Purpose - This study aims to understand the brand marketing of agricultural products and redefine their status in South Korea by analyzing impacts on consumer buying behaviors. Research design, data, and methodology - Products, with independent variables, were divided into agricultural brand products and generic products. Dependent variables were limited to expanding sales of a specialty brand through consumer awareness, consumer buying behavior, and confidence in agricultural products’ quality. Control variables were based on characteristics of products such as freshness, safety, quality, and their category. Moderating effects were examined on consumer characteristics, including income levels and age. Results - Consumers increasingly purchased agricultural brand products rather than generic agricultural products because of the general reliability of quality assurance. Conclusions - Large agricultural specialty stores have enhanced the perceptions of quality assurance, freshness, safety, and diversity. Through a critical analysis of the domestic consumer income levels and age, gender, and demographic factors, such as agricultural consumer buying behavior not affecting consumers' health and life, this study proposes positive changes in quality perception.

• Pan-Jin Kim(Professor, Department of Business Management, Chodang University)
• Mi-Song Kim(Adjunct Professor, Department of Distribution Management, Yuhan University)
• Wanki Kim(Professor, Graduate School of Management of Technology, Sogang University)
• Ouafaa Mehyaoui(Professor, University of Wahran, Algeria)
• Myoung-Kil Youn(Professor, College of Health Industry, Eulji University) Corresponding Author