• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.807-816
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• 2001

The purpose of this research was to compare American Korean consumers perceptions or evaluations of womens formal wear and casual wear. Results revealed that two groups classified differently the products in formal wear, not casual wear. In general, compared to Korean subjects, Americans rated the Korean business formal wear as more fashionable, attractive, stylish and of having higher quality than U.S. formal wear, indicating they were more likely to purchase. On the other hand, compared to U.S. subjects, in general, Koreans rated higher the U.S. casual wear as more liking, purchasing, comfortable, and appealing than Korean casual wear. Regarding clothing image toward each picture, there was a statically difference in both groups. To increase American or Korean exports of apparels, companies must look globally to develop new markets for their products.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.714-727
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• 2015

This study investigated consumers' clothing expense, consumer innovativeness and perceived risk to the channel type they frequently purchase fashion products and compared the relationship between the variables. A survey of male and female college students was conducted and 367 responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square analysis, two-way ANOVA, factor analysis, reliability analysis, and correlations. Female consumer clothing expenses were high compared to male consumers, and clothing expenses of consumers using department stores and independent banded stores were high compared to those using internet shopping malls. The sub-dimensions of consumer innovativeness were determined as adventure-oriented, unique-oriented, and change-oriented, and female consumers have characteristics more unique-oriented and change-oriented. In the case of female respondents, unique-oriented innovativeness was highest for department store customers, while the male customer of non-branded stores showed the highest unique-oriented innovativeness. Perceived risk indicated the highest score from the customers of internet shopping mall. Department stores were recognized as reliable by female department store customers. Clothing expenses and consumer innovativeness dimensions showed significantly positive correlations; in addition, the relation between clothing expense and perceived risks were significantly negative. Consumer innovativeness and perceived risks have positive relations.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.476-487
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• 2011

This study investigates the effects of internet shopping malls attributes on purchase satisfaction, repurchase intention, and word of mouth intention of fashion consumers. Data were collected from 400 consumers who purchased fashion products through internet shopping malls for the last 3 months. The survey was conducted from August $6^{th}$ 2010 to September $20^{th}$ 2010. A factor analysis identified 7 dimensions of internet shopping mall attributes: (1) interactivity, (2) website appearance, (3) sales promotion, (4) trust, (5) transaction capability, (6) fashion products variety, and (7) information offerings. The results show that all the dimensions of the internet shopping mall attributes affect purchase satisfaction, repurchase intention, and word of mouth intention. In addition, there were significant differences in the perceived attributes among three different types of internet shopping malls; comprehensive mall, fashion specialty malls, and online market-places (open-markets). While, there was no significant impact on the purchase satisfaction, repurchase intention, and word of mouth intention by the e-tailer types.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.497-508
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• 2003

This research was conducted to activate the horne shopping by providing the basic data about demographic characteristics, purchase practices and satisfaction degree of women consumers. The subjects were 328 women consumers residing in Cheongju who had purchased apparel products through home shopping. Collected data were analyzed by frequency analysis, t-test, analysis of variance, and cross-tabulation analysis using SPSS. The results were as follows: 1) When purchasing formal wears, casual wear and furnishing textile products through home shopping, respondents considered the design and fiber content seriously, and when purchasing underwear, the fiber content and size. 2) When purchasing apparel products, most of respondents confirmed apparel labels, and married women confirmed more than single women did. Among apparel labels, fiber content, care symbol, and size were the items that respondents considered most. 3) The single women managed internet and knew the value of internet in searching information or purchasing apparel products better than married ones. 4) When purchasing apparel products via home shopping, respondents used TV, catalog, and internet in order. 5) Degree of satisfaction for clothing purchased via home shopping was in ordinary level, high for furnishing textile products and low for formal wears.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.16 no.1 s.41
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• pp.73-83
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• 1992

This paper examined risk reduction methods utilized by consumers in apparel buying situation in multidimensional conceptual framework, and analyzed the relationships between risk types, consumer demographic variables and preferences of risk reduction methods. Samples of 224 consumers were deliberately selected to include various demographic characteristics such as sex, age, educational level, occupation, income level. The results of the principal axis factor analysis indicated that 26 item risk reduction methods could be summarized into 6 meaningful factors; Marketer-dominated Information Sources Use (MIS), Prepurchase Deliberation / Observation i Dependence on Past Buying Experience (DOE), Independent Information Sources Use (lIS), Interpersonal Information Sources Use (PIS), Brand Loyalty (BL), Label Reading / Guarantee Buying (RG). DOE were used most whereas IIS used least. Correlations of various types of risk perceived with the preference of risk reduction methods were significant especially for positive relationship between psychologi-cal and/or economic risk and DOE, and between social risk and/or fashionability loss and MIS. Results of ANOVA and Duncan test suggested that sex, age, educational level, occupation of consumers can act as ones of determinant variables on making differences in the use of risk reduction methods.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.323-334
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• 2000

