In the process of spreading new hairstyles under rapidly changing modern hair trends, people are not afraid of spending their time and money. Expectations and desires have developed benefits for customers as well as various cosmetology service fields....
In the process of spreading new hairstyles under rapidly changing modern hair trends, people are not afraid of spending their time and money. Expectations and desires have developed benefits for customers as well as various cosmetology service fields.
In the cosmetology service industry, it has become crucial to understand these new trends and figure out what benefits customers are seeking to establish a proper response plan. In fact, realizing consumers’ consumption attitudes and consumption propensities, and the results result from these processes can bring an improvement in management performance.
The purposes of this study are to induce competitiveness improvements in the cosmetology service industry by verifying the mediating effects of consumption propensities in relationships between the perception of hair trends and the benefits and provide empirical data needed for the growth and the development of the cosmetology service industry as well as a strategic marketing plan.
For this, a self-administered questionnaire survey was performed among the general public living in the Seoul and Gyeonggi areas. The data was collected, and a total of 348 copies were used for the final analysis. The collected data were analyzed by frequency analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and hierarchical regression analysis (mediated regression analysis), using SPSS 22.0, and the results found the following:
First, according to an analysis of the demographic statistics, in terms of age, educational background, and marital status, ‘20s’, ‘college student (including enrolled student)’ and ‘single’ were the highest, respectively. In terms of personality, occupation, and average monthly income, ‘extroverted’, ‘professional technical job’, and ‘2 million KRW – less than 3 million KRW’ responded most.
Second, concerning the validity and reliability in ‘perception of hair trends’, ‘consumption propensities’, and ‘seeking benefits’, two factors (‘pursuit of variation’, ‘pursuit of personality’) were derived for the perception of hair trends while ‘hedonic tendencies’ and ‘rational tendencies’ were obtained for consumption propensities. In seeking benefits, ‘dignity maintenance’ and ‘for a change’ were derived.
Third, regarding the correlations among the perception of hair trends, consumption propensities, and seeking benefits, a positive correlation was found in all factors: perception of hair trends (between the pursuit of variation and pursuit of personality), consumption propensities (between hedonic tendencies and rational tendencies), and seeking benefits (between dignity maintenance and for a change).
Fourth, in terms of the effects of the perception of hair trends on consumption propensities, a positive influence with statistical significance was observed in both ‘hedonic tendencies’ and ‘rational tendencies.
Fifth, concerning the influence of consumption propensities on seeking benefits, a positive effect with statistical significance was found in both ‘dignity maintenance’ and ‘for a change’.
Sixth, in terms of the influence of the perception of hair trends on seeking benefits, a positive effect with statistical significance was observed in both ‘dignity maintenance’ and ‘for a change’.
Seventh, according to the analysis of the mediating effects of consumption propensities in relation to the perception of hair trends and seeking benefits, the perception of hair trends affected consumption propensities while seeking benefits revealed a mediating effect. In relationships between the pursuit of variation and hedonic tendencies, complete mediation was found in ‘dignity maintenance’ and ‘for a change’. In relationships between the pursuit of variation and rational tendencies, on the contrary, only a partial mediation was observed in ‘dignity maintenance’ while ‘for a change’ revealed no mediating effect. In relationships between the pursuit of personality and hedonic tendencies, partial mediation was found in both ‘dignity maintenance’ and ‘for a change’. In relationships between the pursuit of personality and rational tendencies, in contrast, partial medication was observed in ‘dignity maintenance’ while ‘for a change’ showed no mediating effect.
Customers are sensitive to trends and willing to spend a large amount of money on trendy fashions and hairstyles, and thereby maintain their dignity and grace. Therefore, if the cosmetology service industry promptly accepts annual trends and hairstyles and provides services accordingly, customers’ reuse o would increase due to customer satisfaction. As a result, it would settle a management strategy in the cosmetology service industry and enhance the competitiveness of the industry.
This study is meaningful in that it has examined the mediating effects of consumption propensities in relationships between the perception of hair trends and seeking benefits, and made a contribution to the sustainable growth and development of the cosmetology service industry. It is anticipated that the perception of hair trends, consumption propensities, and seeking benefits would be helpful to the cosmetology service industry with marketing strategies.