We investigated the effects of environmental uncertainty on South Korean apparel retailers' performance and market-orientation (MO) strategies and the effects of their MO strategies on their performance. Market turbulence negatively affects the retailers' performance and use of some MO...

In the present market place situation, a consumers main contact with manufacturing (i.e., the production process) is through retailers or other middlemen, such as mail order catalog companies. Consumers rarely complain, but when they do, consumers complain to or request information from...

Since 1997, the retail industry of South Korea has suffered a decline in sales due to the nationâs financial crisis. Because of the increase of price consciousness, discount stores have become the stores most attractive to South Korean consumers. The purpose of this study was to (a) compare the...

1U.S. Aggregate Demand for Clothing and Shoes, 1929-1994:Effects of Changes in Price, Nondurables Expenditures, and DemographicsbyKisung KimDr. Marjorie J. T. Norton, ChairClothing and Textiles(ABSTRACT)The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the changes in...

A Grounded Theory Study of Systems Theory and Clothing and Textiles Theories for the Development of a Dynamic, Complex Human Systems TheorybyJoni Leigh Beach(ABSTRACT)Metatheory, a study of theories, was the focus of this research study. A qualitative, grounded theory research design was used to...