This dissertation is designed to conduct research to apprehend fashion brand's mobile SNS characteristics in depth and the related consumer psychology and behaviors.
The purposes of this study are to understand the following:
first, the characteris...
This dissertation is designed to conduct research to apprehend fashion brand's mobile SNS characteristics in depth and the related consumer psychology and behaviors.
The purposes of this study are to understand the following:
first, the characteristics of fashion brand's mobile SNS;
second, how the characteristics of fashion brand's mobile SNS influence the flow;
third, how the flow from fashion brand's mobile SNS influences the brand attachment and brand loyalty from causing the fashion brand's mobile SNS;
fourth, how the brand attachment caused by using fashion brand's mobile SNS influences the brand loyalty aspects from using fashion brand's mobile SNS;
fifth, to observe the difference in perception of fashion brand's mobile SNS, flow, brand attachment, and brand loyalty among different groups according to fashion involvement.
For the said purposes, this study conducted three phases of preliminary and main research. During the 1st preliminary research, in-depth interview was conducted. The 2nd preliminary research consisted of item fit analysis, and pre-test was conducted for the 3rd preliminary research. Afterwards in the main research, the measurement tools with feasibility and reliability from previous preliminary researches were used for empirical studies. This study used mobile Facebook or mobile Twitter as the fashion brand's mobile SNS platform and targeted women in their 20s residing in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. Data collection was conducted from 2013. 11. 5. to 2013. 11. 9. through online survey. Total 412 observations were collected for final statistical analysis. SPSS statistics package was used to conduct frequency analysis, percentage analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis (Cronbach’s ɑ), multiple regression analysis, simple regression analysis, K-means cluster analysis, and t-test analysis.
The major findings of the study are as follows.
First, as the characteristics of fashion brand's mobile SNS, ease of fashion data storage, fashion recentness, fashion usefulness, and fashion accessibility were extracted.
Second, of the fashion brand's mobile SNS characteristics, fashion recentness and fashion usefulness showed positive influence to time distortion / focused attention factor in the flow. However, ease of fashion data storage and fashion accessibility did not show particular significance in time distortion / focused attention factor. On the other hand, all four fashion brand's mobile SNS characteristics showed positive influence to playfulness factor in the flow.
Third, the two factors from the flow, which are time distortion / focused attention factor and playfulness factor both showed positive influence to brand attachment and brand loyalty from using fashion brand's mobile SNS.
Fourth, brand attachment from using fashion brand's mobile SNS had positive influence to brand loyalty from using fashion brand's mobile SNS.
Fifth, in accordance with fashion involvement, highly involved group and low involved groups were extracted and differences in perception of fashion brand's mobile SNS characteristics, flow, brand attachment, and brand loyalty among two groups were significant. According to the analysis, highly involved group showed much higher results in perception of fashion brand's mobile SNS characteristics, flow, brand attachment, and brand loyalty.
Based on the above results, this study provided practical ways to develop effective mobile SNS marketing strategies in fashion brand by analyzing the variables which influence the brand attachment and brand loyalty, which are formed after using fashion brand's mobile SNS. Also, this study demonstrated feasible future contents and necessary improvement for fashion brand's mobile SNS, which holds marketing implications.