• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.324-334
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• 2022

This study was conducted to provide basic data for product development and marketing strategies for the Thai home meal replacement (HMR) market, to reflect the changing trends in household sizes in Thailand. The results of analyzing the characteristics and differences of HMR consumption behavior between single-person households and multi-person households in Thailand were as follows: It was found that single-person households use HMR to save money and for the convenience in cooking and preparation. In the preference by HMR type, multi-person households showed a higher preference for all types of products than single-person households. Thai consumers, regardless of their household size, mainly use department stores and large shopping malls to purchase HMR, and they most prefer to get information through Internet advertisements. The shelf life, quality, taste, hygiene, and freshness of HMR were the main considerations for their selection. Based on the results of this study, the Thai market requires the development of HMR products that are reasonable in terms of cost and preparation time. In addition, it is necessary to develop products that can satisfy consumer needs, such as nutritional enhancement and therapeutic foods, products that are organic, eco-friendly, cater to various menus, and address the premium segment.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.119-139
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• 2022

This study analyzed characteristics of domestic male fashion YouTubers and fashion contents in accordance with the need to analyze various content demands and testes of male consumers in the fashion industry. Using literature research and fashion expert evaluation, characteristic factors of fashion YouTubers were derived and the popular content of fashion YouTubers was classified by subject to analyze contents according to characteristics of YouTubers. Based on literature research, ten representative male fashion YouTubers were evaluated by fashion experts. Characteristics of male fashion contents in Korea were derived from attractiveness-friendliness, friendliness, professionalism-friendliness, and expertise. Contents of male fashion YouTubers were mainly composed of styling contents that could feed back daily looks, fashion-related information contents, and Vlogs. They mainly dealt with daily fashion coordination evaluation made by YouTubers. Based on the proportion of fashion information easily accessed by ordinary men through single fashion item's recommendations, shopping know-how or styling tip was mainly dealt with. This study was significant in that it analyzed characteristics and contents of male fashion YouTubers according to the need to analyze various content demands and tastes of male consumers who have recently emerged as an important consumer group in the fashion industry.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.351-361
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• 1988

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between fashion style adoption and consumers' demographic characteristics, selection criteria and use of fashion information sources respectively and find out how their concerned variables influenced high fashion style adoption. For this study, the questionnaire was administered to a sample of 554 female adults in Kwangju. frequency distribution, Mean, Pearson's Correlation, Analysis of variance and Path Analysis were used fer the statistical analysis. The results obtained were as followers. 1) Level of fashion style adoption showed a normal distribution like a wave. 2) Consumer's demographic characteristics variables, such as age, educational level and income significantly associated with fashion style adoption. Younger consumers adopted tile high fashion style 41)an more aged consumers. while consumers in higher educational and income level adopted high fashion style than consumers in lower. 3) Among individuality, conformity, practicality and economy in selection criterias, only individually and practicality associated with fastion style adoption in clothing purchase. In the case of the high fashion style adoption, purchasing with individuality was increased, while purchasing with practicality was decreased. 4) The use of marketer dominated sources in fashion information sources significantlyassociated with fashion style adoption. In the case of high fashion style adoption, the use of marketer dominated and neutral information sources was higher. 5) The use of marketer dominated information sources had a main effect on high fashion style adoption in clothing purchase. Especially in the group composed of college students and occupational women, individuality and praticality as selection criterias came to be important effects. While in the group composed of housewives and non-occupational single women, age, educational level and income came to be important effects.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.1064-1074
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to determine the purchasing behavior of knitted apparel consumers. Differences in knit product evaluation criteria according to consumer characteristics, such as gender, age, and interest in knit products also were reported. Male and female consumers participated in the study. Quota sampling was used and data from 463 questionnaires were analyzed. Descriptive statistics, $X^2$ analysis, factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and post-hoc test were conducted. Results indicated that 65.4 percent of respondents did not discern between knits and woven products. Cardigan was the most preferred knitted product category. Most of the respondents purchased knitted apparel themselves, got product information at stores, spent less than 100,000 won for a single knitted product and went to department stores to buy knitted apparel products. Some 62.5 percent of respondents reported wearing the product less than four year. Consumers who are more interest in knitted apparel also considered such criteria as external attributes, quality, and aesthetics to be important. Respondents who discerned between knits and woven considered quality most important. Female respondents considered quality and aesthetic criteria more important; respondents in their twenties considered aesthetic criteria most important; and respondents in their thirties through fifties considered external criteria most important. Results of this study provide a basis for understanding knitted apparel consumers' purchasing behavior.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제65권2호
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• pp.311-323
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• 2023

