• 한국의류학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.790-800
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• 2002

Brand relationship, which refers to the bond between brands and consumers, plays an important role in marketing due to its positive or negative effects on consumer behavior. The goals of this research were 1) to identify the types of brand relationships between young female consumers and apparel brands, and 2) to examine the influence of brand relationships over consumers'favorable attitudes and strong attachment (durability) to the brands. For the purpose of this study, ten casual wear brands, which are highly perceived by and popular with high school and university female students, were chosen by a preliminary inquiry. And then focused group interviews were performed to develop a questionnaire. The main examination was performed from August 20 to September 12, 2000, using five types of surveys each of which contained two brands. SPSS 8.0 was used for factor analysis and recession analysis. Four types of brand relationships were categorized based on the results of factor analysis: self-devotion, intimacy, rejection and trust. Each factor showed significant influence on both positive altitude and durability.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.173-185
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• 2011

This study aimed to clarify the difference between consumers and hands-on staff in evaluation of the attributes importance of asset evaluation attributes and the relationship between difference from consumers and hands-on staff in evaluation of the attributes and the performance. Subjects for the quantitative research, quota sampling was adopted in the areas where the subject brands were in place, and 452 questionnaires (141 of hands-on staff, 311 of consumers) were analyzed. The results were as follows; 1. The factors that hands-on staff and consumers regarded as most important as to asset evaluation attributes of department store-exclusive importation brands included preference and product quality in the order, and then image, recognition, reliability, and country of origin in the case of hands-on staff, and reliability, image, recognition, and country of origin in the case of consumers in the order. 2. As a result of examining the effect of the difference between hands-on staff and consumers regarding exclusive importation brands(GAP, ZARA) of certain department stores on business achievement and consumer attitude, it turned out that the smaller the difference between the two groups with regard to evaluation, the higher the business achievement and consumer attitude.

• Fashion, Industry and Education
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2017

The proliferation of social media has given rise to the new consumer group, namely, social consumers. This study identified the distinct characteristics of social consumers (i.e., online social search, online social navigation, online social connection) and examined the impacts of social consumer attributes on the engagement with fashion brands via brands' SNSs (BSNSs). A sample of 141 U.S. consumers who had browsed and/or participated in a fashion brand's BSNS (i.e., the Facebook page for fashion brands) was used to examine hypothesized relationships. The analyses involved running a confirmatory factor analysis and a structural equation modeling. The result indicates that the impacts of the social consumer attributes on the benefits of BSNSs (i.e., experiential and functional benefits) as perceived by consumers were significant, except the link between online social connection and functional benefits. In addition, consumers' existing relationship with a brand served as a moderating variable, strengthening the impacts of social consumer attributes on BSNS benefits. The perceived benefits of BSNSs positively affected perceived relationship investment which in turn influenced brand loyalty. Practical marketing suggestions are provided for fashion brands.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.19-37
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• 2014

This study attempts to explain the unique patterns in Korean consumer behavior regarding the luxury fashion brands' donation activities by exploring the moderating effects of corporate ability (CA) and subjective norm (SN) on the relationship between donations and consumers' brand preference, brand trust, and purchase intention. A total of 209 completed questionnaires, collected from online surveys, were analyzed using moderated multiple regression. The result shows that donation amount information positively influences consumers' brand preference, brand trust and purchase intention toward luxury fashion brands. Next, CA strengthens the relationships between donation amount information and consumers' brand trust and purchase intention. SN from the opposite gender compensates for the negative effect of negative donation amount information on consumers' trust toward luxury fashion brands, whereas SN from the same gender does not influence those relationships. This study provides a deeper understanding of luxury fashion brands' donations and consumer responses in South Korea-one of the important test markets for luxury fashion brands to expand their business to Asian countries.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.946-957
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• 2002

Amicable brand relationships between consumers and brands are connected with consumers' positive attitude and strong attachment to the brands; therefore, it is necessary to examine the factors which affect consumers in forming brand relationships. Through theoretical review, two variables, brand association and brand communication, were manifested as important factors in building brand relationships. The purposes of this study were to identify the different types of brand association, and to examine the influence of brand association and brand communication on brand relationships. The survey which focused on ten casual wear brands and 739 young female students was conducted from August 20 to September 12, 2000. Spss 8.0 was used for factor analysis and regression analysis. Brand association was further delineated into brand value association and brand personality association and each variable consisted of several factors. Both performance value and emotional value among brand value association factors and both pride and sincerity among brand personality association factors showed goons influence on building brand relationship. Brand communication showed significant influence on brand relationship directly and indirectly.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.20-34
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship between consumption behavior and fashion orientation for luxury brands in Japanese and Korean consumers. For this study, the author carried out a questionnaire survey with objects of 816 Koreans and Japanese, and analyzed the relations among consumer attitude, purchase behavior, lifestyle and fashion orientation. First, in Korea, all fashion orientations gave positive effects on attitude toward luxury brands, and especially it has a significant relation with factors affecting luxury brand consumption, so when luxury enterprises establish a marketing strategy for Koreans, they need to refer to fashion orientation intensively. Second, as a result of analyzing the relation between fashion orientation and purchasing behavior, it was found that fashion interest is an important factor affecting luxury brand purchasing behaviors, in both Japan and Korea. Third, Japanese luxury brand enterprises need to focus on consumers who prefer standard goods. while Korean enterprises need to focus on consumers who prefer specific brands. Lastly, in case of Japanese consumers, the more they pursue self-esteem and reasonable consumption, the higher they prefer standard goods, while the more Korean consumers pursue conspicuous consumption, hedonic consumption and self-esteem, the higher Koreans prefer specific brands.