The purpose of this study was to develop service quality dimensions for fashion retail stores and to identify significant service quality dimensions influencing customers satisfaction for each fashion retail store. 687 young adults completed written questionnaires consisting of items related to service quality. For analysis of data, confirmatory factor analysis, one-way ANOVA, scheffe test, and stepwise regression analysis were applied. The results were as follows: 1. The service quality dimensions of fashion retail stores were tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy, fashionability and variety, price, convenience, merchandise quality and credit card usability. Among those 10 main dimensions of service quality were grouped as experience attributes and search attributes. 2. In examination of the highest valuable service quality dimension based on the types of stores, imported fashion stores were evaluated the highest in terms of all factors except price, tangibles and credit card usability. 3. To predict consumer satisfaction, service quality dimensions such as reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy, fashionability/variety, price, convenience, merchandise quality and credit card usability should be considered.

• Journal of Fashion Business
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.64-78
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• 2007

The main findings are as follows: First, both male and female group, image display was showed higher scores than the product display in the dimensions of 'interest' and 'impression, and the product display presented higher scores than the image display in the dimensions of 'information'. Second, in the dimensions of 'interest', more interest was demonstrated in image display for both male and female consumer group irrelevant to clothing shopping values. The pleasure pursuit consumer group of male and female presented more interest toward the both types of window display. Third, in the dimensions of 'information', the product display had more effect for both sex groups and the pleasure pursuit consumer group was seeking more information than the others groups through the window display. Fourth, in the dimensions of 'impression', the image display formed stronger impression and image for both male and female consumer group and the pleasure pursuit group showed higher score of impression formation than the other two groups.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.301-312
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to establish store marketing strategies according to consumers pattern obtained by the importance of the image attributes of each store and a pattern of consumers based on clothing shopping orientations. 1. The clothing shopping orientations were classified into five factors. The analysis on the sample group pursuant to 5 types orientations came out the groups to pursue the royal to store & brand name, economics, shopping, convenience and fashion & confidence. 2. store atmosphere, selling promotion, servience and products were extracted from the shop image attributes. 3. As a result of comparing the importance of store image attributes as per clothing shopping orientation, the fashion & confidence pursuing group deemed store atmosphere and convenience to be the most important one. Service and convenience for the pursuing group of royal to store & brand name and the shopping pursuing group. Products, service and convenience for the convenience pursuing group. And the economics pursuing group evaluated all factors low.

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.382-391
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• 2015

People are exposed to diverse images and naturally find images to express themselves to others for personalsatisfaction. They present ideal images that they desire to obtain or actual images that they already have. People find differences between ideal images and actual images as well astry to overcome differences by managing appearance or purchasing fashion items. The congruence between real and ideal self-images and perceived body images stimulate clothing involvement or consumer confidence to influence fashion innovativeness and fashion opinion leadership. Fashion leaders are known for confidence when making buying decisions on new fashion products and are more likely to influence other consumers to buy new items. This study useda structural equation model to understand the influence of perceived self and body image on clothing involvement and consumer confidence as well as define how perceived images influence fashion leadership through clothing involvement and consumer confidence. The results of this study indicated that self-image congruence has a positive impact on social body image and personal body image. A positive influence of perceived body image on clothing involvement and consumer confidence was also detected. Fashion opinion leadership could be explained by clothing involvement and consumer confidence; however, fashion innovativeness could only be explained by consumer confidence.

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.888-899
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• 2011

Fashion companies make use of diverse strategies to have a competitive edge as there is a growing fierce competition. According to earlier studies, consumers prefer the products and services of companies that direct their energy into CSR activities if there's little disparity in quality of products and services among the companies. The way consumers look at the CSR activities of businesses is very important for the companies since it is linked to their evaluation and image of the companies and indulgencies on their word-of-mouth, purchase and loyalty. It's not quite advisable for fashion companies to make an investment in CSR activities without any specific plans or conviction of the effectiveness of the activities. Actually, lots of domestic companies fail to success their CSR activities, despite of their hard efforts. This study was to examine the appropriateness of corporate CSR activities, the attitude of customers to companies and their intention of recommendation and purchase in detail, and to provide some information on strategy setting for the CSR activities of fashion businesses.