• 경영정보학연구
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.3-18
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• 2001

The Internet is taking up every single life of us with a huge speed of growth. If the ideal market called 'perfect competition' in economics will ever come true in this digital world, the sellers won't be able to have monopolistic profits above the marginal cost any more, letting the resource allocation much more efficient. This paper attempts to test whether this theory is true in e-market as well through observing price differences between online and offline retailers of extremely homogeneous products, CDs. Since most results from previous research were supporting the inefficiency of e-market in price level, price adjustment, and especially price dispersion, this article designed the research methodology most carefully. The results of pervious works are partly due to the immaturity of the Internet market or due to the uniqueness of the American CD market, where oligopolistic market players are significantly dominant. The analysis of price data of 20 titles from 20 retailers for five weeks supports that online market is more efficient than offline market with statistical significance in all the three dimensions. We could conclude that the e-market is going much more efficient at least compared to the offline market and the more would it be unless the sellers resist and prevent comparison-shopping.

• 동아시아경상학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.69-80
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• 2021

Purpose - This study investigated the development process of the Chinese distribution industry and analyzed the current status of China's offline and online distribution industries under the development process of the Chinese distribution industry. In addition, the current status of offline distributors in China and representative companies were analyzed as case studies. Research design, data, and methodology - This study analyzed the overall environment of the Chinese distribution industry by using literature data. Then, this study conducted a case analysis using RT Mart and Jingdong, major companies in the distribution industry. Result -The main research results of this study show that the Chinese distribution market has already matured, and retailers are fiercely competing to secure sales and operating profits through various methods such as finding new management methods, improving awareness and customer loyalty by expanding the number of stores. Conclusion -Recently, the characteristic of China's distribution industry is that the boundaries of distribution are breaking down. Chinese retailers are taking strategies to expand the scope of services by erasing the boundaries of distribution. In other words, distribution companies are promoting a borderless distribution strategy in which consumers purchase products online and offline without restrictions on time and space. In addition, small stores in residential areas are on the rise compared to large-scale stores in the city center. The existing distribution industry operates various types of distribution stores to prepare for the post-COVID-19 crisis.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2021

Purpose: While previous studies mainly focus on one shopping expectancy in the context of e-commerce or m-commerce, this study examines the relationship between consumers' performance and effort expectancy and their shopping intentions in the omnichannel retail environment in which both online and offline shopping channels are utilized concurrently in a single shopping journey. Research design, data and methodology: This study measured consumers' performance expectancy, effort expectancy, attitudes, and intentions toward an omnichannel shopping service. A survey was developed using an online survey platform and distributed to U.S. consumers for a 3-week period and 470 usable responses were obtained. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling were performed to test the reliability and validity of the measurement model and research model portraying the hypothesized relationships among constructs. Results: The results confirm that both performance and effort expectancy from shopping affected consumers' attitudes toward omnichannel shopping. The positive attitudes increased their omnichannel shopping intentions. Conclusions: Retailers should promote omnichannel strategies as effective shopping tools to improve consumers' shopping experiences and outcomes. This study suggests that retailers should implement omnichannel strategies that synchronize the retail channels they offer and promote the strategies as effective means to enhance customers' shopping outcomes and experiences.

• 경영정보학연구
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.133-153
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• 2002

