluth, MN: Association for Consumer Research, 586-590. Download Paper

Bizer, G.Y. and R.M. Schindler (2005), “Direct Evidence of Ending Digit Drop-Off in Price Information Processing.”  Psychology & Marketing, 22 (October), 771-783. Download Paper

Schindler, R.M. and Bickart, B. (2005), “Published Word of Mouth: Referable, Consumer-Generated Information on the Internet,” in Online Consumer Psychology: Understanding and Influencing Consumer Behavior in the Virtual World, C.P. Haugtvedt, K.A. Machleit, and R.F. Yalch (eds.), Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 35-61. Download Paper

Schindler, R.M. (2004), “Fine Tuning a Retail Price,” Retail Navigator, Vol. 2 (Summer), http://www.retailnavigator.net/two.asp.

Simmons L.C. and R.M. Schindler (2003), “Cultural Superstitions and the Price Endings Used in Chinese Advertising,” Journal of International Marketing, 11 (2), 101-111. Download Paper

Schindler, R.M. and M.B. Holbrook (2003), "Nostalgia for Early Experience as a Determinant of Consumer Preferences,” Psychology & Marketing, 20 (April), 275-302. Download Paper

Schindler, R.M. and T.M. Kibarian (2001), "Image Communicated by the Use of 99 Endings in Advertised Prices," Journal of Advertising, 30 (Winter), 95-99. Download Paper

Schindler, R.M. (1998), "Consequences of Perceiving Oneself as Responsible for Obtaining a Discount: Evidence for Smart-Shopper Feelings," Journal of Consumer Psychology, 7 (4), 371-392. Download Paper

Schindler, R.M. and P.N. Kirby (1997), "Patterns of Rightmost Digits Used in Advertised Prices: Implications for Nine-Ending Effects," Journal of Consumer Research, 24 (September), 192-201. Download Paper

Schindler, R.M. and T.M. Kibarian (1996), "Increased Consumer Sales Response Through Use of 99-Ending Prices," Journal of Retailing, 72 (Summer), 187-199. Download Paper

Schindler, R.M. (1995), "Quick Choices As Targetable Units of the Consumer Decision Process," in Research in Marketing, Vol. 12, J. Sheth and A. Parvatiyar (eds.), Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 219-250. Download Paper

Schindler, R.M. (1994), "Consumer Motivation for Purchasing Low-Deductible Insurance," in Marketing and Public Policy Conference Proceedings, Vol. 4, D.J. Ringold (ed.), Chicago, IL: American Marketing Association, 147-155. Download Paper

Media Guide

Dr. Robert Schindler, professor of marketing at the Rutgers School of Business—Camden; author, numerous articles in business, academic and general publications. He can discuss:
 

+ Advertising:

  • Advertising and pricing strategies 

  • Retail promotions (coupons and price promotions) 

  • Development of consumer preferences and tastes

  • Psychological mechanisms of marketing techniques

+ Retail Issues:
  • Advertising and pricing strategies 
  • Retail promotions (coupons and price promotions) 
  • Social meaning of money in the United States
  • Shopping behavior

+ Consumer Behavior and Research:

  • Advertising and pricing strategies

  • Retail promotions (coupons and price promotions)

  • Development of consumer preferences and tastes

  • Psychological mechanisms of marketing techniques

  • Social meaning of money in the United States

  • Shopping behavior