Beef consumers valued meat quality traits such as texture, tenderness, juiciness, flavor, and meat color that determining consumers' purchasing decision. Most research on meat quality has focused on marbling, a key characteristic related to meat eating quality. However, other important traits such as meat texture, tenderness, and color have not much studied in cattle. Among these traits, meat tenderness and texture of cattle are among the most important factors affecting quality evaluation of consumers. Collagen is the main component of connective tissues.It greatly affects meat tenderness. The objective of this study was to determine significant variants and candidate genes associated with collagen contents trait (total collagen) through genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Phenotypic and genomic data from 135 Hanwoo were used. The BLUPF90 family program and GRAMMAR method for GWAS were applied in this study. A total of 73 potential single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) showed significant associations with collagen content. They were located in or near 108 candidate genes. TMEM135 and ME3 genes were identified to have the most significant SNPs associated with collagen contents trait. Data indicated that these genes were related to collagen. Biological processes and pathways for the prediction of biological functions of candidate genes were confirmed. We found that candidate genes were involved in positive regulation of CREB transcription factor activity and actin cytoskeleton related to tenderness and texture of beef. Three genes (CRTC3, MYO1C and MYLK4) belonging to these biological functions were related to tenderness. These results provide a basis for improving genomic characteristics of Hanwoo for the production of tender beef. Furthermore, they could be used they could be used as an index to select desired traits for consumers.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2013

It is difficult to determine an appropriate discount price for daily perishable products to increase profit from a long-term standpoint. Even if the discount pricing is efficient to increase profit of the day, consumers memorize the sales price and they might hesitate to purchase the product at a regular price the following day. The authors discussed the inventory clearance pricing for a single period in our previous study by constructing a mathematical model to derive an optimal sales price to maximize the expected profit by considering the reference price effect of demand. This paper extends the discussion to handle the discount pricing for multiple periods. A mathematical analysis is first conducted to reveal the properties on an objective function, which is the present value of total expected profits for multiple periods. An algorithm is then proposed to derive an optimal price for asymmetric consumers. Numerical experiments investigate the characteristics of the objective function and optimal pricings.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.63-79
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• 2020

This study analyze consumers' unconscious visual attention to color and images of internet shopping malls by using eye-tracking method. Twenty-nine participants, including 15 females and 14 males, participated. The average ages of the male and female participants were 27.3 years and 27.7 years, respectively. Ten images of five layouts (multi-composition images, single-model images, gender-composed images, videos, and moving banner images) of internet shopping malls were shown on an eye-tracker computer screen. Quantitative analyses of the eye-tracking responses were conducted. SPSS was used to analyze the descriptive characteristics and to conduct an independent-sample t-test, along with an ANOVA. The data analysis showed that the image area generally had the shortest time to first fixation (TFF), the longest duration of fixation (DOF), the highest number of fixations (NOF), and the highest numbers of revisits(NOR).Notably, visual attention towards female models was high among various images. The results can be used to improve credibility and design online shopping layout with a scientific evidence that helps consumers through their purchase decisions.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.467-477
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• 2013

Retailers deploy new shopping value-additions to induce customers to shop more, thus driving compulsive buying tendencies, which lead to increased profits for them. Customers display their ambivalence in purchasing a product either through instantaneous consumption, such as when following the latest fashion trends, or methodical decision making. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of consumers' ambivalent attitudes toward various aspects (brand, store, price, trends, and product types) of clothing shopping on compulsive behavior tendencies. Compulsive buying tendencies were analyzed in terms of the shopping value group and demographic characteristics. For the empirical research, a questionnaire was used. Data from male and female clothing shoppers were analyzed. Consumers were segmented into ambivalent consumption group, emotional value consumption group, rationality consumption group, and indifference consumption group. Results indicate that ambivalent consumption groups showed significantly higher levels of compulsive behavior tendencies in terms of brand, store, price, trends, and product types than other groups. Females showed more compulsive buying tendencies than males. Single people showed more compulsive buying tendencies than married.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.346-359
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• 2018