인터넷 사용의 증가로 탐색비용이 낮아져 소비자들이 얻을 수 있는 정보의 양은 증가하였으며 가격에 대한 정보 또한 쉽게 취득하고 비교할 수 있게 되었다. 그 결과 동일제품을 취급하는 인터넷 쇼핑몰 간의 가격 경쟁이 심화되고 있으며, 소비자들은 제품 구매결정에 있어 다른 요소들보다 가격에 더욱 민감하게 반응하고 있다. 본 연구는 인터넷 쇼핑몰의 가격 경쟁을 줄일 수 있는 차별화 전략을 모색하고자 인터넷 쇼핑몰의 가격 민감도에 영향을 미치는 요인을 살펴 보았으며, 가격 민감도에 따라 선호서점에 대한 선택이 달라지는가를 분석해 보았다. 연구대상은 국내에서 가격 경쟁이 치열한 인터넷 서적시장을 선택하였으며 연구 방법은 인터넷 서점에서 구매 경험이 있는 소비자를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 연구결과 가격민감도가 선호서점의 유형선택에 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구는 인터넷 쇼핑몰의 가격민감도 영향요인을 도출하기 위한 탐색적인 연구란 점에서 의의가 있으며 향후 제품 특성 및 품질에 차이가 있는 비동질 제품 등 다양한 시장을 대상으로 한 연구가 수행되어야 할 것이다.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.42-56
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• 2013

Nowadays the advantages of multichannel retailing strategy in fashion business have been widely discussed, but empirical research on fashion retail has been limited. The purpose of this research is to provide some ideas on multichannel retailing strategy to fashion retailers through the case of UNIQLO. The online survey was conducted on each 100 female customers in their 20s, 30s, 40s living in seoul among UNIQLO customers. The survey was consisted of measurement items for UNIQLO's online store image and offline store image, customer satisfaction, purchase intention, and demographic attributes. The online survey was found that 30.3% of UNIQLO's multichannel customers bought a product from offline store using online shopping mall as a search channel, on the other hand, 20.7% of UNIQLO's multichannel customers bought a product from online store using offline store as a search channel. Factors of the online shopping mall image were consisted of shopping convenience, product information, price policy, trust. And factors of the offline store image were consisted of trust and store, product information, service. Some factors of online store and offline store image had impact on multichannel customer satisfaction. And, customer satisfaction also had impact on purchase intention of UNIQLO product. Some suggestion for the future of multichannel research in fashion retailing was given.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.99-115
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• 2019

Branding strategy is important in the hyper-competitive luxury industry. In digitalized market environments, it is critical for luxury brands to transfer their established brand equity from the offline market to the online market. The purpose of this study is to examine the causal relationships between offline brand equity (i.e., brand awareness, brand image, and perceived quality)toward online consumer responses, including satisfaction and loyalty, in the context of luxury brands. In addition, this study investigates the moderating effects of offline brand trust on the relationship between offline brand equity and online satisfaction and loyalty. Data was collected via online surveys. For empirical validation of the proposed hypotheses, a structural equation modeling technique was employed. The results show that offline luxury brand awareness, brand image, and perceived quality have a positive effect on consumers' online satisfaction. Also, offline brand image has a positive effect on online consumer loyalty. The results indicate that there is a significant moderating effect of offline brand trust on the relationship between brand image and e-loyalty. The results of the present study provide implications for luxury brand managers and retailers to develop effective online sales strategies.

• 마케팅과학연구
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.101-122
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• 2007

많은 온라인 사용자들은 아직도 인터넷을 통해 구매하는 것을 꺼려하는 경향이 있다. 인터넷 쇼핑몰을 통한 구매행위는 해당 사이트에 의해 제시되는 정보에 상당부분 의존할 수밖에 없으며 개인 정보의 누출과 관련한 보안과 결제 안전성에 대한 문제의 심각성이 커지고 있기 때문이다. 이에 따라 인터넷 쇼핑몰들은 치열해지는 경쟁 환경에서 살아남기 위해 고객의 신뢰를 향상시키고 장기적 거래관계를 강화 시킴으로써 경쟁우위를 확보하는 것이 필수요건이 되고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 인터넷 쇼핑몰의 신뢰에 영향을 미치는 선행요인(지각된 품질, 지각된 명성, 지각된 가치)과 전반적 신뢰와의 관계, 그리고 전반적 신뢰와 결과요인(지각된 위험, 사이트 의존의사, 사이트 재방문)과의 관계에 초점을 두었으며 선행요인들간의 인과적 관계 및 결과요인들 간의 인과적 관계를 실증분석하여 신뢰의 선행요인과 결과요인들 간의 구조적 관계를 살펴보았다. 인터넷 쇼핑몰 이용자를 대상으로 설문을 진행하였으며 신뢰성과 타당성 분석 및 구조방정식 모델분석을 통해 나온 결과률 요약하면 다음과 같다. 인터넷 쇼핑몰의 지각된 명성과 지각된 품질은 신뢰에 모두 긍정적인 영향을 주는 중요한 요인으로 나타났다. 이와 더불어 신뢰는 지각된 위험에 매우 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 지각된 위힘을 거치지 않고도 사이트 재방문과 의존의사에 중요한 영향을 미치는 것으로 실증분석 결과 나타났다. 마지막으로 신뢰와 마찬가지로 지각된 위험은 사이트 재방문에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2017

