• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2017.06a
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• pp.14-17
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• 2017

인터넷의 발달과 스마트 디바이스의 등장은 기존의 쇼핑구조 및 쇼핑방식에 큰 변화를 가지고 왔으며, 소비자의 일상생활에도 주목할 만한 질적 성장과 발전을 이루게 하였다. 특히, 쇼핑구조는 소매점에서 대형 쇼핑몰로 오프라인 구매에서 인터넷과 스마트 디바이스를 통한 온라인 구매로 변화하고 있고, 쇼핑방식도 오프라인 매장에서 인터넷, 모바일 등 복수 채널을 종합해 고객경험 관리를 최대화하기 위한 옴니 채널의 형태로 급격하게 변하고 있다. 그러나 기존의 옴니 채널은, 고객의 상품 구매 경험을 극대화 시키는 데 중점을 두었기 때문에, 고객 입장에서 보면 채널별 제품정보(가격, 환불정책, 배송정보, 공급점포의 위치 등)의 부족 및 일관성이 결여되어 있어 최종 구매결정까지는 시간이 걸리고, 구매한 제품에 대한 만족도가 낮아서 반품 비율이 상당히 높은 것이 현실이다. 마찬가지로, 유통업체 입장에서 보면 제품의 유효기간, 재고 관리 등 유통과정에 있어서의 제품정보의 일관성이 결여되어 있어, 완전하고 정확한 최신 제품정보의 제공을 통한 소비자의 구매 유도에 큰 어려움을 겪고 있다. 본 논문은 멀티미디어(영상 및 음성) 식별기술을 이용하여, 기존(고객중심)의 옴니 채널이 가지고 있는 문제점을 해결하여, 소비자 및 유통업체에게 구매 및 관리에 충분하고 일관성이 있는 "제품정보 중심의 옴니 채널" 유통모델 및 구현에 관한 방법을 설명한다.

• Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.1-25
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• 2008

Ⅰ. Introduction Retailers in the 21st century are being told that future retailers are those who can execute seamless multi-channel access. The reason is that retailers should be where shoppers want them, when they want them anytime, anywhere and in multiple formats. Multi-channel access is considered one of the top 10 trends of all business in the next decade (Patricia T. Warrington, et al., 2007) And most firms use both direct and indirect channels in their markets. Given this trend, we need to evaluate a channel equity more systematically than before as this issue is expected to get more attention to consumers as well as to brand managers. Consumers are becoming very much confused concerning the choice of place where they shop for durable goods as there are at least 6-7 retail options. On the other hand, manufacturers have to deal with category killers, their dealers network, Internet shopping malls, and other avenue of distribution channels and they hope their retail channel behave like extensions of their own companies. They would like their products to be foremost in the retailer's mind-the first to be proposed and effectively communicated to potential customers. To enable this hope to come reality, they should know each channel's advantages and disadvantages from consumer perspectives. In addition, customer satisfaction is the key determinant of retail customer loyalty. However, there are only a few researches regarding the effects of shopping satisfaction and perceptions on consumers' channel choices and channels. The purpose of this study was to assess Korean consumers' channel choice and satisfaction towards channels they prefer to use in the case of electronic goods shopping. Korean electronic goods retail market is one of good example of multi-channel shopping environments. As the Korea retail market has been undergoing significant structural changes since it had opened to global retailers in 1996, new formats such as hypermarkets, Internet shopping malls and category killers have arrived for the last decade. Korean electronic goods shoppers have seven major channels : (1)category killers (2) hypermarket (3) manufacturer dealer shop (4) Internet shopping malls (5) department store (6) TV home-shopping (7) speciality shopping arcade. Korean retail sector has been modernized with amazing speed for the last decade. Overall summary of major retail channels is as follows: Hypermarket has been number 1 retailer type in sales volume from 2003 ; non-store retailing has been number 2 from 2007 ; department store is now number 3 ; small scale category killers are growing rapidly in the area of electronics and office products in particular. We try to evaluate each channel's equity using a consumer survey. The survey was done by telephone interview with 1000 housewife who lives nationwide. Sampling was done according to 2005 national census and average interview time was 10 to 15 minutes. Ⅱ. Research Summary We have found that seven major retail channels compete with each other within Korean consumers' minds in terms of price and service. Each channel seem to have its unique selling points. Department stores were perceived as the best electronic goods shopping destinations due to after service. Internet shopping malls were perceived as the convenient channel owing to price checking. Category killers and hypermarkets were more attractive in both price merits and location conveniences. On the other hand, manufacturers dealer networks were pulling customers mainly by location and after service. Category killers and hypermarkets were most beloved retail channel for Korean consumers. However category killers compete mainly with department stores and shopping arcades while hypermarkets tend to compete with Internet and TV home shopping channels. Regarding channel satisfaction, the top 3 channels were service-driven retailers: department stores (4.27); dealer shop (4.21); and Internet shopping malls (4.21). Speciality shopping arcade(3.98) were the least satisfied channels among Korean consumers. Ⅲ. Implications We try to identify the whole picture of multi-channel retail shopping environments and its implications in the context of Korean electronic goods. From manufacturers' perspectives, multi-channel may cause channel conflicts. Furthermore, inter-channel competition draws much more attention as hypermarkets and category killers have grown rapidly in recent years. At the same time, from consumers' perspectives, 'buy where' is becoming an important buying decision as it would decide the level of shopping satisfaction. We need to develop the concept of 'channel equity' to manage multi-channel distribution effectively. Firms should measure and monitor their prime channel equity in regular basis to maximize their channel potentials. Prototype channel equity positioning map has been developed as follows. We expect more studies to develop the concept of 'channel equity' in the future.