• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.293-303
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• 2018

Since 2009, consumers could access a new shopping channel called 'mobile shopping' with the generalization of smartphones. Mobile shopping (based on wireless communication technology), emphasizes convenience differentiated from internet shopping. A recent report introduced fashion products as powerful global drivers for mobile shopping sales. Korea and China have the highest percentage of consumer mobile shopping experiences compared to other countries. This study investigates the effects of cross-over shopping orientation, perception of app attributes, and flow on app loyalty that compared Korean and Chinese consumers. We obtained 652 usable questionnaires from two local college students; subsequently, data were analyzed by using factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha, and regression analysis using SPSS 21.0 Package. The study results showed that the cross-over shopping orientation affected perception of app attributes that included Review/Information, Design, Response and Product. Product only affected Flow, which reflected a high similarity between Korean and Chinese consumers. However, Korean and Chinese consumers showed remarkable differences in the factors related to app loyalty. Therefore, the results indicate that retailers of fashion products have developed strategies to improve mobile sales and increase the app loyalty of cross-over shopping orientation consumers.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.455-463
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• 2015

As recently increased penetration of smart phones, branded applications(the brand app) via mobile are growing rapidly. Since these brand apps are being used as means of corporate marketing and sales, many consumers have been using them. However, there are few studies about brand apps. And it is also necessary to study about continuous use of brand apps because they are easy and free to download and remove. In this study, we analyzed how a variety of brand experience have impact on the brand apps' continuous use. As a result of this study, sensory, affective, behavioral, and intellectual experience as a brand experience affected brand commitment positively, and then the brand commitment had a positive impact on the degree of brand loyalty and continuous use intention. Eventually the more brand loyalty, the more continuous use intention of brand apps. That is, consumers' experience about a variety of brand apps makes customers' brand commitment and loyalty increase and keep customers using the brand apps consistently. Therefore, if companies let the customers have various experience through brand apps, they will have good marketing performance.

• Knowledge Management Research
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.43-66
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• 2024

In an era where digital technology reshapes brand-consumer interactions, this study examines the influence of Nike's Run Club and Adidas' Runtastic apps on loyalty and advocacy. Analyzing 3,715 English reviews from January 2020 to October 2023 through text mining, and conducting a focused sentiment analysis on 155 'recommend' mentions, we explore the nuances of 'hot loyalty'. The findings reveal Nike as a 'companion' with an emphasis on emotional engagement, versus Runtastic's 'tool' focus on reliability. This underscores the varied consumer perceptions across similar platforms, highlighting the necessity for brands to integrate user preferences and address technical flaws to foster loyalty. Demonstrating how customized technology adaptations impact loyalty, this research offers crucial insights for digital brand strategy, suggesting a proactive approach in app development and management for brand loyalty enhancement

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.692-700
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• 2022

In this study, the effect of e-service quality of O2O cosmetic delivery service app on satisfaction and loyalty was investigated. To this end, a total of 210 questionnaires were collected and frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis were performed using the statistical package SPSS 25.0. The main results are as follows. Efficiency, order fulfillment, system availability, and privacy, which are components of O2O cosmetic delivery service app e-service quality, all had a significant effect on satisfaction and loyalty. Also, satisfaction was found to have a significant effect on loyalty. In order to increase the number of consumers who use the O2O cosmetic delivery service app, it is necessary to increase the availability and efficiency of the system, which has the greatest impact on satisfaction and loyalty. To this end, it is necessary to provide a comfortable environment without interruption and fast access while using the O2O cosmetic delivery service app, and to build a system so that it can be used efficiently.

• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.139-153
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• 2020

Today, the proliferation of smart-phones and other mobile devices is bringing many changes to people's daily lives. Recently, the mobile shopping market has grown rapidly and has become a center of distribution. Furthermore, the consumer mobile fashion market is expected to expand and mobile fashion consumers' shopping tendencies will gradually become segmented. Differentiated marketing strategies for mobile fashion companies are to become essential. This study intends to understand the propensity of mobile fashion shopping and the importance of fashion app attributes, and their impact on mobile fashion shopping customer satisfaction and loyalty. The research aims to identify shopping trends and buying behaviors of mobile fashion consumers, find ways to increase mobile fashion shopping purchases, and help develop the mobile fashion market. The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, the compilation and the economics of the mobile fashion shopping propensity factors were shown to have a significant impact on product information, product reviews, and service quality, which are in turn important factors for fashion app attributes, whereas convenience only had a significant impact on service quality. Second, product information and service quality, which are also important factors for fashion app attributes, have a significant impact on mobile fashion shopping. Third, customer satisfaction concerning mobile fashion shopping has a significant impact on loyalty. Mobile fashion shopping customer satisfaction increases loyalty. Increasing the satisfaction and loyalty of mobile fashion shopping will lead to increased sales using mobile fashion shopping apps(Site) and become apparent in the results of mobile fashion companies. Therefore, various efforts by mobile fashion companies will be needed to satisfy their customers.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.628-635
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• 2012

