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A Study of Comparison Analysis on Online Visual Merchandising Practices between Korea and China

한국과 중국의 온라인 비주얼 머천다이징 실행에 관한 비교분석 연구

  • Park, Hyun-Hee (School of Business Administration, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Li, Qin (Division of Business Administration, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Jeon, Jung-Ok (Division of Business Administration, Pukyong National University)
  • 박현희 (경북대학교 경영학부) ;
  • 이금 (부경대학교 경영학부) ;
  • 전중옥 (부경대학교 경영학부)
  • Published : 2009.06.30
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Abstract

The objective of this study is to investigate the differences in online visual merchandising practices of online apparel retailers between Korea and China. The 40 websites based on the sales were selected with 5 retail stores per website. Totally, 200 online retail stores were analyzed by content analysis and chi-square test. As a result, 8 online visual merchandising factors were extracted: convenience, product presence, product information, service, interest, participation, aesthetics, and fitness. There were significant differences in all 8 factors of online visual merchandising practices of apparel retail stores between Korea and China. The contribution of this study is to supply for understanding of what are the online visual merchandising composition items and factors and how they were used differently between Korea and China in a real situation of online visual merchandising.

본 연구는 현재 한국과 중국의 온라인 어패럴 리테일러들이 실시하고 있는 온라인 비주얼 머천다이징 실행의 차이를 분석하기 위해 실시되었다. 매출액에 근거하여 40개의 웹사이트를 선정한 후, 40개 웹사이트마다 5개씩의 리테일 스토어가 선정되었다. 내용분석방법과 카이-스퀘어 검증을 통하여 총 200개의 온라인 리테일 스토어가 분석되었다. 그 결과, 편이성, 제품실재감, 제품정보성, 서비스, 흥미성, 참여성, 심미성, 그리고 적합성의 8가지 온라인 비주얼 머천다이징 요인이 추출되었다. 각 요인별로 한국과 중국의 어패럴 리테일 스토어의 온라인 비주얼 머천다이징 실행 현황을 살펴본 결과, 8개 요인 모두에서 유의한 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 한국과 중국의 온라인 비주얼 머천다이징 현황분석을 통해 온라인 비주얼 머천다이징이 구체적으로 어떠한 항목과 요인으로 구성되어 있으며, 한국과 중국의 온라인 비주얼 머천다이징 실행에서 이러한 항목과 요인들이 어떻게 다르게 사용되는지에 대한 이해를 제공하는데 그 의의가 있다.

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