• 지식경영연구
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.109-132
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• 2015

We examine offline and online channel sales of experience goods, and compare and contrast the sales patterns of existing products and new products between channels. To this end, we obtain the channel-specific time-series sales data from the leading company selling beauty products, both offline and online. By applying the Vector Autoregressive Model, we empirically find out how the relationship between existing products and new products changes between the shopping channels. Our empirical findings are as follows. First, the sales effects from existing products to new products are significantly positive at both offline and online channels, and this positive effect is greater in the offline channel than in the online channel. Second, the influence of new products on existing products is more positive in the offline channel than in the online channel. Third, the impact of existing products sales on new products sales is greater than that of new products on existing products. Lastly, the inertia effect, the effect within the same shopping channel and the same selling product, is significantly positive in the offline channel but not in the online channel, and this asymmetric inertia effect emerges as we focus on experience goods. Moreover, the impulse response function analysis provides the three important implications. First, companies should pay attention to the same channel but different types of products. Second, the offline channel is more vulnerable to market shock than the online channel. Third, new products sales vary by existing products sales to the greater extent, compared to the opposite relationship. We believe our study contributes theoretically and practically to the fields of marketing and knowledge management.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.45-64
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• 2016

As the digital retail environement becomes prevalent, consumers are given greater opportunities to make purchases across physical and digital boundaries. Prior research emphasizes that the attractiveness of the digital or online channel is relatively determined by spatial specifics of physical locations. The overall market trend combined with prior research suggests that understanding spatial specifics becomes a key to managing both offline and online sales performance together. In this study, we focus on geographic variation in sales performance through offline and online channels and aim to investigate the channel-level sales difference between central and subsidiary areas. To this end, we obtain sales data of skincare and makeup products from a leading cosmetic company. Next, we examine spatial autocorrelations in data and then employ the spatial error models to study the effects of spatial specifics. The empirical findings are as follows. First, there are significant differences in category-specific and channel-level sales between central and subsidiary areas. Second, Moran's I statistics demonstrate the spatial autocorrelations of each variable. Third, spatial error models outperform simple regression models with lower AIC values. Finally, spatial specifics play a greater role in understanding online sales in subsidiary areas whereas they exert greater influence on offline sales in central areas. We believe our study advances the related theory and knowledge of multi-channel retailing and also contributes practically to location-dependent multi-channel strategies and sales data analytics.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.73-98
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• 2019

As information and communication technology continue its remarkable development, the exchange of information online becomes as prevalent and frequent as face-to-face communication in daily life. Therefore, the management and application of WOM (word of mouth) practices will become more important than ever to companies. Currently, there are various types of communication channels for online WOM, and each channel has its own unique traits. Most of the previous research studies online WOM by examining the information inside a single communication channel, but this research chooses two different communication channels and analyzes the effects of online WOM with each channel's unique characteristics. More specifically, this research focuses on the expectation that the effects of information from Twitter and blogs on product sales may differ because Twitter and blogs, two different communication channels for online WOM, have their own unique traits. Our particular aim is to perform an in-depth examination on the effects of communication channel's volume and valence on product sales, two important attributes of online WOM. Furthermore, while most of the empirical research focuses on online WOM and analyzes its effect on markets of temporary experience goods, such as movies and books, this research highlights focuses on the automobile market, a durable goods market. The results of our analysis are as follows: First, regarding blogs, a positive valence significantly and positively affects the sales of products, and this result indicates that consumers are influenced more by the emotional aspect of a product presented in a post than by the number of blog posts. Second, regarding Twitter, the volume of online WOM significantly and positively affects sales, an indication that as the number of posts increase, the sales increase. Through this research, we suggest that even those firms that sell durable goods can increase sales through the management and application of online WOM. Moreover, according to the characteristics of communication channels, the effects of online WOM on sales differ. As a practical implication of this research, we suggest that companies can and should create marketing strategies appropriate to their targeted communication channels.

• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.81-100
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• 2016

Much effort has been exerted to analyze online texts and understand how empirical results can help improve sales performance. In this research, we aim to extend this stream of research by decomposing online texts based on text sources, namely, companies and consumers. To be specific, we investigate how online texts driven by companies differ from those generated by consumers, and the extent to which both types of online texts have different effects on online sales. We obtained sales data from one of the biggest game publishers and merged them with online texts provided by companies using news articles and those created by consumers in user communities. The empirical analyses yield the following findings. Word visualization and topic analyses show that firms and consumers generate different contexts. Specifically, companies spread word to promote their own events whereas consumers produce online words to share winning strategies. Moreover, online sales are influenced by consumer-generated community topics whereas firm-driven topics in news articles have little to no effect. These findings suggest that companies should focus more on online texts generated by consumers rather than spreading their own words. Moreover, online sales strategies should take advantage of specific topics that have been proven to increase online sales. In particular, these findings give startup companies and small business owners in variety of industries the advantage when they use the online channel for distribution and as a marketing platform.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2011

본 논문은 오프라인 채널이 온라인 채널로 사업 영역을 확장할 경우 기존 오프라인 채널의 경쟁적 자산, 이를테면, 브랜드 명성, 서비스 만족도 등이 온라인 채널의 선호도로 연결될 수 있는지를 실증분석을 통해 증명하였다. 연구결과, 오프라인 채널의 브랜드 명성과 서비스 만족도가 오프라인 채널의 선호도에는 직접적으로 긍정적인 영향을 미치고, 온라인 채널의 선호도에는 간접적으로 영향을 미친다. 즉, 오프라인 채널의 경쟁력이 우수할 경우 고객 입장에서는 오프라인 채널의 선호도가 높아져서 거래관계에 대한 몰입과 충성심이 증가한 뒤, 시간적 거리를 두고 오프라인 기업이 확장한 온라인 채널에 대한 선호도 향상으로 발전해 갈 수 있음이 입증되었다. 즉, 오프라인 채널의 경쟁력 향상은 현재와 미래 모두의 사업 기회를 확보하는 데 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것이다. 본 연구의 주요 시사점을 정리하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 유통 채널의 서비스 품질 관리가 브랜드 명성 관리보다 더욱 중요하다. 고객의 서비스에 대한 체험과 주관적인 평가는 장기적인 브랜드 명성 관리의 선행요소로서 중요할 뿐만 아니라, 채널 선호도에도 더 큰 영향을 미친다. 따라서, 신규 고객을 포함한 일반 고객을 대상으로 하는 광범위한 브랜드 포지셔닝 전략 보다는 기존 우수 고객을 대상으로 하는 서비스 만족도 향상 전략이 더 중요하다는 의미이다. 둘째, 기존의 오프라인 채널이 온라인 채널로서 인터넷쇼핑몰을 구축할 경우 기존의 오프라인 채널의 고객 선호도, 주관적인 평가가 그대로 온라인 채널에도 영향을 미친다는 점이다. 유통기관의 오프라인 채널이 온라인 채널로 확장한 경우뿐만 아니라, 기존의 전통 제조기업이나 서비스 기업이 영업활동의 확장으로서 온라인으로 채널을 확장한 경우도 마케팅 채널의 수직적 통합(Vertical Integration)으로서 유통채널의 확장에 준하여 모두 이에 해당될 수 있다. 셋째, '채널확장'이란 '기업이 자사의 마케팅 활동이나 영업활동의 채널을 증대하기 위하여 온라인 또는 오프라인으로 채널을 확대시키는 의사결정과 그 실행'을 의미하는 것임을 확인할 수 있다. 일반적으로 오프라인 기업의 온라인으로의 채널 확장은 유통채널 확장 그 자체를 위한 목적과 전반적인 경영 프로세스 혁신의 목적 두 가지로 나누어 질 수 있다. 전자는 전통 오프라인 기업의 매출액을 증대하여 수익창출에 기여하기 위함이고, 후자는 주로 오프라인 기업의 비용절감을 통해 수익증대에 기여하기 위함이다.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제59권4호
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• pp.449-463
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• 2021

