The world distribution market is rapidly changing such that China is opening their market. The comparative study on the distribution store in China can be valuable research.
The purpose of this study is to recommend some ideas for the distribution co...
The world distribution market is rapidly changing such that China is opening their market. The comparative study on the distribution store in China can be valuable research.
The purpose of this study is to recommend some ideas for the distribution companies to be familiar with interested country after deep test on Chinese customers' origin image on Korean products, protectionism on the Chinese distribution companies, customer-orientation, and comparative study on the distribution stores of Korea, France, and China.
A survey study from the consumers was done on the French Carrefour, Korean Emart, and Chinese HuaLian operating in China for the comparative analysis. 408 responses were collected from 420 questionnaires, and 393 were used for the analysis.
SPSS 10.1 was used as a statistic tool. Experimental factor analysis for the validity and reliability test and Cronbach's Alpha reliability analysis were accomplished. A regression analysis for the hypothesis test and variance analysis on the distribution stores was done to see the influence of the origin image on the Korean products, store image of customer orientation, and subsequently store satisfaction.
The empirical results on the study are as follows.
First, there was not a significant difference on the origin image of Korean products and customer orientation based on Chinese customers' visiting stores, while there was a significant difference on the own country's protectionism and store satisfaction.
Second, at French Carrefour, advertisement aspect of country's origin of Korea product had a significant influence on the goods selection of store image. And Korean products aspect had a significant influence on the convenience. At Korean Emart, advertisement aspect of country's origin of Korea product had a significant influence on the convenience and environment. At Chinese HuaLian mart, Korean goods aspect only showed a significant influence on the price dimension.
Third, Chinese customers' protectionism showed a significant influence on the price and goods selection at French Carrefour and Chinese HuaLian mart, and had no influence on Emart.
Fourth, the customer orientation effort had a significant influence on the all aspects of store image through the localization effort at French Carrefour and Korean Emart. But at Chinese HuaLian mart, environment and price aspects had a significant influence.
Fifth, store satisfaction on the store image had a significant influence on store convenience. To see a significant differences among Chinese visiting stores, parallel test was done on the each 3 mart(French Carrefour, Korean Emart, Chinese HuaLian), and showed no significant difference.
This study focused on the companies' localization effort of distribution aspect, and Chinese protectionism from the opening of distribution market. The research results may be useful in decision making of Korean companies' market expansion and local operation in China.