This study is to measure and evaluate effects of ads that were planned as a promoting means to achieve marketing goals of clothing companies according to the advertising appeal types, and to suggest basic data helpful to enhance efficiency of clothes ...
This study is to measure and evaluate effects of ads that were planned as a promoting means to achieve marketing goals of clothing companies according to the advertising appeal types, and to suggest basic data helpful to enhance efficiency of clothes advertisements.
For these purposes, this study was attempted to classify appeal types on the basis of magazine ads of casual weal and to examine consumers' response, attitude toward advertisement and brand, and their intention to purchase by appeal types of the classified advertisements when they meet with advertisements.
Detailed objectives of this study were as follows.
First, this study is to examine difference in consumers' response by advertising appeal types.
Second, this study is to consider consumers' response and difference in their attitude toward ads and brand, and their intention to purchase by advertising appeal types and brand familiarity.
Third, this study is to examine a correlation among consumers' response, attitude toward advertisement and brand, and their intention to purchase.
Fourth, this study is to investigate difference among consumers' response, attitude toward advertisement and brand, and their intention to purchase by brand familiarity groups.
Fifth, this study is to research difference among consumers' response, attitude toward advertisement and brand, and their intention to purchase by advertising appeal types and demographic variables.
The subject of this study was female and male university students located in Seoul. Questionnaire was used for data collection and total 600 questionnaires were analyzed. Two types of questionnaire - one was composed of actual advertisement brands and the other was composed of brands with no recognition with the same advertising photos - were distributed to different groups respectively. Advertising stimulus used in questionnaires were advertisements, showing individuality appeal, freedom appeal, and comfort appeal on the basis of preliminary survey. To analyze the collected data, factor analysis, reliability testing, analysis of variance, t-test, Duncan test, and Pearson product moment correlation analysis were performed with SAS Package.
The findings of this study are as follows.
First, as a result of investigating consumers' response to casual wear ads by advertising appeal types from the viewpoint of emotional and cognitive response, 3 types of factors about emotional response were gained in 3 types of advertising; stimulus factor, comfort factor, and joyfulness factor.
Second, it was shown that an emotional factor with the highest response to advertising was identical between brand familiarity group and brand unfamiliarity group. Stimulus factor, joyfulness factor, and comfort factor was the highest in 〈Advertisement 1〉 showing individuality appeal, 〈Advertisement 2〉 showing freedom appeal, and 〈Advertisement 3〉 showing comfort appeal respectively. And, cognitive factor was the highest in 〈Advertisement 3〉.
Third, though both brand familiarity group and brand unfamiliarity group showed the same emotional responses to advertising including stimulus factor, comfort factor, and joyfulness factor, there was difference in brand familiarity group between emotional and cognitive responses by advertising appeal types.
Fourth, as a result of analyzing correlation among consumers' response factors, attitude toward advertisement and brand, and intention to purchase, there was significant difference among variables by advertising appeal types and brand familiarity. But, it was revealed that, with respect to representative advertising types of casual wear such as 'individuality appeal,' 'freedom appeal,' and 'comfort appeal', both brand familiarity group and brand unfamiliarity group showed more favorable attitude to advertisement, brand, and intention to purchase when they feel comfortable and joyful in advertisement. And, stimulus feeling in advertisement was little or no related to favorable attitude to advertisement, brand, and intention to purchase.
Fifth, female students from brand familiarity group and brand unfamiliarity group showed more favorable attitude to showing individuality appeal than male students. And, students, whose monthly average clothing cost was lower, did not feel comfortable in advertisement showing individuality appeal type than students that spent much money in purchasing clothes monthly. In advertisement showing comfort appeal type, male students showed more favorable attitude to advertisement, brand, and intention to purchase than female students.