• 패션비즈니스
• /
• 제20권2호
• /
• pp.134-148
• /
• 2016

In this study, we determined the characteristics and importance of market maven to today's fashion retailers. Market maven is defined as an individual who is highly involved in the marketplace and takes a role as an information diffuser. In order to identify market maven, a total of 415 data were collected from 30-40 consumers who purchased fashion items from the various types of retailers. The data were divided into three groups based on the average score of summated market maven's scale, and the high group was referred to as "market mavens." Results suggested that the market mavens existed in the fashion retailing market and presented the differences from the other two groups. The market maven group spent more and purchased more fashion items than the other groups. With respect to shopping behavior, the market maven group was more likely to browse and bargain hunt when shopping, and showed higher mean scores on impulse buying and overall satisfaction. In addition, market maven tended to purchase fashion items from different types of retailers including online channel. Accordingly, market mavens seemed to present common characteristics with heavy browser, recreational shopper, and/or multi-channel shopper. Market mavens showed shopping enjoyment characteristics when searching for market-related information from various retailers, hence this segment should be the essential target market in the multi-channel retailing environment.

• 통상정보연구
• /
• 제10권4호
• /
• pp.63-79
• /
• 2008

Present paper aims to examine the effect relation among component factors of WOM effects in on-line. Specially, to examine the comparative study on market maven and early adopter. For that purpose, we categorize WOM effect into two subcategories; knowledge improvement, Image improvement, purchase intention. And as the of study, chose student a college. Through these methods, we were able to obtain participation of 96 people from student a college. Using 68 responses(19 responses removed). we derived statistics by means of Win SPSS Version 12.0 statistics program package. The result can be summarized as follow; First, market maven has stronger WOM Effects in On-line on consumer's knowledge improvement, and Image improvement, purchase intention than early adopter. Second, the market maven has stronger effect on early adopter. Finally, we discuss the results of analysis and suggest research limitation and future and future study.

• 복식문화연구
• /
• 제26권2호
• /
• pp.172-187
• /
• 2018

For the past decade, the convenience of sharing information online has improved drastically with the development of smart devices and social media. Such changes have contributed to regarding online word-of-mouth (WOM) as one of the most important consumer information sources. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine online WOM effects (acceptance/redelivery intention) with the two-way interaction effects of fashion involvement and the market maven. The empirical study consisted of an offline survey that collected data from 341 respondents and analyzed the data by factor analysis, independent t-test, and two-way ANOVA with SPSS 20.0, producing the following results. First, the market maven effect was found to differ significantly based on the level of fashion involvement, and is also higher when fashion involvement is high. Second, fashion involvement primarily affected online WOM acceptance, while the market maven significantly affected redelivery intention. Moreover, fashion involvement and market maven had relevant two-way interaction with both of the online WOM effects. Third, market maven had measurable effects on WOM redelivery types (objective/subjective) and directions (positive/negative/ neutral), whereas fashion involvement did not have any primary effects on them. However, fashion involvement and market maven had two-way interaction effects on the positive and negative direction of WOM redelivery. Based on these findings, the study suggests the importance of investigating and understanding the complicated online WOM behaviors of consumers, specifically from both managerial and theoretical perspectives.

• 디지털융복합연구
• /
• 제6권4호
• /
• pp.91-104
• /
• 2008

This study notes the growing importance of online community as a means of building customer relationships. The author aims to identify how to communicate in an online community on preannounced new products, and test social influence that influence word-of-mouth of consumers, and confirm moderate effect of market maven between social influence and word-of-mouth activity in on-line community. The main findings are that social influence such as internalization and conformity positively influence word-of-mouth communication on online community. And moderate effect of market maven confirm between social influence(internalization and confirmity) and word-of-mouth activity.

• 한국의류학회지
• /
• 제36권5호
• /
• pp.562-572
• /
• 2012

Market mavens are known as powerful consumers for the diffusion of market information in general fields. This study investigates the market mavens in fashion consumers. Data were gathered by surveying university students in Seoul, using convenience sampling; 312 questionnaires were used in the statistical analysis. This study proved that consumers recognized the existence of market mavens and the importance of market mavens' information and their evaluations. In regards to the demographic factors, the more clothing expenditures and family income then the higher the tendencies of the market maven. Market mavens were consumers who were aware of marketer's persuasion but showed no differences in marketplace interfaces. Market mavens were particularly interested in dressing styles and were highly convinced in their abilities to make fashion decisions.

• 디지털융복합연구
• /
• 제14권10호
• /
• pp.241-252
• /
• 2016

본 연구는 신제품의 출시가 범람하는 시장환경 속에서 기존의 전통적인 대중매체를 이용한 마케팅 커뮤니케이션과 다르게 진화하는 구전커뮤니케이션을 설명하기 위한 것이다. 디지털디바이스를 이용한 인터넷 사용이 일반화되면서 블로그, 인터넷카페 등에서 다양한 커뮤니케이션이 활성화되고 있다. 동시에 마켓메이븐을 커뮤니케이션의 촉진자로 활용하는 현상이 증대하고 있다. 기업은 불확실성이 높은 신제품 확산을 촉진하기 위해 새로운 시각에서 커뮤니케이터를 고려할 필요가 있고, 커뮤니케이터로써 마켓메이븐은 마케팅활동에 좀 더 의미가 있을 것으로 보인다. 이에 따라 마켓메이븐이 혁신적인 제품의 구전과정에 영향을 미치는지 조절효과를 통해 살펴보고자한다. 실증연구 결과 제품의 지각된 혁신성과 제품에 대한 지각된 호기심은 제품의 구전의도에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고, 이러한 과정에서 마켓메이븐이 미치는 조절효과가 나타났다.

