• The Korean Journal of Franchise Management
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.37-47
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• 2017

Purpose - Recently, the food service franchise market is experiencing rapid growth and competition is intensifying. Therefore, consumer choice has expanded, and reputation management has become important as a strategy for survival of corporations. Based on previous studies, this research proposed the theoretical framework about the structural relationships among reputation, trust(cognitive trust, affective trust), and loyalty. Research design, data, and methodology - This study examined the structural relationship between reputation, trust, and loyalty from the customer's perspective. Based on comprehensive validation procedures across nine food service Franchise firm types, This study found support for a five-dimensional scale with the following dimensions: Customer Orientation, Employer Brand, Reliable and Financially Strong Company, Product and Service Quality, and Social and Environmental Responsibility. In order to verify the research purposes, research model and hypotheses were developed. The data were collected from 227 food service franchise consumers through online survey. The data was analyzed with SPSS 24.0 and Amos 23.0 statistical program. Result - The results of the study are as follows. First, customer orientation, reliable·financially strong company and product·service quality have significant impact on corporate cognitive trust. And employer brand, product/service quality and social·environmental responsibility have significant impact on corporate affective trust. Second, cognitive trust and affective trust have significant impacts on consumer loyalty. Conclusions - The implications of this study are following as: From the theoretical perspective, this study considers trust as two dimensions such as cognitive and affective, not a single dimension, and identify what dimensions of franchise firms affect consumers' reputation perception and in turn lead cognitive and affective trust, and loyalty. This study also provides several managerial implications. In the franchise market where competition is intensifying, it is very important to analyze the attitudes of consumers in order to gain an advantage in competition with other competitors. In this study, it is meaningful that the study was conducted on consumers who have experience using a restaurant franchise company. Also, reputation is necessary to pay attention to the company because it is an important variable that strengthens with customer through confidence in food service franchise business, and leads loyalty and consumer consumption. Therefore, marketers should develop marketing strategies considering various reputation factors.

• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.51-67
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• 2013

This study aims to examine impacts of the Internet shopping orientation of Korean and Chinese consumers on their selection criteria of shopping malls and apparel products, frequencies and amounts of purchase, and information search in the Internet shopping mall. A survey was carried out with Korean and Chinese female consumers in their 20s and 30s who have the Internet shopping experiences. The results of this study were as follows: First, the Internet shopping orientation of Korean and Chinese respondents clearly showed factorial structures including the pleasure-conscious, fashion-conscious, price-conscious, and convenience-conscious orientation. From a result of the cluster analysis on four factors of the Internet shopping orientation, Korean and Chinese respondents were classified into three groups of the Internet shopping-unconscious, the Internet shopping-loyalty, and pleasure convenience-conscious. Second, there were significant differences in selection criteria of both the Internet shopping mall and apparel products among three groups of the Internet shopping orientation in Korea and China. Third, significant differences were identified in visiting frequencies, apparel purchase frequencies and amounts, payment methods, and information sources during the Internet shopping among three groups of the Internet shopping orientation in Korea and China.

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.3 no.5
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• pp.403-408
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• 2001

The purposes of this study were to determine consumers' characteristics that were shown according to their fashion leadership through examining the differences found with consumers' self-conception like the body cathexis and self-efficacy and clothing shopping orientation. The data were collected from 263 female college students using questionnaire. The results could be summarized as follows: First, the household income, subjective social class and clothing expenditure of the fashion leader group was larger than those of the fashion follower and laggard groups. Second, the fashion leader group showed higher body cathexis than the fashion follower and laggard groups in the lower body, the abdominal region, the bust shape, and the whole body shape. Thirdly, the higher was the fashion leadership, the higher was the self-efficacy. Forth, it was proved that the higher was the fashion leadership, the higher were the clothing shopping orientation such as home-shopping preference, hedonic shopping, impulsive purchasing, and brand loyalty.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.287-294
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• 2013

Recently, Universities's idea of employment are activity discussed. Especially, Service oriented departments' argument about the curriculum and the environment tests its accomplishment with value in employment. Therefore, this study has been done on the department of airline service which has representation of employment. This study determines the condition and the position of the department of airline services that it estimates the future service orientation in organizations placing education. It appeared that self-esteem affected Physical environment, and service effect quality as a company's loyalty. Accordingly, to improve self-esteem working staff in service should be improved. And other various measures education service quality, self-esteem, and company's loyalty should be taken as well.

