Fashion & Textile Research Journal (한국의류산업학회지)

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Consumer Perceptions, Evaluations and Attributes of Outdoor Wear Differentiation

아웃도어웨어 차별화에 대한 인식, 평가 및 차별화 속성

  • Yoo, Hwa-Sook (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, University of Ulsan)
  • 유화숙 (울산대학교 의류학전공)
  • Received : 2015.11.16
  • Accepted : 2016.01.20
  • Published : 2016.02.28
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Abstract

This study examined consumer perceptions towards outdoor wear differentiation and product attributes for outdoor wear differentiation to develop an outdoor wear differentiation strategy. It also investigated how consumer's evaluated product attributes according to consumer's demographic characteristics. Data were acquired from a survey of 454 adult respondents aged over 20 that was analyzed with descriptives, frequency, t-test, one-way ANOVA, factor analysis, and reliability. The results were as follows. First, it showed that consumers did not have a positive or a negative perception toward outdoor wear differentiation, and they thought outdoor wear should be differentiated. Those married and older tended to think that outdoor wear should be differentiated more than that for those single and younger. Consumer evaluations were significantly different on the necessity of outdoor wear differentiation according to age and total income. Second, consumers assessed that color, pattern and textiles had similar characteristics among outdoor wear brands; in addition, brand recognition and brand image had very different characteristics. Third, product attributes for outdoor wear differentiation were service and store, product quality, brand and popularity, and product designs with mean values of product quality, product design, service and store, and brand and popularity, respectively. Fourth, consumers were significantly different in the importance assessment of product attributes for differentiation according to gender, marital status and age.

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