As the importance of online virtual spaces increases due to COVID-19, interest in online virtual spaces using 4th industrial technology is increasing. Accordingly, the metaverse that combines virtual and real is becoming an issue. In the fashion industry, marketing using online is gradually increasing, and various attempts are being made by converging with the metaverse to provide new and enjoyable experiences to customers. This study looked at the impact of customer experience of a luxury fashion brand pop-up store on customer satisfaction, affective commitment and brand loyalty in a metaverse environment where utilization is increasing due to COVID-19 and technological development. For the analysis data of this study, a survey was conducted on the users who experienced the metaverse platform Zepeto's ' BVLGARI World'. As a result of examining the effect of the customer experience of a luxury fashion brand pop-up store on customer satisfaction, affective commitment, and brand loyalty in a metaverse environment, some of the customer experiences affect customer satisfaction, and the proposed hypothesis was partially accepted. In addition, it was confirmed that customer satisfaction affects affective commitment and brand loyalty, and affective commitment affects brand loyalty. In this study, we examine the impact of the customer experience of a luxury fashion brand pop-up store on customer satisfaction, affective commitment, and brand loyalty in the metaverse environment, and identify what is needed for more active convergence and activation of the metaverse and fashion brands. Also, we provide practical implications to people who involved in the metaverse and the fashion industry.

For brands operating retail stores to stay competitive in the context of the rise of ecommerce, globalization and consumer’s quest for experiences, the design of store environments is one key element to deliver memorable, tangible brand experiences to customers. Architectural branding is an emerging literature stream at the intersection of consumer behavior, marketing management, and design (Raffelt, 2012), based on the assumption that a store concept should make effective use of materials and space to optimize the brand experience in a holistic manner (Quartier, 2017). However, factors such as globalization and increasingly international audiences challenge brands in conveying a consistent core brand identity across all touchpoints (Özsomer & Prussia, 2000). Thus, the question arises to what extent retailers should opt for “prototype designs”, which rigidly follow guidelines or to opt for a decentralized approach with potentially diverse brand image perceptions (Turley & Chebat, 2002). This paper gives first insights on how global retail brands can holistically configure their architectural branding in retail in order to reflect their brand identity in different target markets. From 23 in-depth expert interviews and 30 observations of five fashion and accessories brands across three geographic locations propositions emerged on how to achieve a compelling and target-group specific architectural branding in a glocal context. The studies have shown that to what extent a localization strategy is necessary depends on products/services sold, the brand positioning, the heritage of the brand and the local country culture of the subsidiary’s location. However, order not to overshadow and dilute the brand’s global core values, the extent of regional adaptation should be carefully considered.

As well as all other branches of trade, so retail trade itself undergoes various changes and trends with regard to the development of information and communication technologies which affect not only traders themselves but also their customers. It is the retail store environment itself which is one of the decisive aspects of purchase because more than 70% of consumer decisions take place directly at the point of sale. It is the last place which can reverse the purchasing decision. A final customers´ decision is influenced not only by price, quality but also by in-store communication and visual aspects of each store. That is the reason for continuous gathering of feedback on the effectiveness and efficiency of these means of communication in real environment. Besides traditional research techniques there are situations which require the involvement of relatively new research methods. Thanks to the innovative interdisciplinary approach with the use of neuromarketing, it is possible to create effective marketing strategies and thus stimulate the customer attention and emotions. By these emotions, it is possible to achieve better motivation toward purchase and an increase in the number of sales and subsequent raise in income. The paper deals with a complex, interdisciplinary examination of the in-store communication impact on customer visual attention, emotions and related spatial behaviour of customers in grocery stores. Research integrates measurements of mobile eye camera (Eye tracker), mobile electroencephalograph (EEG), face reading technology (FA) and internal position system in real conditions of retail store. The purpose of this research is to recognise the attention, emotional response and spatial customer preferences by means of selected in-store communication tools. At the end of the paper we explain how the neuromarketing methods can be used for better understanding of consumer behaviour at the point of sale.

목 적: 본 연구의 목적은 급격하게 변화하는 안경원의 경영 환경에서 경북지역 20대 대학생들의 안경원 의 환경에 대한 인식과 구매 후 경험적 쇼핑 가치에 대한 성향을 분석하고, 안경원의 환경과 경험적 쇼핑가 치 간의 관계를 설명하고, 이용 형태와 구매 활동에 따라 안경원 환경과 경험적 쇼핑 가치에 대한 인식이 차 이가 있는지를 확인하는 것 이었다. 방 법: 본 연구는 안경원에서 안경, 콘택트렌즈, 썬글라스 등을 구매했던 경험이 있는 20대 대학생들을 대상으로 설문조사하고 그 데이터를 분석 하였다. 데이터 분석은 SPSS 18.0 통계프로그램을 이용하여 빈도 분석, 요인분석, 회귀분석을 실시하여 안경원의 환경과 소비자가 지각하는 경험적 쇼핑 가치에 대한 연구가 설과 유형에 따른 점포환경과 경험적 쇼핑가치 간의 관계에 대하여 연구가설을 검증하였다. 결 과: 첫째, 일반 안경원의 이용 형태가 체인 안경원보다 높았으며, 많은 학생들이 안경과 콘택트렌즈를 각각 구입하였다. 둘째, 안경원의 환경은 경험적 쇼핑 가치에 유의한 영향을 주었으며, 특히 안경원의 매력 성과 상품의 다양성이 경험적 쇼핑 가치에 많은 영향을 미치고 안경원의 환경은 쾌락적 체험에 영향을 받았 다. 셋째, 체인 안경원을 이용하는 소비자들이 안경원의 환경에 더 많은 영향을 받았고 일반 안경원을 이용 하는 소비자들은 경험적 쇼핑 가치에 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 결 론: 본 연구에서는 안경원의 환경이 경험적 쇼핑 가치에 영향을 미치며, 일반 안경원과 체인 안경원에 따라 안경원의 환경과 경험적 쇼핑가치가 차이가 있는 것을 발견하였다. 따라서 최근의 소비 경향에 따라 안 경원의 매력성과 제품의 다양성, 그리고 쾌락적 체험을 높이기 위한 노력을 기울여야 할 것이다.

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to identify how idiocentric consumers and allocentric consumers respond to retail store environments and how such responses affect their consumer behaviors in a sustainable consumption setting. Method – Data were collected from 422 U.S. adult consumers via a web-based survey. Two store settings were created, perceptually related (eco-friendly clothing displayed with greenery)or perceptually-unrelated (eco-friendly clothing displayed without greenery), and consumers were asked to take the survey based on the given store setting. Results – Allocentric consumers perceived a product and its display environment were related whereas idiocentric consumers perceived the two were unrelated. Also, the former exhibited higher purchase intentions when the product and store environment were related (eco-friendly clothing displayed with greenery), but the latter did when the two were unrelated (eco-friendly clothing displayed without greenery). Conclusions – This research suggests that retailers should consider consumer self-concept at personal-level when implementing marketing strategies. This research also demonstrates that consumers are influenced by store environment in relation to their self-concept and that self-concept can be temporarily modified by various stimuli such as visual displays.