• Journal of Distribution Science
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.37-47
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aims to review existing research on the definition, conceptualization, and measurement of relationship values to guide future research. This study specifically measures the relationship value between principals and retailers, which is still not widely discussed in previous research. Besides, to broaden our knowledge of the value-based determinants of competitive advantage, satisfaction, and retailer loyalty in business-to-business relationships. Research design, data, and methodology: This research assessed three alternative models of the relationship value construct's dimension structure and then tested for reliability, validity, and confirmatory factor analysis. The research sample is 185 retailers-data analysis using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Results: The results showed that product-based values and relationship-based values positively influenced competitive customer advantage, satisfaction, and loyalty. Conclusions: Relationship value construct can be measured and consist of five dimensions: product quality, delivery performance, customer orientation, service support, and personal interaction. They are key factors that maintain the relationship between principal and retailers. This study indicates that principals must invest more time and effort in building valuable relationships with their retailers. Finally, the value of relationships is a determinant of retailer performance: satisfaction and loyalty.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.109-123
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• 2019

Recently, As the desire of consumer gets complexed and demanding, business environment is they are rapidly changing to customer-oriented ones. In order to survive in an age of fierce competition with competitor encompassing changing and customer's needs of consumer company emphasizes market orientation to have a sustainability. It is necessary not only satisfy consumer but also to provide customer delight. We want to see if customer's loyalty can be increased by experiencing C/S and C/D. First, customer's loyalty influences repurchase intention after experiencing customer's satisfaction and customer's delight. Second, customer's satisfaction is influenced by customer's satisfaction level. Especially Joy is one of the most important factor affecting customers delight. Third, customer's loyalty is one of the most important factor affecting customer's satisfaction. Finally, through this study, it was found tha customer's satisfaction and customer's satisfaction improve the repurchase relationship which is crucial from customer's loyalty.

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.148-155
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to segment the clothing customers of new traditional market according to shopping orientation and to clarify the different clothing behaviors among segmented groups. This study may be useful for new traditional marketer to make proper marketing strategies. The subjects for the final analysis were 400 customers who visited Namdaemoon and Dongdaemoon new traditional markets. The statistics used for analysis were factor analysis, cluster analysis, Cronbach-${\alpha}$, one-way ANOVA, LSD multiple range test and chi-square by the SPSS program. The results of this study were as follows: 1. The customers of new traditional market were segmented to 5 groups (Diffidence Group, Confidence/Information Group, Active Group, Shop/Brand Loyalty Group and Planned Purchasing Group); 2. The five segmented groups were significantly different in clothing evaluation standards, shop evaluation standards, satisfaction and demographic variables such as sex, age, education and monthly spending money.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.320-331
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• 2004

This study was attempted to examine male consumers＇suit purchasing Behavior of subdivided groups according to apparel shopping orientation in men＇s suit purchasing and to suggest basic information applicable to marketing. The sample was taken from 705 men who were aged twenties through forties living in and suburbs. A total of 655 questionnaires were used in the final statistical analysis using factor analysis, reliability test, ANOVA, Duncan test, and X$^2$-test. The results of this study were as follows： 1. The dimensions of apparel shopping orientation were composed of economical, brand/store loyalty, fashion consciousness and convenience shopping orientation. 2. The dimensions of apparel store attributes were composed of atmosphere and service, convenient shopping, fashion and sale promotion, price, quality and reputation. 3. Three groups were classified after group analysis of four factors in male consumers＇apparel shopping orientation： group focusing on convenience (47.2％), group focusing enjoyment of shopping(31.0％), and group focusing economic aspects(21.8％). Additionally differences of the three groups were examined according to importance of store attributes, use of information sources, purchasing Behavior, clothing evaluation criteria and demographic variables.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.499-509
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to make up an effective market strategy for distinguishing clothing shops through analysing the influences on store choice behaviors by demographical characteristics, clothing shopping orientations and information search activities as well as analysing the effects of information search activities according to clothing shopping orientations, together with clarifying the dimension of clothing shopping orientations and information search activities. Clothing shopping orientations were factor analyzed resulting five factors, such as Recreational Shopping, Store/Brand Loyalty, Economic Shopping, Fashion Synchronization, Careful shopping. Information search behavior were factor analyzed resulting five factors, such as mass media information, commercial media information, personal information, store information, past experience information. According to a result of looking into the influences of clothing shopping orientations on information search behaviors, as shopping orientation for pleasure, fashion synchronization orientation, brand store royal orientation & economical orientation go high, the search degree of store information & mass media information, commercial media information & personal information, past experience information and personal information raise up respectively more and more. The results of regression analysis at factors affecting the store choice behaviors are significantly different.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.279-298
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• 2014

This research is based on service marketing to explain the effect of barista job attributes as the antecedents of lovemarks for increasing brand loyalty. The analysis was held with customers who experienced local and national coffee shop in Pusan area by using SPSS18K and Smart PLS 2.0. The study verified the structural equation model hypothesizing the relationship among related factors including barista job attributes, lovemarks and brand loyalty. According to the result of this study, barista job attributes factors including expertise, communication, and service orientation have positive effect on the lovemark. Furthermore, structural relationships among lovemark variables were identified through hypothesis testing. However, the effects of expertise and service orientation on intimacy were not significant especially in local brand. Additional multi-group testing was conducted to explain managerial implication of this research. The research has several marketing implication on service marketing and lovemark theory. For firms, customers'perception of barista's job attributes can generate positive lovemark effect and develop brand loyalty in the service marketing perspectives.