• Journal of Fashion Business
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.89-102
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• 2019

The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of consumer characteristics including market mavenship, innovativeness, and purchase experience by mobile on the mobile fashion shopping. The data for this study was collected from the nationwide consumer panels through online survey. A total of 306 subjects aged from 20 to 39 years old and had purchased fashion goods using mobile devices completed a self-administered questionnaire. A series of exploratory and confirmative factor analysis identified four dimensions of mobile fashion shopping features such as tangibility, ubiquity, security and personalization. A structural equation modeling test was employed to examine the relationship of consumer characteristics, mobile fashion shopping features, and consumer behavior. Market mavenship had a positive influence on the perceived features of mobile fashion shopping. Innovativeness negatively influenced tangibility, ubiquity, and personalization. Each construct of mobile shopping features positively affected satisfaction while security had only a direct negative impact on purchasing intention. Satisfaction had a significantly positive impact on purchase intention. Purchase experience of mobile fashion shopping partially affected the relationship between consumer characteristics and perceived features of mobile fashion shopping. These results provide a practical implication theoretical support for increasing consumer satisfaction with mobile fashion shopping in terms of consumer characteristics.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.709-722
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• 2009

At the end of April, 2009, the number of mobile phone users reached about 46 million in Korea. Consequently, the mobile shopping market is growing rapidly, and fashion products are one of the most concerned categories in mobile shopping market. In the meantime, the growth rates of domestic fashion industry and fashion retail market are forecasted very slow. In this situation, however, the growth rate of on-line shopping market including internet shopping, TV home shopping, and mobile shopping is estimated more than 12% per year until 2010. Particularly, mobile shopping area is forecasted the most rapid growing field. The objective of this study were to confirm the factors which had influences on mobile fashion shopping and to examine the effects of these factors affect the attitude toward mobile fashion shopping and the using intention of mobile fashion shopping. With the results, marketing strategies for mobile fashion shopping companies would be proposed. Date were gathered from 125 respondents of 20's and 30's females and were analyzed by AMOS 7.0. The key points of the results are; 1) The 5 factors of instant access, individualization, amusement, usefulness and ease of use which extracted from preceding researches were confirmed as the characteristics of mobile fashion shopping, 2) among these factors, amusement and usefulness had positive influences on the attitude toward mobile fashion shopping, 3) reliability on mobile fashion shopping didn't had an influence on the attitude toward mobile fashion shopping significantly, but had a positive influence on the using intention of mobile fashion shopping directly, and 4) the attitude toward mobile fashion shopping affects using intention of mobile fashion shopping positively. With these results, mobile fashion shopping companies can establish marketing strategies from various angles.

• Journal of Fashion Business
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.99-111
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• 2017

This research analyzed the influence of mobile fashion shopping characteristics on customer loyalty through relationship quality. The data were collected subjects in their 20's-30's who had purchased fashion products using a mobile shopping channel. through an online survey using the self administered questionnaire. Exploratory and confirmative factor analysis were conducted to identify the dimensions of mobile fashion shopping characteristics and customer relationship variables. Mobile fashion shopping characteristics comprised four dimensions including tangibility, ubiquity, security and personalization. Customer relationship variables were identified as four dimensions such as satisfaction, trust commitment and loyalty. A structural equation modeling analysis was employed to examine the relationship between mobile fashion shopping characteristics, relationship quality and customer loyalty. Tangibility, ubiquity and security had a significantly positive impact on satisfaction and trust, but personalization had an influence on only satisfaction. Satisfaction had a significantly positive impact on commitment and loyalty. Trust had an influence on only commitment. In conclusion, relationship quality was found to be the appropriate model to explain the influence of mobile commerce characteristics on consumer' loyalty in mobile fashion shopping.

• Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.107-120
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of fashion shopping orientation and mobile shopping characteristics on consumer's perceived value. In addition, mobile purchase experiences of male consumers in their 20s~30s were analyzed. Questionnaires were carried out from November 10, 2015 to November 20, 2015 and 230 useful data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, ANOVA, duncan test, multiple regression using Spss 21. The results of this study were as follows: First, fashion shopping orientation of male consumers was composed of five factors, which were 'brand ostentatious orientation', 'pleasure/trend orientation', 'economic orientation', 'impulse orientation' and 'time-saving orientation'. Second, mobile shopping characteristics were divided into three factors including 'ease of use', 'personalization', and 'security'. Third, fashion shopping orientation factors such as 'pleasure/trend orientation', 'economic orientation', and 'time-saving orientation' had a significant influence on the perceived value, while all the factors of mobile shopping characteristics affected the perceived value significantly. Fourth, there were significant differences among the classsified groups based on the level of purchase frequency and the period of using mobile shopping mall in fashion shopping orientation factors. Fourth, there were significant differences among the group classified by the level of purchase frequency in mobile shopping characteristics factors. These results suggested the differenciated strategies for customer management to make male consumers lead to mobile purchase.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.240-257
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• 2014

In this study, we identified the characteristics of mobile fashion shopping and verified the path model of effects of these characteristics on mobile fashion shopping purchase intention through perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. We conducted the survey targeting smartphone users in their 20s~30s and analyzed the structural equation model using AMOS 16.0. The results were as follows: Mobile fashion shopping characteristics (enjoyment, credibility, instant connectivity, security, and personalization) had positive effects on perceived usefulness and perceived usefulness influenced attitude toward purchase and purchase intention positively. Attitude toward purchase affected purchase intention in a positive way and perceived usefulness had indirect effect on purchase intention through attitude toward purchase. In conclusion, we proposed the marketing strategies of the mobile fashion shopping businesses.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.161-174
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• 2015

