• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Interior Design Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.160-165
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• 2007

Recently, the interior design of electric home appliance stores requires comprehensive image management with systemic marketing strategies and consistence in order to attract consumers to purchase products. However, the environment of domestic electric home appliance stores is complex and confused by indiscreet design factors and operation. Despite of the fact that company costs a lot of money to manage each store, consumers are not provided with selling environment with high quality. On the other hand, it is inevitable to compete with foreign specialized stores and discount malls due to opening distribution market. Besides, company has faced to attract customers with distinct strategies in order to survive in various competition system. In this sense, in store environment, there should be consistent image in interior design of the store based on management ideology of the company for the successful management of electric home appliance stores. The purpose of this research is to investigate and analyze the case of Samsung Electronics's electric home appliance stores among domestic electric home appliance stores that is applied with Store Identity Program (hereafter SIP) and to suggest solutions for the problems. Therefore, it is purposed to use as references for the stores that has the similar interior design plan. The result of this study is to upgrade the store image through providing basic data about role of data and distinct factors for competitive design as a part of Store Identity Strategy. Furthermore, it can be important data to optimize the profits and to make positive space for both consumer and company as company and products are credible with mental satisfaction of consumers if there is enough study on SIP and process and symbol of company and products to consumers, enough recognition and improvement on problems.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.13-26
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• 1998

The purpose of this study of identify the changing trends of consumer behavior to emergencing Price-off store. Therefore this study analyzed contributing factors to consumer market selection behavior focused on electric appliances. for these research the data were collected through the questionnaire and 407 respondents were housewives in Seoul and Gyeongi-do. Their data were analyzed using Frequency Mean and $x^2$-test. The Major findings of this study were as follows. 1) The percentage of purchasing the national brands of electric appliances were majority. In general the frequency prefered shopping store were the general agents department store discount store and wholesale club were in order. 2) When consumer buy the electric appliance in wholsesale club the buying percentage of iron was the highest. And the percentage of selection of foreign goods brands were very high. 3) The most important factors to determine the using Price-off store was the presence of this market around the housing and easing and easiness of parking.