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http://dx.doi.org/10.11623/frj.2018.26.4.06

Current Status and Recognition of Floral Preservatives in Korean Flower Shops  

An, Han Sem (Department of Horticulture and Biotechnology, Korea University)
Hong, Jongwon (Institute of Life Science and Natural Resources, Korea University)
Jang, Eu Jin (Institute of Life Science and Natural Resources, Korea University)
Lee, Aekyung (Department of Environmental Horticulture, Dankook University)
Kim, Jongyun (Division of Biotechnology, Korea University)
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FLOWER RESEARCH JOURNAL / v.26, no.4, 2018 , pp. 209-215 More about this Journal
Abstract
The survey conducted with 120 florists in Korean domestic flower shops to investigate the use and awareness of floral preservatives in Korea. As a result, only 19.8% of the domestic florists use floral preservatives frequently in their shops, whereas 45.5% do not use them at all, suggesting very low use frequency. Korean domestic florists considered the use of floral preservatives mostly for storing cut flowers to preventing bacteria growth. For the reasons not to use floral preservatives, 51.4% of the Korean domestic florists did not value its usefulness, showing a lack of awareness of floral preservatives. However, 44.2% of the florists who had the experience with floral preservatives satisfied with the effect of floral preservatives, and 49.5% of the respondents positively answered to recommend floral preservatives to others. General awareness on floral preservatives among Korean domestic florists was positive. 50.5% of the florists with the experience with the floral preservative had the high intention to re-purchase the flower preservatives. The low use frequency and lack of recognition of floral preservatives in Korea were likely due to very few floral preservative brands and little advertising. However, the high satisfaction level and repurchase intention rate shown by the florists indicates that increasing advertising and education for the floral preservatives would improve the accessibility and awareness of the products and their effects increasing the opportunity to use floral preservatives among Korean domestic florists, further enhancing consumers' satisfaction by improving the cut flower quality and its vase life.
Keywords
cut flower; florist; flower marketing; quality of cut flowers; vase life;
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