• 한국언론정보학보
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• 제44권
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• pp.7-43
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• 2008

본 연구는 소비자-브랜드의 감성적 관계를 형성하는 데 있어 가장 강력하며 전략적인 브랜드 사랑을 사랑의 심리학적 측면에서 계량적으로 접근함으로써 소비자-브랜드 관계의 새로운 방향을 찾고자 하였다. 소비자-브랜드 관계에서 브랜드 사랑은 어떠한 의미인가? 브랜드 사랑은 소비자-브랜드의 감성적 관계에서 가장 근본적인 것이다. 소비자들은 브랜드 소유를 통해 그들의 삶에 의미를 더하며 자신을 표현함으로써 브랜드를 사랑한다. 사랑이야말로 소비자-브랜드 관계를 가장 대인관계 차원에서 이해하는 척도이며, 감정 이입적 파트너십에서 가장 핵심적인 요소라고 할 수 있다. 소비자의 브랜드 사랑은 브랜드 이미지, 신뢰를 좌우할 뿐만 아니라, 브랜드 충성도를 통해 시장에서의 경쟁우위까지 영향을 미친다. 또한 브랜드의 위기 시, 위기를 극복할 수 있는 매개체로서, 오히려 관계의 전환점으로 작용하여 소비자의 브랜드 사랑 강도를 더욱 상승시키기도 한다. 이러한 시대적, 이론적 배경에서 본 연구는 소비자-브랜드의 감성적 관계로서의 사랑에 대한 심리학적 접근을 하였다. 사랑 이론과 분류 가운데 대표적인 Sternberg의 삼각이론을 중심으로 브랜드 사랑의 유형을 발견하였다. 이동통신서비스와 단말기 브랜드를 대상으로 서베이를 통해 552개의 설문지를 회수하고 요인분석을 하였다. 그 결과, 본 연구에서 발견된 브랜드 사랑 유형은 Sternberg의 사랑 유형과 매우 유사한 형태로 나타났으며, 제품 유형에 따라 브랜드 사랑 유형이 존재함을 알 수 있었다. 브랜드 커뮤니케이션에서 브랜드 사랑이라는 개념은 중요한 전략적 아이디어로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 동아시아경상학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.47-58
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• 2023

Purpose - This study investigates which product characteristics influence customers' purchase intention for brand extension products of the fashion brands. Furthermore, this study suggests brand awareness as a moderator which strengthens the positive effects of the product characteristics on the consumers' purchase intention towards brand extension products of the fashion brands. Research design, data, and methodology - Two hundred and twenty-three Chinese consumers were randomly solicited to participate in this study. Email, website (www.wenjuanxing.com), social media (WeChat) were utilized to conduct the survey and collect data. Result - The findings obtained through hierarchical regression analysis indicate that product uniqueness, product scarcity and product popularity have significant effects on purchase intention for brand extension products of the fashion brands. In addition, brand awareness moderates the relationship between product characteristics (uniqueness and scarcity) and purchase intention positively. Conclusion -The results indicate that brand extension products of the fashion brands could attract more consumers by focusing on designing unique products and using limited release and celebrity publicity strategy. Additionally, the present research posits the crucial significance of brand awareness, thereby making a noteworthy contribution to the integrated marketing approach for fashion brand marketers.

• 한국전자거래학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.79-98
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• 2017

감성 또는 사랑의 관점에서 고객과 IT 브랜드 간의 관계를 이해하기 위해서는 브랜드 충성도를 넘어, IT 소비자를 정확히 이해하려는 연구가 요구된다. 본 연구는 소비자와 IT 브랜드 간의 감성적 관계를 설명하는 '러브마크' 개념을 소개하고 측정도구를 개발 검증한다. 연구결과 스마트폰 사용자들 대상으로 고차 확인적 요인 분석을 통해 러브마크를 구성하는 6가지 개념(신비감, 감각, 친밀감, 성과, 신뢰, 명성)과 18개 측정항목을 개발하였다. 그리고 러브마크가 브랜드 충성도보다 소비자와 IT 브랜드 간의 감성적 상호작용을 유효하게 설명하는 것으로 확인되었다.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.7-21
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• 2021

Purpose: Modern globalization and Western markets saturation has catalyzed the growth of culinary globalization into developing countries. The question was whether fast food consumers in frontier markets of Sub-Saharan Africa (Zimbabwe), either upholds national gastronomic tendencies in terms of consumer ethnocentrism and buy local or they adopt global fast food brands. Demographic consumer profiles were also analyzed as antecedents of consumer ethnocentrism. Research design, data and methodology: A sample size of 400 fast food-adult consumers was surveyed in the City of Harare. Data was captured on SPSS and Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS). Hypothesis testing was done using sample t test (H₁), logistic regression (H₂) and multiple regression (H₃, ₄, ₅) analysis. Results: Consumer ethnocentrism in Zimbabwe was marginally above average and no statistically significant relationship between the levels of consumer ethnocentrism and adoption of foreign fast food brands was noted. Age had an inverse relationship; income had a positive association whilst gender had no statistical significance with consumer ethnocentrism. Conclusions: Despite the Zimbabwean consumers being marginally ethnocentric, international restaurateurs should invest in the Zimbabwean fast food market since their nature of being foreign has got an exotic appeal to the Zimbabwean consumers thereby enhancing their likelihood of success.