• 복식문화연구
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.382-395
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to compare clothing values and clothing purchasing behaviors between Korean and American college students, especially men. Also this study was to analyze the clothing values effect on the clothing purchasing behavior. For the practical study, 200 questionaries were surveyed, 110 from Korea and 105 from American. The average and frequency, t-test, $\chi^2$, multi-variate analysis of variance and factor analysis were used for this study. The result showed, first, there were little differences in the clothing value aspect. Both Korean college men and American college men considered the theoretical value to be most important, however, the American college men were higher than the Korean college men for theoretical, economic and political values. Compared to the Americans, the Koreans considered social clothing value to be more important but theoretical, economic and political values were less important. Second, there were some differences in most of all the clothing purchasing behaviors. There were slight differences in the reasons for the purchases between Korean and American college men. Both of them said that they purchase clothes to satisfy their needs. Regarding the information sources for the purchase, The Korean college men were slightly higher than the American college men for the media information sources and lower than them for the human information sources. Regarding the place where the clothes were purchased, the Korean college men preferred to make purchases at department stores, and the American college men preferred shopping malls. Regarding the monthly expenses for clothing, less than 50,000 won($50) was the average for most of the Korean women, but most of the American college women spent 100,000~150,000 won($150) per month. Third, the clothing value was different in the reason for purchasing, the purchasing information source, the purchasing place, and the monthly expenses for the clothing.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제30권11호
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• pp.1495-1506
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• 2006

The purposes of this study are to investigate the formation and the change of apparel retail structure historically with the viewpoint that the retail structure is affected by the process of economic development. This study was done by literature research method and the result of this study is the following. The tailor and seamstress shops, the first clothing shops in Korea, were replaced by ready-made shops, because mass production system which had developed with the industrialization of Korea increased the advantage of economy of scale compared to handicrafts individual one. After that, the production system of apparel industry had been efficient continuously, while retail system had not. The retailing of famous brand apparel conducted by exclusive franchise store caused supplier oriented markets where the opinion and the desire of consumers were not reflected. While the retailing of the unknown brand apparel handled by small retail stores were inefficient. As the apparel industry matured in 1990s, various types of new stores appeared such as specialty stores, discount stores, TV home shopping, internet shopping, outlet malls, and big fashion stores in Dongdeamoon. These new stores have features of seeking profits in mass merchandising. As these large retail stores grow, the apparel retail structure of Korea is changing from a fragmented market to a vertically integrated one. This change is shown by the decrease of stores per inhabitants. With the change of environment, the apparel retail system which has lagged behind comparatively is expected to develop into more efficient system based on the large capital investment which raise the advantage of economy of scale.

• 한국의상디자인학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.11-22
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• 2012

As the consuming pattern is changing with the expansion of Internet use and the development of communication technology, Internet shopping market is getting bigger and bigger. By product group, clothing and fashion related products occupy the biggest share. Accordingly, in this study it was tried to identify the effects of Internet utilization capability that enables consumers to search for the information that they need in this information flood, variety pursuit trend and product review accommodation status on shopping value, and to analyze the effects of the shopping value on the purchase behavior in online shopping malls. When factor analysis is nude on Internet use level, it was found that Factor 1 was 'Flow Experience,' Factor 2 'Internet Use Capability,' and Factor 3 'Internet Challenge Desire.' When factor analysis is made on Diversity Pursuit Propensity, it was found that Factor 1 was 'Site Diversity Pursuit Propensity,' Factor 2 'Brand Diversity Pursuit Propensity,' and Factor 3 'Brand Value Pursuit Propensity.' When factor analysis is nude on Product Review Accommodation Propensity, it was found that Factor 1 was 'Product Information Provision Propensity,' and Factor 2 'Product Information Receiving Propensity.' Except Internet Use Capability and Product Information Provision Propensity, all other factors showed high correlation. The factor influencing the entertainment value most was Internet challenge desire, while that influencing the practical value most was flow experience. When the effects of the entertainment value and the practical value on product purchase were analyzed, it was found that both of entertainment value and the practical value influenced product purchase and the practical value influenced the product purchase more than the entertainment value.

• 한국가정과교육학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.29-47
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• 2005

본 연구의 목적은 인터넷 사용의 주 이용 연령인 중${\cdot}$고등학생들의 인터넷 쇼핑을 이용한 구매 실태, 인터넷 쇼핑을 이용한 의복 구매 행동m 의복 구매 태도를 조사하여 인터넷 쇼핑에 대한 중${\cdot}$고등학생의 올바른 소비자 교육 자료 개발에 필요한 기초 자료를 제공하는 것이었다. 분석을 위한 설문지는 2004년 11월에 서울, 대구, 경기, 충북, 충남. 경북, 경남 지역의 중${\cdot}$고등학생들에게 배포하여 수집하였다. 첫째, 인터넷에서 구입한 의복 품목은 티셔츠 및 남방, 신발 청바지 및 캐쥬얼 하의, 가방류 순으로 $2\~3$만원 미만의 중저가 제품을 주로 구입하였다. 주된 결제 수단은 무통장 입금이었다. 둘째, 의복 구매 만족도는 비교적 높았으나 제품에 대한 보상 만족도는 낮았다. 제품이 민족하지 못한 경운 적극적인 불평 행동을 하고 있었다. 셋째, 반품 품목은 티셔츠 및 남방, 청바지 및 캐주얼 하의, 신발류로 구매 품목과 같은 순이었고, 반품 요인은 사이즈가 맞지 않거나 컴퓨터 화면과 실제 상품과의 차이로 인한 것이 가장 많았다. 조사대상자의 $89.0\%$가 인터넷으로 재구매할 의사가 있다고 나타났다. 넷째. 의복구매와 관련된 인터넷 쇼핑에 대한 태도는 쇼핑의 편이성 항목에서 높았으며 특히. 제품의 다양성과 가격 경쟁 면에서 장점을 가진 것으로 인식하고 있었다. 다섯째, 인구 통계학적 특성 변인에 따라 의복 구매 행동과의 차이를 알아본 결과, 구매 경험과 의복 구매 경험 유무에서는 학년 지역, 월용돈 액수 변인에 따라 차이가 있었다. 구매한 의복 품목에 대해서는 성별에 따라서만 유의한 차이가 있었다. 중${\cdot}$고등학생의 인터넷 사용이 증가함에 따라 인터넷으로 제품을 구매하는 기회가 많아졌고 특히, 의류 제품 구매 비율이 해마다 증가하고 있는 추세로 이에 대한 합리적인 구매 행동을 위하여 체계적인 소비자 교육을 실시할 필요가 있음을 시사한다.

