Purpose – Since South Korea has widened its market doors to global trade, demand has been continuously on the rise for foreign luxury brands, especially from young South Korean consumers. This study aims to identify the determinants of young South Korean consumers' purchasing intentions toward...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships between self‐construals and decision‐making styles of Korean college students. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 872 Korean college students from three different Korean university campuses completed three‐part...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to classify internet users by fashion lifestyles, to profile the demographic and internet usage characteristics of each segment, and to examine evaluation for fashion e‐retailers' attributes. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 1,211 internet...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the relationships between consumers' body types and characteristics such as shopping orientation, past experience with fit problems, attitudes toward internet shopping and attitudes toward 3‐D body scanning. Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the structure of buyer‐supplier relationship quality perceived by small‐sized fashion businesses with their major supplier. Design/methodology/approach – On the basis of the literature review and in‐depth interviews, a testable relationship quality...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to compare South Korean (SK) and United States (US) adolescents' clothing motives and their store selection criteria, examine whether adolescents with different primary clothing motives would have similar or different store selection criteria, and examine...

Purpose – This study aims to understand the multifaceted fashion‐brand experience. By identifying the constructs and conceptualizing the building process of fashion‐brand experience, this study also aims to demonstrate the cognitive, affective, and behavioral brand experience dimensions in...

The purposes of the study were to classify South Korean female apparel shoppers into fashion opinion leadership groups and to develop group profdes by lifestyle characteristics, store selection attributes, clothing purchase influences, and sociodemographics. Data (N=271) were collected by...

Purpose – This paper has two aims: to consider the negotiating strength of landlords and tenants in lease negotiations; and to calculate the level of deposit which is necessary to mitigate income risk. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the existing literature on the negotiation...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the essential cause for the policy failure of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) in South Korea. Design/methodology/approach To substantiate the claims made for the failure of the policy, this paper focuses on the differences in policy preferences...