The aim of this study was to analyze the perceptions and entering status of small business online fashion retailers on portal shopping and fashion shopping malls. Case studies were conducted on a total of 10 research samples. The results were as follows: first, regarding the strategic factors of online fashion stores, 'price competitiveness' is important, especially in portal shopping and low-cost brands; 'product assortment' is important but not essential in all platforms; and 'differentiation' is important to continuously secure loyal customers in fashion shopping malls. Customer satisfaction leads to customer loyalty, and customer loyalty affects the sales conversion rate and brand growth of online sales channels. Factors that promoted sales activities in online sales channels were exposure, advertisements, SNS, events, special exhibitions, and events. Hindrance factors were low price competition, overheated competition, and the MD of sales channels. Second, the research samples used multiple online sales channels, including portal shopping malls and fashion shopping malls, in addition to their own malls. The selection factors were platform reputation and commission, branding, and customer inflow through exposure. Portal shopping malls were perceived as providing easy access, advertising/customer communication, exposure/search, price competitiveness, scalability, and intense competition, whereas fashion shopping malls were perceived as providing a brand image and concept, brand promotion, high commissions, difficult entry, and low profits. The factors for success in portal shopping malls were exposure/search, price competitiveness, and brand recognition, whereas the factors for success in fashion shopping malls were differentiation, brand, exposure/advertisement, product assortment, and MD.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.743-753
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• 2019

This study investigates differences in demographic characteristics, shopping orientation, perceived risk, and satisfaction after purchase among consumer types. This study classifies consumer types according to their channel transition behaviors between the online and offline channels with a focus on the steps of information research and buying decision in buying decision-making process. The four consumer groups are as follows: off-off type (offline research-offline purchase), on-on type (online research-online purchase), on-off type (online research-offline purchase) and on/off-off type (online and offline research-offline purchase), off-on type (offline research-online purchase) and on/off-on type (online and offline research-online purchase). Data were collected from adults over 20 years old who had bought clothes within one year. The questionnaire was carried out from July, 2019 using a professional internet research panel; in addition, 500 sets of useful data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, factor analysis, reliability analysis, chi-squared test, ANOVA and Duncan-test using SPSS 21.0. The findings showed significant differences among the classified consumer groups for consumer demographics, shopping orientation, perceived risk, and purchase after satisfaction. The results imply that consumers show a variety of channel transition behaviors based on demographic variables, shopping orientation, and perceived risk. Understanding and adapting to consumer purchase behaviors will allow company distribution channels to be effectively managed and eventually increase consumer satisfaction as well as company sales volume.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.83-95
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• 2007

We are motivated by how offline and online firms compete. The Internet made many conventional offline firms build a dynamic online business as another sales channel using their advantages such as brand equity, an existing customer base with comprehensive purchasing data, integrated marketing, economies of scale, and longtime experience with the logistics of order fulfillment and customer service. Even though the hybrid selling using both offline and online channel seems to have advantages over a pure online retailer, all the conventional offline firms are not seen to create an online business. Many conventional offline firms began to launch online business since the Internet era, however, just being online business is not likely to guarantee success. According to Bizate.com's report whether the hybrid channel strategy is successful is still under investigation. For example, consider the classic case of Barnes and Noble versus Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble was already the largest chain of bookstores in the U,S., when Amazon.com was established in 1995, BarnesandNoble.com followed suit in 1997, After suffering losses in its initial years, Amazon finally turned profitable in 2003. In 2004, Amazon's net income was $588 million on revenues of $6.92 billion, while Barnes and Noble earned $143 million on revenues of $4.87 billion, which included BarnesandNoble.com's loss of $21 million on revenues of $420 million. While these examples serve to motivate our thinking, it does not explain when offline firms should venture online. It also does not provide an analytical framework that can generalized to other competitive online-offline situations. We attempt to do this in this paper and analyze a hybrid channel model where a conventional offline firm competes against online firms using its own direct online channels. We are particularly interested in an optimal channel strategy when a conventional offline firm sells its products through its own direct online channel to compete with other rival online firms. We consider two situations where its direct online channel and other online firms are symmetric and asymmetric in the brand effect. The analysis of this paper presents several findings. In the symmetric model where a hybrid firm's online channel is not differentiated from a pure online firm, (i) a conventional offline firm will not launch its online business. In the asymmetric model where a hybrid firm's online channel is differentiated from a pure online firm, (ii) a conventional offline firm can launch its online business if its brand effect is greater than a certain threshold. (iii) there is a positive relationship between its brand effect and online customer costs showing that a conventional offline firm needs more brand effect in order to launch online business as online customer costs decrease. (iv) there is a negative relationship between its brand effect and the number of customers with access to the Internet showing that a conventional offline firm tends to launch its online business when customers with access to the Internet increases.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.121-141
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• 2017