• 복식
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• 제64권8호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to do an in-depth examination of Korean women in their 30's on the characteristics of their online fashion shopping, clothes-wearing, and presentation. In-depth interview and quantitative analysis were conducted as study methods. Results of this in-depth analysis showed that the factor with the most significant influence in their lifestyle was "childbirth." Childbirth was a major factor during fashion shopping and clothes-wearing. Also the results showed that the reason they used online shopping was for convenience, efficiency, rationality, pursuit of information, variety, and hedonism. In particular, women in their 30's had a higher motivation for efficiency and rationality compared to those in their 20's, and of those women, married working women showed the highest preference for fashion soho malls. Meanwhile, full-time homemakers, who pursued rationality, used open markets to search for fashion items based on price. Furthermore, the factors that women in their 30's considered during online shopping were price, design, purpose or situation for wearing the clothing, respectively. Compared to the women in their 20's, they emphasized recommendation, product properties, credibility, economy more than women in their 20's. Factors such as marriage and childbirth were more influential than occupation. Meanwhile, the factors that women in their 30's considered for wearing and presentation were time, place, and occasion(TPO), which all showed high importance in in-depth interview and quantitative analysis. Other factors were 'suitable image to self' and 'covering up body figure.'

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.743-752
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• 2013

Consumers can share their diverse opinions about products due to the increased popularity of smartphones and the internet that enables increased access to the websites and encourages the use of 'SNS' (Social Network Services). Social commerce has expanded rapidly as a mainstream online shopping channel over the past year, compelling consumers to spend more money vis-$\grave{a}$-vis social commerce websites. This allows individuals to see different lists of prices for specific products; however, it is also likely to lead to serious compulsive buying. Despite these changing trends, earlier studies have been limited to factors that affect impulse purchases vis-$\grave{a}$-vis Internet shopping malls; therefore, in is salient to conduct research on consumer spending habits related to social commerce websites. This study describes the characteristics of consumers and utilizes social commerce websites as parameters for the impact of impulsive shopping based on a survey of 300 women in their 20's who have experienced impulse buying vis-$\grave{a}$-vis social commerce websites. This study shows that: First, discounts, product scarcity and social commerce site's reputation affect impulse buying when consumers buy products from the social commerce websites. Second, variables on the characteristics of the personal experiences, interests, and self-control also stimulate impulsive purchases.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.1500-1511
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• 2001

The purpose of this study were (1) to analyze the current fashion web-sites on the internet, which were increasing rapidly in number, (2) to find out the users purchase experiences of fashion products at internet shopping malls and satisfaction level on the information provided by the fashion sites. The questionnaire was administered to 332 women & men and data were analyzed by frequency, mean, standard deviation, factor analysis, reliability analysis, ANOVA and t-test. The results of this study were as follows. The factors on the satisfaction of information fashion web-sites categorized as 5 areas: Economy$.$Convenience, Aesthetics $.$Recreation, Variety $.$Interests, Up-to dateness $.$Specialization, and Reliability$.$ Precision. On the factor of Economy$.$Convenience, the users who had more frequent access and who were in their 20’s expressed the higher level satisfaction. On the factor of Aesthetics$.$Recreation, the users who had longer periods of time of use, who had lower level of internet shopping mall involvement, and students appeared to be more satisfied. On the factor of Variety$.$Interests, the users marking higher level of satisfaction were those who had higher frequency of uses, who had shorter period of time of use, who had lower level of internet shopping mall involvement and were students. On the factor of Up-to-dateness$.$Specialization, higher level of satisfaction was shown among the users who had shorter period of time of use, who had higher frequency of uses, who were in their 20’s and who were students. There was no significant differences according to Reliability & Precision factor.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.526-539
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• 2013

This study analyzed the effects of internet fashion consumer's anticipated regret and the selection difficulty on decision making delay and purchase switching intention. The survey was conducted in 2012 on internet fashion consumers in their 20s to 40s from May 1 to June 30; subsequently, 487 responses were used for the data analysis. The anticipated regret of internet fashion consumers was composed of product, service, social psychology, and function-related anticipated regret. The selection difficulty of internet fashion consumers was composed of process, information, and experience-related selection difficulty. There are significant differences in anticipated regret, selection difficulty, decision making delay, and purchase switching intention by gender. The anticipated regret (product, service, and social psychology-related anticipated regret) and selection difficulty effected decision making delay. In addition, the anticipated regret for product and selection difficulty by process or information influenced purchase switching intention. The results of this study provide useful information on the success and efficient operation of internet shopping malls.