• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.122-138
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• 2011

This study aims to investigate whether hotel brand personality predicts restaurant loyalty mediated through trust and satisfaction. An experimental design is applied to test six hypotheses that reflect the research questions. The guests who have experienced dining in five star hotels in Seoul are targeted for sampling. A total of 184 faithful cases out of 250 cases have been analyzed. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis of variance, and structural equation modeling (SEM) are employed using the SPSS and AMOS 7. The findings indicate that hotel restaurant customers' loyalty is positively influenced by hotel brand's ruggedness and sophistication. Also, all the variables in brand personality except excitement have a positive impact on hotel restaurant customers' trust. Noticeably, hotel restaurant satisfaction is increased through brand sincerity and sophistication. Finally, both restaurant trust and satisfaction have a positive impact on restaurant loyalty. In conclusion, these findings suggest that hotel practitioners need to develop the influential variables of hotel brand personality to elevate the level of restaurant loyalty.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.360-369
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• 2010

Recently various types of college with different schooling years, different methods of providing education service and so forth, appeared whereas students as their customers also have various traits. This study aims to verify the brand personality congruity difference among college types as well as analyse the effect of congruity on trust, satisfaction, and loyalty. The study undertakes the following researches with five brand personality scale(BPS) which presented in the previous research. First research was rather exploratory to clarify the difference in the personality congruity between college-student according to different types of college. As result, 4-year university was highly congruent in competence, sophistication, and ruggedness, while 2-year college was highly congruent in sincerity and cyber university was high in excitement. The second part of the research analysed the effects of personality congruity on trust, satisfaction, and brand loyalty. Results support that brand personality congruity significantly affects trust, satisfaction, and brand loyalty.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.28-35
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• 2005

This paper examines empirically the effect of mileage program in e-Business on brand loyalty, and the mediating role of customers' trust and relational commitment. The results show that customer's benefits and convenience of the program significantly influences positively customer's trust. In addition, customer's trust also influences positively relational commitment, and relational commitment significantly influences positively brand loyalty. Thus, trust and relational commitment should be considered in the mileage program to improve the brand loyalty of internet shopping mall. Implications and limitations of this study are suggested.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.424-436
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• 2010

This study tests the relation of various fashion-related features of young male consumers. Clothing involvement, fashion involvement, fashion innovativeness, impulsive buying, and brand loyalty have been considered as focal variables in understanding consumer attitudes & behaviors toward fashion. This study proposed hypotheses on the relationships among these variables and tests them with survey data from a convenient sample of male university students. A total 195 complete responses were obtained from young men between 18 and 27 years of age. The results are as follows. First, fashion involvement and clothing involvement significantly (+) affected fashion innovativeness, and fashion innovativeness also significantly (+) affected impulsive buying and brand loyalty. Second, impulsive buying insignificantly affected brand loyalty. Third, the groups of young men divided by the demographical variables partially showed meaningful differences in fashion-related variables of interest. This study investigates the relationships among various fashion variables that have been used as critical explaining variables for fashion attitudes and behaviors, especially for young male consumers.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.44 no.12
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• pp.1-7
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to analyze whether appearance concern has an effect on purchase intention and brand loyalty of cosmetics of middle and elderly women. A survey was conducted from January 20 to February 10 in 2006, among middle and elderly women. Response form the 393 subjects underwent statistical analyzes including frequency analysis, reliability analysis, factor analysis, and multiple regression analysis. First, appearance concern factors were determined to be appearance-important, appearance-care, and skin-care. Second, appearance concern factors of appearance-important and skin-care had an effect on purchase intention of cosmetics of middle and elderly women. All of appearance concern factors had an effect on brand loyalty of cosmetics of middle and elderly women. Third, purchase intention of cosmetics had an effect on brand loyalty of cosmetics of middle and elderly women. The propitiation of putting basic and colored cosmetics was high in the appearance concerned group.after controlling for main effects.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.12
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• pp.406-414
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• 2010

This research the impacts of the experiential marketing elements to the festival brand loyalty and the results are as follow. First, the research showed 2 difference parts as the age and income in the experience and cognitive items. Second, it showed all items of sensory experiences of experiential marketing, emotional experience, cognitive experiences positively affect to the festival brand loyalty. Through these results, first, we could suggest a new data for the development of the festival experience marketing for the enhancement of the festival brands in the future. Second, as the new research applying the festival and experiential marketing, we could found the experiential marketing through the intangible goods as like the festival could affect to the reinforcing of the brand loyalty.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.31 no.7
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• pp.1139-1147
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• 2007