세계 미백화장품시장은 복합된 기능을 포함한'복합기능성화장품'시장으로 빠르게 넘어가고 있다. 또한 고기능성화장품시장인 코스메슈티컬시장은 복합기능성화장품 시장과 함께 성장하고 있다. 더불어 복합기능성화장품 시장에서 미백기능을 포함한 천연화장품 시장은 전세계에서 성장하고 있다. 전세계 기능성화장품 유통채널은 '미용과 디지털(Beauty and Digital)'을 통한 디지털 커뮤니케이션(digital communication)이다. 글로벌 기업들은 브랜드와 소비자 사이에서 새로운 공간에 관계를 추가하고 있다. 그렇기에 전세계적인 미백화장품 유통 채널의 변화현상은 기존과 다른 공간에서 고객과 소통될 수 있어야 한다는 중요성을 시사를 할 것이다. 국내 미백화장품시장은 2015년 기준 연평균성장률 -3.61%로 감소하고 있다. 반면에 복합유형시장은 연평균성장률 33.28%로 지속적인 성장을 나타내고 있다. 국내 미백화장품시장은 2008년 이후로 기존의 방문판매 중심의 유통채널에서 변화되었다. 특히 온라인채널은 오프라인채널 대비 약1/6 수준이지만, 2014년 기준으로 온라인쇼핑의 전년대비증가율이 27.1%를 나타냈다. 향후에는 오프라인의 판매비중과 비슷해지거나 뛰어넘을 것으로 예측된다. 미백화장품의 유통채널은 변화하고 있고, 온라인 유통채널은 성장하고 있어, 국내 기업들은 새로운 미백화장품 유통채널과 기존의 오프라인 채널을 동시에 공략하는 전략이 필요할 것으로 사료된다. 신규기업의 미백화장품시장 진출 시, 기존의 미백화장품시장보다 복합기능성화장품 내의 천연화장품으로의 진입을 고려해야 할 것으로 판단된다. 국내 미백화장품 시장 경쟁력을 확보하기 위해서는 브랜드 차별성을 확보하거나 유통채널의 변화를 추구하여 기업과 고객이 새로운 공간에서 커뮤나케이션을 구축할 수 있는 진출방안을 모색할 필요가 있다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.224-239
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• 2022

온라인 판매가 무서운 성장세를 보여주고 있음에도 불구하고, 소비자 채널 전환행동 영역에서 오프라인 밴드왜건이 여전히 많은 주목을 받고 있다. 소비자의 오프라인에서 온라인 소매업자로의 전환행동을 탐색하는 기존연구와 달리, 본 연구는 push-pull-mooring 모델을 기반으로 소비자가 온라인에서 오프라인 채널로 전환하는 이유와 시점에 중점을 두어 살펴본다. 따라서, 본 연구는 구조방정식 모델과 SPSS를 이용하여 설립된 연구가설을 검증하였다. 그 결과는 예상대로 push 요인(지각된 위험과 불만족)과 pull 요인(대안매력과 지각된 주인의식)이 모두 소비자의 온라인에서 오프라인 채널로의 전환의도에 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, push 요인과 전환비용간의 상호작용 및 pull 요인과 주관적 규범간의 상호작용을 제외하고, 모든 push 요인과 mooring 요인(전환비용, 다양성 추구 성향과 주관적 규범)간의 상호작용 및 pull 요인과 mooring 요인간의 상호작용이 검증되었다. 마지막으로 시사점과 한계점을 더불어 제시하였다.