Fashion & Textile Research Journal (한국의류산업학회지)

The Society of Fashion and Textile Industry (한국의류산업학회)
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Segmentation of Chinese Fashion Product Consumers according to Internet Shopping Values and Their Online Word-of-Mouth and Purchase Behavior

인터넷 쇼핑가치에 따른 중국 패션제품 소비자 세분집단의 온라인 구전 및 구매행동

  • Yin, Mei (Dept. of Fashion Industry, Incheon National University) ;
  • Yu, Haekyung (Dept. of Fashion Industry, Incheon National University) ;
  • Hwang, Seona (Dept. of Fashion Industry, Incheon National University)
  • 윤미 (인천대학교 패션산업학과) ;
  • 유혜경 (인천대학교 패션산업학과) ;
  • 황선아 (인천대학교 패션산업학과)
  • Received : 2016.03.02
  • Accepted : 2016.06.10
  • Published : 2016.06.30
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Abstract

The main purposes of this study were to segment Chinese consumers who purchase fashion products through internet commerce according to internet shopping values, to compare their online word-of-mouth acceptance and dissemination behavior, and to examine the demographic characteristics and purchase behavior of the segments. 715 questionnaires were collected through internet survey from January $19^{th}$ to March $16^{th}$, 2015 and a total of 488 were used for the final data analysis. The respondents were twenty to thirty nine years old men and women living in all over China. Hedonic and utilitarian shopping values were identified through factor analysis and based on the shopping values, the respondents were categorized into four groups-ambivalent shopping value group, hedonic shopping value group, utilitarian shopping value group and indifferent group. Among these groups, there were significant differences in terms of online word-of-mouth acceptance as well as dissemination level and motivation. In overall, ambivalent shopping value group showed high online word-of-mouth acceptance as well as dissemination motivation. The groups also showed significant differences in clothing selection criteria, frequently purchased internet shopping sites, online clothing shopping frequency and information sources. The groups also differed in terms of age, residential area, education level, occupation and income. However, there were no significant differences in gender and marital status among the groups.

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