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http://dx.doi.org/10.12940/jfb.2016.20.4.207

Impact of Negative Review Type, Brand Reputation, and Opportunity Scarcity Perception on Preferences of Fashion Products in Social Commerce  

Joo, Bora (Dept. of Interdisciplinary Program in Studies of Arts, Sungkyunkwan University)
Hwang, Sunjin (Dept. of Fashion Design, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Journal of Fashion Business / v.20, no.4, 2016 , pp. 207-225 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to analyze the impact of negative review type, brand reputation and opportunity scarcity perception, on preferences of fashion products in social commerce. For the above evaluation, we used the 2 (negative review type: objective/subjective) ${\times}2$ (brand reputation: high/low) ${\times}2$ (opportunity scarcity perception: high/low) model, designed with three mixed elements. We enrolled 260 women in their 20s and 30s, who live in Seoul and have used social commerce; a final total of 207 subjects were considered for analysis. The data were analyzed using the SPSS 18 program and reliability test, t-test and three-way ANOVA were performed. Following observations were made: First, preferences were higher when the subjects read objective negative reviews than subjective negative reviews, and when a fashion product was from a brand of high reputation than a brand of low reputation. Second, the interaction effect between negative review type and brand reputation was greater among the subjects whose opportunity scarcity perception is high, than those having low opportunity scarcity perception. Thus, we conclude that the social commerce should encourage consumers to write more objective reviews, and fashion brands should manage their reputations well. Also, social commerce can use scarcity messages aggressively to increase preferences of global fashion luxury goods, which is actively marketed in social commerce since 2015.
Keywords
negative review type; brand reputation; opportunity scarcity perception; social commerce; preferences;
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