The beauty salon industry has changed from its traditional values and
unified beauty in the past to the means of expressing itself in the modern age.
The most significant change in the hair salon industry has been the
introduction of the franchise sys...
The beauty salon industry has changed from its traditional values and
unified beauty in the past to the means of expressing itself in the modern age.
The most significant change in the hair salon industry has been the
introduction of the franchise system.
Franchise beauty salons require expertise and reliability, including various
concepts, symbols and logos, regardless of size. This can be called brand
image. Customers have a variety of ideas about the company and brand, and
thoughts about brand image are the determining factors of the purchase. In
addition, there is a growing interest in the service landscape, which is a
physical environment that is influencing consumers' purchasing behavior.
Especially, in the beauty salon business, it is difficult to compete with the
same industry with leveled technology, and the environment factors are being
changed by differentiation, improvement and diversification. Despite these
changes, research on brand image and service landscape in hair salons is still
insufficient. The purpose of this study is to understand the effect of brand
image and service environment of franchise hair salon on customer's purchase
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intention and revisit and to provide the theoretical knowledge and basic data
to increase the profit of hair salon companies and employees.
For the study, we set up the customers who are currently using hair
salons in Seoul area. The data collection method was the self - filling
questionnaire method, and 490 parts were finally used as the analysis data.
SPSS v. 21.0 Statistical package program was used to analyze the frequency
analysis, crosstab analysis, descriptive statistics, t-test and one-way ANOVA,
correlation analysis, and regression analysis.
The results of the analysis are as follows.
First, as a result of sub - factor test for brand image, factors of 'symbolic
image' and 'functional image' were derived as sub - factors of brand image,
and sub - factors of service landscape were 'appropriateness',' aesthetic ',' ,
'Convenience' and 'customer convenience' were found as a single dimension.
Second, brand image influenced customer purchase intention. The symbolic
image and functional image, which are sub - variables of brand image, have
higher intention of purchasing customers as the symbolic image and function
image are higher.
Third. The effect of 'functional image' has a greater influence on
purchasing intention and revisit of 'symbolic image' and 'functional image'.
Fourth, service areas of franchise hair salons affected customer purchase
intention. The results of this study suggest that appropriateness, aesthetics,
and convenience have a significant impact on the customer 's intention to
purchase, except for cleanliness.
Fifth, multiple regression analyzes were conducted to examine the effects of
appropriateness, aesthetics, cleanliness and convenience subcategories of
franchise beauty services on revisit intentions. Convenience has the greatest
influence among the four sub-factors.
Sixth. The customer intention of the franchise hair salon showed a
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significant relationship with the intention to revisit. If customers' purchase
intentions were high, the revisit inquiry was also high.
In sum, the brand image and service landscape of the franchise hair salon
have a significant effect on the purchase intention and revisit intention of the
franchise hair salon. If the symbolic image and functional image, which are
the sub-factors of brand image, are good, the purchase of the customer and
revisit intention are increased.
Apart from cleanliness, appropriateness, aesthetics, and convenience affect
customer purchase intentions in the service category subcategories, and all
factors have impacted on repeat intentions.
Through this study, it will be recognized that franchise hair salon
managers and companies should realize the importance of managing the
reputation or reputation of the brand and actively manage it to give positive
perceptions to customers through services, products and store environment. In
addition, through service landscape, fulfilling customer expectations and
realizing customer satisfaction will lead to not only purchasing behavior but
also revisit. Therefore, it helps service manager and beauty company to
establish physical environment of hair salon to increase competitiveness and
increase sales