Currently, dramatic change had led to the growth of the distribution environment and the retailer's distribution channel. This change had shifted the 'single channel' to 'multi channel', and from 'cross channel' to 'omni channel'. While fashion companies using omni channel are rapidly growing, few research regarding omni channel had been done in academic field. In this study, we examined the influence of omni channel characteristics on consumers' perceived risk as well as consumers' perceived risk toward attitude and intention to use omni channel. We surveyed 696 male and female respondents aged 20 to 40 who lived in Seoul and the metropolitan area. Using AMOS 20.0, factor analysis, reliability analysis, and structural equation model analysis were performed to verify the model of this study. The results were as follows. First, omni channel's instant connectivity, location-based provability, interactivity, and entertainment factors did not decrease impacts on the perceived risk related to privacy and annoyance. Second, omni channel's instant connectivity and entertainment did not increase effects on the perceived financial risk, and location-based provability and interactivity did not increase effect on perceived financial risk. Third, the perceived risk concerning omni channel did not decrease on consumer attitude toward omni channel. Fourth, consumer attitude toward omni channel influenced the intention to use omni channel significantly.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제46권7호
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• pp.876-885
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 홍콩 소비자를 대상으로 가정식사대용식(HMR, Home Meal Replacement) 제품의 소비실태와 HMR 제품 개발 요구도를 파악하고, 식생활 라이프스타일에 따른 HMR 시장세분화 전략을 제시하고자 하였다. 홍콩 전문기관에 등록된 패널 중 가정식사대용식을 이용한 경험이 있는 소비자 521명을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 통해 수집된 자료를 SPSS(ver. 23.0) 통계 프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 홍콩 소비자의 식생활 라이프스타일에 따른 군집별 HMR 구입 특성은 HMR 유형별 구매횟수, 구매장소, 1회 구매 시 비용, 구매이유 등 모든 항목에서 집단 간 유의적인 차이를 나타냈다. 식생활 라이프스타일에 따라 '식생활 고관심 집단', '식생활 중관심 집단', '식생활 저관심 집단'으로 군집을 나누었으며, HMR 제품 개발 요구도는 '식생활 고관심 집단'은 저염 식품> 발열식 편의식> 저당 식품> 저칼로리 식품 순으로, '식생활 중관심 집단'은 저염 식품> 저당 식품> 저칼로리 식품> 영양적 완전식품 순으로, '식생활 저관심 집단'은 저당 식품> 저염 식품> 다양한 신메뉴> 휴대가 간편한 건조식품 순으로 집단 간 차이를 보여주었다. 군집별 '식생활 고관심 집단'은 남성의 비율이 높았고 연령대로는 20~29세의 젊은 층이며, 직업은 사무 관리직과 기혼의 비율이 높았다. HMR 구매 시 1회 비용은 15,000~20,000원 미만이 가장 높게 조사되었다. '식생활 중관심 집단'은 여성과 남성의 비율이 비슷하게 나타났으며, 연령대로는 30~39세, 기혼의 비율이 높게 나타났다. HMR 구매 시 1회 비용으로는 10,000원 미만과 10,000~15,000원대의 중 저가격대를 구매하는 것으로 나타났다. '식생활 저관심 집단'은 여성과 미혼 그리고 사무 관리직의 비율이 높았으며, HMR 구매 시 1회 비용은 10,000원 미만의 비율이 가장 높아 상대적으로 다른 집단보다 저가의 HMR 제품을 구입하는 것으로 나타났다. 홍콩시장 진출을 위한 세분시장별 HMR 제품 개발 및 마케팅 전략을 제시하면 다음과 같다. '식생활 고관심 집단'은 식생활 관심이 높은 집단으로 시장세분화 전략의 집중과 투자가 이루어져야 할 집단으로 생각된다. HMR 제품 유형의 대안으로는 현재 홍콩 소비자들이 관심을 보이는 건강 웰빙에 주목하여 영양적인 면을 고려한 프리미엄급의 HMR 제품, 건강을 코드로 한 제품 개발이 필요하며, 식품안전관리인증기준(HACCP)에 근거한 식재료 선택의 진정성과 안전성까지 고려해야 할 것이다. '식생활 중관심 집단'은 안전과 건강을 중요시하며 HMR 제품의 미각 요인에 관심을 가지는 집단으로 맛에 중점을 둔 다양한 HMR 신제품의 출시가 필요하리라 생각된다. '식생활 저관심 집단'은 간편성과 편의성을 추구하는 집단으로 간편하여 추가적인 조리가 필요 없는 완성된 음식으로 시간을 절약할 수 있으며, 가격의 합리화가 이루어져야 할 것이다. 앞으로 HMR 제품의 방향은 건강을 코드로 하여 집에서 만드는 것과 같은 맛과 정성까지 고루 갖추며, 편의성을 고려한 HMR 제품이 필요한 때이다. 이를 위해서는 유기농, 친환경 식재료를 사용하고 고객의 편리성을 극대화할 수 있도록 반조리 제품의 다양화가 필요할 것이다. 또한, 소량, 소포장, 12시간 이내에 소비자에게 배송되는 서비스, 바코드나 QR코드로 영양성분이나 조리법까지도 알 수 있는 서비스 등 간편과 웰빙을 추구하는 홍콩 소비자의 니즈를 반영한 HMR 제품의 출시에 기업과 정부의 지속적인 노력이 필요할 것으로 생각된다. 본 연구 결과는 HMR 제품 개발을 위한 마케팅 전략에 필요한 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이며, 수출용 HMR 제품 개발에 소비자의 니즈가 반영된 신제품의 방향을 제시하여 산업적 활용 전략을 구축하기 위한 시장세분화 전략에 기초 자료를 제공하고자 하였다.