
Dr. Kathrin Sinemus
Dissertationstitel:
Shopping App Features: Their Impact on Consumers' App Download, Usage, and Satisfaction
Akademischer Werdegang
10/2018 - 06/2024
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Walbusch-Stiftungslehrstuhl für Multi-Channel-Management der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal
04/2016 – 09/2018
Masterstudium Marketing und Management an der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal
10/2011 – 03/2016
Bachelorstudium Wirtschaftswissenschaft an der FernUniversität in Hagen
Tätigkeiten in der Praxis
Nach der Tätigkeit am Lehrstuhl
Data Consultant bei Publicis Media
06/2017 – 08/2017
Projektarbeit im Bereich Unternehmenskommunikation bei TL ! CONCEPT, Paderborn
04/2017 – 05/2017
Praktikum im Bereich Marktforschung bei best research GmbH, Bielefeld
08/2016 – 11/2016
Praktikum im Bereich Marketing bei TL ! CONCEPT GmbH, Paderborn
10/2013 – 03/2016
Kundenberaterin bei der Sparkasse Paderborn-Detmold
01/2013 – 03/2013
Kundenberaterin bei der Sparkasse Paderborn-Detmold
08/2010 - 01/2013
Ausbildung zur Bankkauffrau bei der Sparkasse Paderborn-Detmold
Publikationen
Journalartikel
Sinemus, K., Zielke, S., and Dobbelstein, T. 2025. Improving consumer satisfaction through shopping app features: A Kano-based approach. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 85, 104243. doi: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2025.104243.
Sinemus, K., Zielke, S., and Dobbelstein, T. 2025 Gamified promotions in shopping apps: can effort justification and regret explain their positive effects? Journal of Service Management, 36 (3), 335-361. doi:10.1108/JOSM-05-2024-0214.
Sinemus, K., Zielke, S., and Dobbelstein, T. 2022. Shopping app features: Their impact on customer satisfaction and loyalty. The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research, 32 (4), 423-449. doi: 10.1080/09593969.2022.2109189.
Sinemus, K. and Zielke, S. 2022. Shopping app features: Influencing the download and use intention. International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, 50 (8/9), 1015-1038. doi: 10.1108/IJRDM-10-2021-0488.
Buchbeiträge
Zielke, S. und Sinemus, K. 2020. Shopping Apps: Servicefunktionen im Branchenvergleich, in: Roth, S., Horbel, C., Popp, B. (Hrsg.): Perspektiven des Dienstleistungsmanagements – Aus Sicht von Forschung und Praxis, Wiesbaden, S. 655-675.
Konferenzbeiträge
Sinemus, K., Zielke, S., and Dobbelstein, T. 2025. Dropouts in gamified promotions: How retailers can manage them. 2025 Global Marketing Conference, Hong Kong.
Sinemus, K., Zielke, S., and Dobbelstein, T. 2024. Challenges in Gamified Promotions: Managing Customer Dropouts in Retail. Presented at the 9th Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference (NRWC), Helsingborg, Sweden.
Sinemus, K., Zielke, S., and Dobbelstein, T. 2024. Which shopping app features increase consumer satisfaction? A Kano-based approach. Book of abstracts of the 30th Recent Advances in Retailing and Consumer Science Conference (RARCS), Fuerteventura, Spain.
Sinemus, K., Zielke, S., and Dobbelstein, T. 2024: Should retailers use gamified promotions in shopping apps? Proceedings of the AMA Winter Marketing Educators’ Conference, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA.
Sinemus, K., Zielke, S., and Dobbelstein, T. 2023. Gamified promotions in shopping apps: The role of regret and its impact on purchase intention. Book of abstracts of the 29th Recent Advances in Retailing and Consumer Science Conference (RARCS), Lyon, France.
Sinemus, K. and Zielke, S. 2022. Gamified promotions in shopping apps: Their impact on consumers' purchase intention. Proceedings of the 7th Colloquium on European Research in Retailing (CERR), Zagreb, Croatia.
Sinemus, K., Zielke, S., and Dobbelstein, T. 2021. Shopping app features: Their impact on customer satisfaction and loyalty. Presented at the 7th Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference (NRWC), Umeå, Sweden.
Sinemus, K. and Zielke, S. 2021. Shopping apps: The role of app features in the download and use context. Proceedings of the 6th Colloquium on European Research in Retailing (CERR), Sophia Antipolis, France.