This study investigates relationships among mobile fashion shopping characteristics, perceived usefulness, perceived enjoyment, and purchase intention as well as examines the mediating effect of ease of use in mobile fashion shopping. A final sample of 379 (from the distributed questionnaires) was used for data analysis. The statistical analyses used for the study were PASW 18.0 to verify the reliability of items and AMOS 16.0 to conduct confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. The results were as follows. Both measurement models and structural models showed an acceptable model fit. Three constructs of mobile fashion shopping characteristics were significantly associated with perceived usefulness, perceived enjoyment, and ease of use. In addition, ease of use influenced perceived usefulness and perceived enjoyment. Perceived usefulness and perceived enjoyment had a positive impact on attitude and attitude influenced purchase intention positively. Finally, there was a mediating effect of ease of use on the relationship of mobile fashion shopping characteristics, perceived usefulness and perceived enjoyment. The findings provide useful implications for fashion marketers to build effective mobile fashion shopping strategies.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.228-241
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to verify the effect of mobile fashion shopping characteristics and perceived interactivity on perceived usefulness, and the effect of perceived usefulness on purchase attitude and purchase intention based on TAM (Technology Acceptance Model). We conducted the survey targeting smartphone users in their 20s~30s living in Seoul and metropolitan area. Among 483 data collected, we used 452 samples except 31 unreliable respondents for the analysis. To analyze the structural equation model, we did factor analysis, reliability analysis, and structural equation model analysis using SPSS 18.0 and AMOS 16.0. The results were as follows: We confirmed 5 mobile fashion shopping characteristics (enjoyment, credibility, instant connectivity, security, and personalization) and 3 perceived interactivity factors (control, responsiveness and two-way communication, and contextual offer) as results of confirmative factor analysis. Mobile fashion shopping characteristics and perceived interactivity had positive effects on perceived usefulness. Mobile fashion shopping characteristics affected perceived interactivity and also had indirect effect on perceived usefulness via perceived interactivity. In other words, mobile fashion shopping characteristics had direct and indirect effect on perceived usefulness. Perceived usefulness influenced purchase attitude and purchase attitude influenced purchase intention. Perceived usefulness had direct effect on purchase intention and the indirect effect through purchase attitude was significant.

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.38-47
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• 2016

This research analyzes the influence of mobile commerce characteristics on consumer's purchase intention using a theoretical Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) constructed on previous studies and a review of the literature to explain the effect of mobile fashion shopping characteristics on consumer's purchase intention. In constructing structural equation model, Mobile commerce characteristics variables such as 'security', 'enjoyment', and 'personalization' were selected as external variables affecting TAM. A questionnaire was distributed to consumers in their 20's-30's who had purchased fashion products using a mobile shopping channel. Statistical methods of confirmatory factor analysis, correlation, and covariance structural analysis using Amos 19.0 package were employed for the analysis of 453 effective data responses. The results were as follows. First, extended TAM was shown be the appropriate model to explain the influence of mobile commerce characteristics on consumer's purchase intention in mobile fashion shopping. Second, 'security' had a significant positive influence on perceived usefulness (PU), however it affected perceived ease of use (PEOU) negatively. Third, 'enjoyment' had a significant influence only on PEOU, while 'personalization' was found to affect both PEOU and PU significantly. Fourth, PEOU affected PU significantly. Finally, both PEOU and PU had a significant influence on consumer's purchase intention.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.435-446
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• 2020

The objectives of this study are to understand the factors composing the attributes of mobile social-commerce shopping mall and the characteristics of shopping mall business, and also to verify the effects of those attributes on the shopping satisfaction and shopping mall loyalty. The respondents participating in this study are the consumers who have experiences in purchasing fashion clothing in mobile social-commerce shopping mall within the last one year. The results of this study are as follows. First, the personally-customized service and convenience of shopping mall had positive effects on the social-commerce shopping satisfaction. Second, the personally-customized service and diversity of products had positive effects on the shopping mall loyalty. Third, the reputation of shopping mall of the characteristics of social-commerce shopping mall business had positive effects on the shopping satisfaction and shopping mall loyalty. This study above could provide the important implications for the establishment of marketing strategies for vitalizing the fashion clothing market of social-commerce shopping mall.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.33 no.7
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• pp.1164-1179
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• 2009

This study presented the characteristics of a mobile fashion shopping mall as perceived by those in charge of fashion brands, clarified the effect of the characteristics on the intention 'Of introduction, and indicated the differences in the intention of introduction according to the characteristics of brands. This study surveyed individuals in charge of fashion & clothing brands. It utilized SPSS 12.0 program for data analysis and performed frequency analysis, validity analysis, reliability analysis, multi regression analysis, ANOVA, and hierarchical adjustment regression analysis. A summary of the results of this study are as follows: First, the results of the factor analysis are shown to clarify the characteristics of mobile fashion shopping mall; four factors such as facility/usefulness, instant accessibility, personalization, and playfulness were also represented. Second, it showed that facility/usefulness, instant accessibility and personalization generate a positive influence on the intention of introduction. Of the factors, facility/usefulness displayed the highest influence. Third, regarding the effect of the characteristics of a mobile fashion shopping mall on the intention of introduction according to the characteristics of brands (in the case of women's wear) the intention of introduction is strong as instant accessibility and facility/usefulness is highly recognized. Lastly, there is a difference in the intention of introduction according to the characteristics of brands. According to items, casual wear shows the highest intention of introduction as followed by women's wear and sportswear. According to age, brands targeting a 24-29 year old group show a higher intention. Companies with average sales of 50 billion won to 750 billion won (or more) for three years showed a high intention. In addition, the possibility of introduction as a new distribution line was investigated.