The market of smartphone applications grows rapidly. We studied to evaluate empirically how personality variables related to personal attitudes(innovativeness and affinity) and information quality(interaction, content, and contextual) can affect use intention and customer loyalty in smartphone applications. The results of the study are as follows: Innovativeness, content quality and contextual quality were found to have a positive effect on intentions to use smartphone applications. However affinity and interactivity were found to have a negative effect on use intention. And use intention was found to have negative effect on customer loyalty for smartphone applications.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.99-109
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• 2014

This study illustrates and compares the platform strategy of Apple and Samsung, which have been operating their own App stores, by using the $IISI^n$ model. Apple, the first mover of the platform, has employed closed strategy for quality control of the platform and customer loyalty. On the other hand, Samsung has employed open strategy for increasing the platform network effects. The result of this study showed that the platform strategy "Openness", which is a free entry of participants, and "Sharing" of created value, are important along with the excellent platform environment. As a pioneering study of the platform strategy for the co-creation, this research contributes to both theory and practice.

• The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.41-62
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• 2018

Despite the rapid growth of the mobile shopping market, major market participants are continuing to suffer operating losses due to severe competition. To solve this problem, the mobile shopping market requires research to improve customer satisfaction and customer loyalty rather than excessive competition. However, the existing studies have limits to reflect the direct needs of customers because they extract the factors on the basis of the Technology Acceptance Model and the literature study. In this study, to reflect the direct requirements of users of mobile shopping Apps, we derived concretely and various factors influencing customer satisfaction through a topic analysis using user reviews. And then we assessed the importance of derived factors to customer satisfaction and analyzed the effects of customer satisfaction on customer complaints and customer loyalty on a structural equation model based on the American customer satisfaction index. We expect that our framework linking a topic analysis and a structural equation model is to be applicable to studies on the customer satisfaction of other mobile services.

• The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.51-78
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• 2016

Online-to-offline (O2O) commerce is the new trend that merges online commerce with traditional industries in various fields. The primary purpose of this paper is to find out which factors influence customers' intention to switch from call-based driver-for-hire services to O2O app-based services. This study used variables and factors based on Theory of Switching Intention, and Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology in order to design research questions. We surveyed 500 users of call-based driver-for-hire services. According to the result of this study, dissatisfaction with the current call-based driver-for-hire services is estimated to be a significant factor that strengthens customers' intention to switch from the call-based driver-for-hire services to the app-based services. Loyalty to the previous call-based driver-for-hire services was not seen as a crucial motivator that causes customers to switch to the new O2O driver service. Switching cost also did not play a key role in explaining the relationship between dissatisfaction with the current call-based service and the intention to use the new app-based service. Performance expectancy, easiness in use, the level of user's knowledge or available assistance in relation to the use of app-based services, and expectancy for reasonable price was found to have meaningful impacts on customers' intention to switch from the call-based driver-for-hire services to the app-based services. Age, gender and user experience on the new service were found incapable of moderating the relationship between aforementioned factors which influence customers' choice of the app-based driver-for-hire service, and customers' intent to switch to the app-based service.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.35-48
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• 2021

With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, startups are leading the proliferation of logistics in life services in countries across the world. Logistics in life startups aim to differentiate themselves for traditional logistics companies by offering customized services that penetrate niche logistics market and enhance customer convenience and satisfaction. Through the development of mobile applications(apps) and platform a variety of life-enhancing services are becoming increasingly available to customers, such as on-demand, online-to-offline, convenience, reverse logistics, as well as last-mile delivery. In particular, logistics in life services are expanding into areas that include food delivery, home moving, cargo transport, laundry delivery, car washing, and car repair. In order for the logistics in life startups to succeed, they needs to offer highly usable apps to increase customer satisfaction and loyalty. Due to the nature of mobile phones, different evaluation criteria than those for websits should be used to determine the usability of apps. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the usability of representative Korean logistics in life apps through usability testing, discuss implications and offer improvement recommendations. Finally, the best Korean logistics app is compared with a top ranked app on Google Play for benchmarking purposes.