This study investigated how the image congruity of social commerce and fashion brand types affects purchase intention and how trust and price sensitivity moderate this relationship. National brands, private brands, and non-brands were used as brand types in the present study. The online survey method was used to gather the data, and 232 data samples were analyzed. The results of the research were as follows. Consumers perceived greater image congruity between social commerce and nonbrands, followed by private brands and national brands. The significant perception differences were examined by comparing the mean values. There was a significant positive effect of image congruity of social commerce and non-brands on purchase intention. However, insignificant effects were found for image congruity between social commerce and private brands and national brands. In addition, trust and price sensitivity positively predicted social commerce purchase intention. A significant moderating effect of trust was found on the relationship between purchase intention and image congruity of social commerce and non-brands. A moderating effect of price sensitivity was found on the relationship between purchase intention and image congruity of social commerce and private brands. The findings of the present study offer valuable insights into social commerce concerning implementing diverse fashion brands as well as academic and practical implications.

Social commerce is a kind of internet shopping mall in which consumers purchase the products with other consumers through mutual interactions including the development of SNS(social network service). Social commerce has expanded rapidly as a mainstream online shopping mall over the past five years driving consumers to purchase more fashion products providing the cheaper prices than open market internet shopping mall. The purpose of this study is to identify the important parameters of social commerce characteristics and consumer characteristics that affect repurchase intention and wordof-mouth intention. A 221 survey questionnaire was distributed to men in their 20’s and 30’s who live in Seoul metropolitan area. The data were analyzed utilizing Cronbach's α, factor analysis, and regression analysis using the SPSS 18.0 program. The results revealed, first, that in terms of social commerce characteristics, three variables(website reputation, interactivity, and product scarcity) influenced repurchase intention. Among them, website reputation identified as the most important factor influencing repurchase intention and word-of-mouth intention. Second, with regard to consumer characteristics, interest and a tendency toward impulse buying affected the repurchase intention, and interest and internet shopping experience have influenced the word-of-mouth intention. Among three variables interest in social commerce identified as the key factor affecting both repurchase intention and word-of-mouth intention. The results of the study provide the practical implications and suggest the business strategies to enhance social commerce in the future by identifying the key social commerce characteristics and consumer characteristics that influence male consumers’ buying behaviors.

The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate consumers’ clothes shopping orientation factors and perceived risk factors affecting the purchase intention for fashion products in social commerce. For this study, questionnaires were given to 500 adults in their 20s~30s who had experience of using social commerce related to general products or services. To analyze the results of this study, we conducted descriptive analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, a chi-square independence test, and hierarchical regression analysis using SPSS 18.0. The results were as follows. First, social commerce users’clothes shopping orientations were classified into the pursuit of pleasure, brand, fashion innovation, trend, and utility, and the perceived risks were classified into the risks related to products, consumer service, loss of purchase opportunity, confidence in the web site, economy, and security. Second, clothes shopping orientation factors and perceived risk factors had a somewhat significant influence on the purchase intention for fashion products. Third, there was a significant difference between sexes regarding the influences of the clothes shopping orientation factors and perceived risk factors for the purchase intention of fashion products. Finally, this study aims to provide useful information for fashion companies to enable them to establish specific strategies that can influence consumers’purchase behaviors through social commerce.

본 연구는 소셜커머스의 구매속성과 만족도, 재구매 의도 와의 인과관계를 밝히기 위해 소셜커머스를 이용하여 음식 점과 식품 구매 경험이 있는 여자 대학생을 대상으로 설문조 사를 수행하였다, 여대생들의 소셜커머스 구매속성 파악을 통 해 소셜커머스 산업에 마케팅적 시사점을 제공하고, 긍정적 발전을 모색하고자 하였다. 총 370부를 배포하여 부실 응답 19부를 제외한 총 351부가 분석 자료로 사용되었으며, 6개월 이내 음식점과 식품 구매 경험이 있는 183부가 최종 분석에 사용되었다. 일반사항, 소셜커머스 이용 실태, 소셜커머스 구 매 속성, 만족도, 그리고 재구매 의도를 조사하였다. 일주일 에 매일 또는 주 2~6회 방문하는 학생이 115명(62.9%)으로 나타났으며, 한 달에 2~3회 구매하는 학생이 91명(49.7%), 인 터넷 서핑 도중 배너 광고를 통해서 78명(42.6%)이 이용하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 145명(79.2%)이 스마트폰으로 소셜커 머스를 이용하는 것으로 나타났다. 여대생들이 소셜커머스를 이용하여 음식점과 식품 구매 시 영향을 미치는 8개 요인을 추출하였고, 각 요인은 “지각된 가치”, “제품의 다양성 및 정보”, “배송”, “구매의 간편성”, “사이트 속성”, “가격 경쟁력”, “시간압박”, “실시간 정보”로 나타났다. 만족도에는 지각된 가치 β=0.300(t=4.139, p<0.001), 가격 경쟁력 β=0.275(t=4.523, p<0.001), 제품의 다양성 및 정보 β=0.145(t=2.434, p<0.05), 배 송 β=0.165(t=0.319, p<0.05), 사이트 속성 β=0.138(t=2.144, p<0.05) 의 순으로 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 소셜커머스 구매 속성 중 지각된 가치 β=0.304(t=4.080, p<0.001), 가격 경쟁력 β=0.208(t=3.335, p<0.001), 시간압박 β=0.181(t=3.449, p<0.05), 사이트 속성 β=0.196(t=2.956, p<0.01) 순으로 재구매에 영향 을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 소셜커머스 이용 만족도는 β= 0.761(t=15.768, p<0.001)로 재구매 의도에 유의한 영향을 미 치는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과를 볼 때, 소셜커머스 시장이 확대되고 있는 시점에서 인터넷과 스마트폰 사용 능력이 좋은 여대생들이 소셜커머스 시장에서의 큰 잠재 고객일 것으로 사료된다. 이 에 소셜커머스 업체들은 이들의 만족과 재구매률을 높이기 위해 영향을 미친 요인들을 강화하고, 영향을 미치지 않았던 요인들을 분석하고 활용하여 만족과 재이용률을 향상시켜야 하겠다. 향후 연구에서는 여자 대학생들의 소셜커머스 구매 속성에 영향을 미치는 다양한 조절변수를 이용한 추가적인 연구가 수행되어야 하겠다.

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