The purpose of this study was to identify the adolescents' according to shopping orientation and to clarify the different clothing behaviors. To pursue the above purpose, I categorized adolescent's clothing shopping orientation classified groups, and ...
The purpose of this study was to identify the adolescents' according to shopping orientation and to clarify the different clothing behaviors. To pursue the above purpose, I categorized adolescent's clothing shopping orientation classified groups, and analyzed differences between 'buying cause factors', 'buying standard factors', 'buying obstruction factors' and 'buying behavior of internet clothing' by groups.
To accomplish the study, I chose questionnaire method targeting 516 middle & high school students in the Seoul. PASS ver. 12.0 was used as a statistical tool to analyze survey results.
The results of this study are as follows;
First, the result of categorizing clothing shopping orientation of adolescents' by factors were as following; pursuit of pleasure, pursuit of trend, pursuit of brand, pursuit of economy and pursuit of convenience. Clothing shopping orientation samples through clustering analysis were classified into 4 groups; pursuit of convenience and trend, pursuit of pleasure, pursuit of brand, and low-involvement in shopping.
Second, as the result of buying behavior analysis of adolescents' internet clothing products, fashion items and casual clothing got the highest quantity from the list of articles. however, sports clothing, underwear, and formal suits were seldomly purchased. For the number of visiting internet shopping mall, 'once or twice a month' got the highest frequency, and for the number of purchasing, 'once or twice' got the highest frequency. The highest frequency for the time of staying at the shopping mall was 'over an hour', and for purchasing price, it was 'less than 30,000 won'. The highest frequency of visiting path was both 'link from another page' and 'internet society', and media such as 'newspaper', 'magazine', 'TV/cable advertisement' were the examples of low frequency. Satisfaction index was in order of 'satisfied' and 'very satisfied', therefore, shows the general satisfaction. Tendency of repurchase was also highly shown. As the result of categorizing the relationships between 'clothing shopping orientation' and 'buying cause factor, buying standard factor, buying obstruction factor', 'buying cause factor' was classified into two factors; convenience of price and usage, convenience of pursuing time and individuality. 'buying standard factor' was classified into four factors; internal factor, safety factor, functional factor, external factor. The result of categorizing 'buying obstruction factor' was as following; service/complement fault, functional fault, delivery fault, social psychological fault.
Third, after examining the relationship between buying behavior of internet clothing products and consumer groups of clothing shopping orientation, there was a significant difference between each group for visiting frequency and the time of staying. However, there was no difference between groups for purchasing frequency, price, visiting path, satisfaction index and repurchase tendency. Pursuit of convenience/trend group and pursuit of pleasure group more frequently visit the shopping mall than pursuit of brand group and low-involvement in shopping group. The average staying time for low-involvement in shopping group was less than any other groups. Difference in 'buying cause factor', 'buying standard factor' and 'buying obstruction factor' between each group was that low-involvement in shopping group does not lay emphasis on any factors compared to pursuit of convenience and trend, pursuit of pleasure and pursuit of brand groups. As the result of analyzing the relationship between the factor of clothing shopping orientation and 'buying cause factor, buying standard factor, buying obstruction factor', high correlation was shown between 'pursuit of pleasure, convenience and trend' and 'buying cause factor, buying standard factor and buying obstruction factor'.
fourth, as the result of analyzing clothing shopping orientation according to demographical characteristic, each group of tendency had a significant difference according to gender, type of position, type of schools, pocket money, and spending on clothing. For gender, more male students belong to low-involvement in shopping than female students. For type of position, more middle school students belong to pursuit of convenience, individuality, pleasure and low-involvement in shopping than high school students. High school students rather belong to pursuit of brand group. For type of school, more students from coeducational schools belong to pursuit of convenience, individuality and low-involvement in shopping than students from boys' schools and girls' schools. Students from girls' schools mostly belong to pursuit of pleasure and brand groups. In the relationship between pocket money and clothing shopping tendency groups, low-involvement in shopping group has less pocket money than other groups. Pursuit of pleasure group had more spending on clothing than other groups.
Fifth, as the result of analyzing the difference of buying behavior according to demographical characteristic, there was a significant difference in subordinate categories including staying time, price, visiting frequency and purchasing frequency. Male students visit less than female students, and 'once or twice' was the highest frequency in purchasing for both male and female students. Female students stay at the internet shopping mall longer than male students. Male students purchase products of higher price than female students. Buying behavior according to type of schools was as following; least visiting frequency for boys' school students, longer staying time for coeducational school students and girls' school students than boys' school students. There was a significant difference in staying time according to pocket money that more pocket money had longer staying time. Staying time and purchasing price had a significant difference in buying behavior according to spending on clothing.
On the basis of the result of the study, I try to contribute to set up guiding marketing strategy to person to operate the internet shopping mall, understanding the clothing behaviors according to adolescents' shopping orientation.