Word of mouth is becoming increasingly in the market these days as company offers many product, advertising, promotion for consumer. The Purpose of this study is to the effect of brand loyalty and word of mouth between trust and commitment of silver women and salesperson. A survey was conducted from October 15 to September 10 in 2006, among over the 60 aged silver women. 260 silver women subjects were frequency analysis, reliability analysis, factor analysis, multiple regression analysis. The results are as follows: First, a degree of trust factors were determined to be specialty, benevolence, And a degree of commitment factors were determined to be calculative commitment, effective commitment. Second, a degree of trust and commitment factors had an effect on brand loyalty. Third, brand loyalty effect on word of mouth. The research finds that trust and commitment of multidimensional view effect on word of mouth and moderating effect of relationship.

• Journal of Distribution Science
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• v.20 no.11
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• pp.33-45
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• 2022

Purpose: The development of online shopping trends in Indonesia is increasing, and Tokopedia is becoming one of the most popular e-commerce websites. The purpose of this study is to obtain empirical evidence whether mobile shopping, customer review, perceived credibility, and Korean celebrity endorsement affect online purchase decision, whether online purchase decision affects customer satisfaction, and whether customer satisfaction affects brand loyalty of customers in Tokopedia e-commerce. Research Design, data and methodology: Quantitative survey with data was collected using an online questionnaire with sample characteristics were Tokopedia customers who lived in Jakarta by 385 samples using the purposive sampling method, and data analysis was conducted using the Smartpls application program version 3.0. Results: Mobile shopping, customer review, and perceived credibility had positive effects on online purchase decision at Tokopedia in Jakarta. However, Korean celebrity endorsement did not have a positive effect on online purchase decision at Tokopedia in Jakarta. Furthermore, online purchase decision had a positive effect on customer satisfaction at Tokopedia in Jakarta, and customer satisfaction had a positive effect on brand loyalty at Tokopedia in Jakarta. Conclusions: This study proposes significant implications for maintaining customer relationships to achieve purchasing decision, customer satisfaction, and brand loyalty in the e-commerce industry.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.277-286
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• 2019

The study aims to analyze the influence of egoistic, altruistic and biospheric value on green functional benefit, green monetary cost, green satisfaction and green loyalty. The study analyzes the effect of green functional benefit and green monetary cost on green satisfaction and green loyalty, as well as green satisfaction on green loyalty. The study employs quantitative methods with customers who have green brand purchase experience in Indonesia. Non-probability sampling was conducted using purposive sampling method based on predetermined criteria, which are customers who have already purchase and use green brand products. A total of 402 samples were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling. The result shows that the data support hypotheses on egoistic and biospheric value, hypotheses on green functional benefit effect to green satisfaction and green loyalty, as well as green monetary cost effect to green loyalty. The other hypotheses are not supported by data. As a conclusion, it is egoistic and biospheric value that has positive effect on green loyalty, while green functional benefit and green monetary cost act as mediation between the value orientation and green loyalty. As managerial implication, green brand marketing strategy should incorporate egoistic and biospheric values in messages in advertising and promotion.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.12
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• pp.92-103
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• 2017

This study compared and analyzed the effects and differences of sports brand and sport star's personality on brand attachment and brand loyalty. For this purpose, we conducted a questionnaire survey of university students in Busan and Gyeongsang provinces. A total of 316 copies were selected as valid samples for this study. For the data analysis method, using SPSS 18.0 version, frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, corresponding sample t-test and multiple regression analysis were carried out. The results of this study are as follows: First, sports brand personality had a significant effect on brand attachment in order of interest, sophistication, and robustness. Second, the sport brand personality had a significant effect on behavioral loyalty in order of interest, sophistication, and robustness, and effect on attitudinal loyalty in order of robustness, interest, ability. Third, sports star personality had a significant effect on brand attachment in order of interest, trust, and sophistication. Fourth, sports star personality had a significant effect on behavioral and attitudinal loyalty in order of interest, trust and ability. Fifth, the analysis of the difference between sports brand personality and sports star personality showed that the difference between the mean values of all factors was statistically significant.