Purpose - A product bundling is a marketing approach where multiple products or components are packaged together into one bundle solution. This paper aims to introduce an optimal bundle search problem (hereinafter called "OBSP") which may be embedded with online recommendation system to provide an optimized service considering pairwise discount and delivery cost. Research design, data, and methodology - Online retailers have their own discount policy and it is time consuming for online shoppers to find an optimal bundle. Unlike an online system recommending one item for each search, the OBSP considers multiple items for each search. We propose a mathematical formulation with numerical example for the OBSP and analyzed the complexity of the problem. Results - We provide two results from the complexity analysis. In general case, the OBSP belongs to strongly NP-Hard which means the difficulty of the problem while the special case of OBSP can be solved within polynomial time by transforming the OBSP into the minimum weighted perfect matching problem. Conclusions - In this paper, we propose the OBSP to provide a customized service considering bundling price and delivery cost. The results of research will be embedded with an online recommendation system to help customers for easy and smart online shopping.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권9호
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• pp.131-141
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• 2021

With the rapid development of the Internet, online shopping has grown so fast that almost any good or service can be sold online today. The popularity and rapid growth of e-commerce signal a huge market opportunity for e-retailers. From the organizational perspective, it is necessary to evaluate and explore what drives customers to buy their products or to use their services. This study, therefore, aims to explain the online purchase intention and its determinants of Vietnamese customers for cosmetics and personal care products. Quantitative data was collected from an online survey conducted among university students, then was put into SPSS and AMOS for further analysis. Descriptive statistics, Cronbach's alpha test, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), regression analysis, and SEM were used to examine data from 434 valid answers. The research findings reveal that four factors positively affect purchase intention: Shopping enjoyment has the most significant impact, followed by trust, benefit, and website quality. On the other hand, perceived risk negatively influences purchase intention. While the cosmetics and personal care industry is thriving with a huge number of producers and consumers throughout the world, this study contributes to the existing literature in terms of capturing customers' needs and developing effective strategies to attract more online users.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.93-104
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• 2024

Purpose: This study used the SORmodel (or cue utilization theory) to examine the impact of expanded quality factorsincluding product quality on customer satisfaction, attitude, and behavioral loyalty. This study examined the moderating effect of gender on the customer satisfaction-attitudinal and behavioral loyalty relationship. Research design, data, and methodology: 364 respondents were collected through an online survey and analyzed using the SmartPLS 4.0 program. Results: The findings show that product quality, along with system quality and service quality, are key determinants of customer satisfaction. In addition, this study shows that the relationship between customer satisfaction and attitudinal loyalty (repurchase and word-of-mouth intention) does not differ depending on gender, but the relationship between customer satisfaction and behavioral loyalty (share-of-visit and share-of-wallet) is stronger for women than for men. Conclusions: This research integrates concepts from environmental psychology and marketing focusing on website quality (information, system, service, and product), as well as satisfaction, attitudinal and behavioral loyalty. Online shopping mall practitioners must systematically analyze and assess the quality of online shopping, a pivotal factor driving customer satisfaction, attitude, and behavioral loyalty. Acknowledging the influence of gender on consumers' online purchasing behavior can aid online retailers in devising tailored e-commerce marketing strategies aimed at attracting and retaining customers.