Environmental problems are becoming a big issue around the world and the environmental problems have also become an issue for an image conscious cosmetics company and they have been changing toward the image to environmental management and eco-friendl...
Environmental problems are becoming a big issue around the world and the environmental problems have also become an issue for an image conscious cosmetics company and they have been changing toward the image to environmental management and eco-friendly marketing.
There is a huge percentage of nature related cosmetics that were developed within the recent years.
However, there is a question of trust among the nature related to cosmetics because most cosmetics claim to be natural cosmetics through their advertisements and it is being pointed out that there must be a strict provision of rules the production process of advertisements.
Therefore in order to find out the relationship between the rational behavior and social impacts, purchasing attitude, and purchasing intentions in cosmetics purchase, we have created a print advertisement for regular cosmetics and environmentally friendly cosmetics brands which have never been created to analyze and find the compromise point on how to utilize advertisement while considering consumer recognition and social impact.
The survey material was conducted with 500 packets among 250 people and at the final analyzation, 499 packets were used. By using the SPSS 12.0 program, the exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis were conducted and with the proven variables, research on the model fit was calculated with Amos 7.0.
The result is as follows.
First, it was proven that the group exposed to environmentally friendly cosmetics advertisement was more likely to have a high impact on the purchasing attitude.
Second, it was proven that the group exposed to environmentally friendly advertisement for cosmetics is highly affected by social impact compared to the group exposed to regular cosmetics advertisements.
Thirdly, it was proven that the group exposed to environmentally friendly advertisement for cosmetics showed a high purchase intension compared to the group exposed to regular cosmetics advertisements.
Fourth of all, it was proven that the consumers showed a higher intentions of cosmetics purchase when the consumers viewed advertisements with facts about environmentally friendly cosmetics that not only improve the skin type but also the health and the environment compared to using regular cosmetics.
Fifth of all, it was proven that the group exposed to the environmentally friendly cosmetics advertisement showed a more positive and friendly toward the favored product (cosmetics) compared to the group that was exposed to regular cosmetics.
From the results above, it was proven that the consumers who were exposed to environmentally friendly advertisement had a more positive effect and image on the natural environment and a positive attitude. It also showed that those consumers had a positive attitude toward purchase probability.
Hopefully through this research, there will much interest from the practitioners and scholars on establishment of strategic advertising and to differentiate marketing needs. Furthermore, through this research, it is possible to understand the consumers and it can be used as a basic information to create new marketing plans that would promote sales and help improvement of Korean cosmetics business.