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To understand consumer loyalty to specific online retailers, Vijoleta Vrhovac and colleagues conducted a survey using 58 statements as proxy indicators of customer experience with receiving online purchases. The statements were categorized by topic-e.g., statement 13, "I am eagerly awaiting the delivery of the ordered items," was categorized as joyful anticipation and respondents, all of whom were from Serbia (which is characterized as having a developing economy), rated the importance of each statement to their experience. Researchers found that participants placed low importance on package aesthetics and high importance on speedy delivery and package tracking, but the researchers cautioned against applying the findings to customers generally, suggesting that