• International Journal of Costume and Fashion
• /
• 제14권2호
• /
• pp.51-65
• /
• 2014

With growing competition and increasing consumer demands, companies pay more attention than ever to market mavens who play a central role in diffusing marketplace information and influencing others' decisions. To enhance our understanding of the market maven, this paper examines the role of market mavenism in shaping consumers' shopping values (utilitarian value, hedonic value) and their post-purchase satisfaction or dissatisfaction. Regression analyses revealed that market mavenism had a positive impact on hedonic shopping values, and post-purchase satisfaction. The findings showed that hedonic shopping values had a significant impact on post-purchase satisfaction while utilitarian shopping value did not have any significant relationship. Findings of the study also suggest that market mavens pursue hedonic shopping values and exhibit greater post-purchase dissatisfaction than others. Practitioners are recommended to create entertaining retail environments for market mavens who seek hedonic values when they shop. The results also suggest that practitioners need to pay close attention to market mavens at the post-purchase stage since they can be extremely dissatisfied.

• 복식
• /
• 제64권5호
• /
• pp.30-49
• /
• 2014

Mobile shopping, through the use of the smart phone, has become a very popular shopping method for consumers due to it not being limited by time or place. This research aims do the following:1)find the causes for consumers shifting to mobile shopping with the focus on fashion and beauty items; and in order to so, this research will use the TAM that was found by David et al (1989), and 2) distinguish any behavioral differences between consumer groups divided into purchasing intention of fashion and beauty items through smart phone. Path analysis was performed to verify the cause-and-effect relationship between the variables. Personal characteristics(i.e. market maven, time orientation), perceived usability, ease of use, attitude towards mobile shopping, and purchase intentions were all treated as dependant variables. The results showed that attitude towards mobile shopping was the most important variable on mobile shopping intentions. Time-oriented and Market Maven were thought to affect mobile shopping attitude and the dependent variables of purchase intention. Also, when purchasing smart phones, consumers highly valued smart phone's popularity; people with higher purchasing intention mainly used entertainment and utility apps. The following are the main reasons for not purchasing through mobile shopping: they are slower than computers, inconveniences in viewing due to small size of the screen, and security issues. The consumers used the internet as their main source of acquiring daily information. In this research, factors that affect the purchase intention were studied. However, it is difficult to firmly insist that this research correctly predicts the actual purchase intention-further studies need to be done to investigate the relationship between mobile purchase intention and actual purchase intention.

• 복식
• /
• 제65권7호
• /
• pp.101-117
• /
• 2015

Along with the development of overall internet service, online fashion communities appeared and have started to thrive. The growth of mobile service has led to an even bigger expansion of these communities, and will wield a strong influence for the foreseeable future. The purpose of our study is to investigate the relationship between the behavior of these fashion communities and personality characteristics of the community features. For our data analysis, our study used 302 men and women, aged from their 20's and their 40's. The study results are as follows: First, some features, such as interaction, entertainment, promotion, information, and system technique, were drawn as the factors of the online fashion communities. Second, we could divide the community behavioral types into three different groups: buyer, maven, and onlooker groups. Third, all three groups showed different community characteristics. The primary concern for the buyer group was promotion while the mavens and the on-lookers were most interested in information. Fourth, they also showed different demographic characteristics in terms of gender, age, duration of membership, on-line time per visit and number of visits per week. These results show that a new strategy is necessary for online fashion communities to differentiate themselves and their marketing to consumers and their community behavioral types.

• 경영과정보연구
• /
• 제36권1호
• /
• pp.95-114
• /
• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 SNS에 적합한 정보속성을 탐색하고, SNS에서 정보의 생성과 확산에 기여하는 개인이나 집단과 그 영향을 확인하는 것이다. 연구자들은 SNS환경에 적합한 정보속성으로 정확성, 양면성, 참신성, 다양성과 경험성의 다섯 요인을 추출하고, 제 변수와 정보의 유용성 및 정보 확산 의도의 인과관계를 분석하였다. 또한 SNS에서 정보를 수용하고 편집하며 정보확산을 주도하는 개인 또는 소비자인 마켓메이븐의 역할과 함께 변수 간 관계에 대한 마켓메이븐경향의 조절효과를 검증하였다. 연구가설의 검증을 위해 549개의 온라인설문자료를 이용하였으며, 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. SNS정보속성 중에서 정확성, 양면성, 경험성 요인이 사용자의 정보유용성 지각에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤으나, 참신성과 다양성 요인은 통계적 인과관계를 발견하지 못하였다. 전체집단과 달리 마켓메이븐경향이 높은 집단에서는 정확성과 경험적 요인이 정보의 유용성지각에 약하거나 부정적인 영향을 주었고, 전체 SNS 사용자집단에서 기각되었던 참신성과 다양성 요인은 유용성지각에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.