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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2017.15.2.459

Customers' Convergent Recognition and Satisfaction about Cosmeceuticals  

Park, Su-Ha (4Season clinic)
Kwon, Hye-Jin (Dep. of Chemical Engineering, Soongsil University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.15, no.2, 2017 , pp. 459-464 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to provide basic materials for marketing strategies of cosmeceuticals by investigating customers' recognition and satisfaction about cosmeceuticals targeting 161 adult men and women in their 20s to 50s and living in Seoul, Korea and then analyzing what should be improved for customers. According to the survey, many customers prefer cosmeceuticals due to the professionalism recognized by hospitals, the recommendation by doctors and the scientific image, though the recognition about cosmeceuticals is low among customers in their 40s or older because they are unfamiliar with the term. The survey also shows that the satisfaction about cosmeceuticals is very high in that 94.41% out of 49.85% total users said they were willing to repurchase them, while 72.22% out of 50.15% total nonusers said they wanted to purchase them. The greater knowledge about skin, the higher the interest in cosmetics and the aesthetic practice rate. When it comes to comparing cosmeceutical users and nonusers in choosing cosmetic products, the greater knowledge about skin, more nonusers consider brand recognition (r=.222, p<.05) and cosmetic ingredient (r=.245, p<.005); and more users convenience (r=.162, p<.05). Now that total customers' awareness of cosmeceuticals remains low yet, therefore, it is considered necessary to steadily promote them, enhance repurchase factors, and come up with strategies differentiated from ordinary cosmetics.
Keywords
Cosmeceuticals; Recognition; Satisfaction; Knowledge about skin; Cosmetic ingredient;
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