In the unlimited competition of distribution market, the manufacturers are working out various marketing strategies such as conducting a preference test and advertising in order to possess superior position than the competitors and to develop the prod...
In the unlimited competition of distribution market, the manufacturers are working out various marketing strategies such as conducting a preference test and advertising in order to possess superior position than the competitors and to develop the products meeting the needs of the consumers. The department stores in where the products of different brands are displayed and the life cycle of the consumers can be grasped at a gland, are becoming diversified and specialized. The department stores tend to be specialized and upgraded through expanding resting places, and implementing various marketing techniques and culture to cope with such distribution environment. Due to technological development, the quality of products has become diversified and the life has become more convenient. On the contrary, the human value and their emotions are getting barrener each day. So perhaps therefore the corporations are implementing various marketing techniques to meet the emotions of the consumers, namely emotional management, emotional marketing, emotional engineering and etc.
John Naisbitt, who is renown to be one of the experts in the field together with Alvin Toffler, has predicted the emergence of emotional generation earlier anticipating that the 21st century will be the 3F era led by feeling, female and fiction. Therefore, as for the department stores also, they must take the role of creating cultural spaces while satisfying the emotional/cultural needs of the consumers and not only attracting the consumers by presenting upgraded stores merely aiming at selling the products.
The ways to make the plan for a cultural center of department store are as follows.
First, consider the general concept of the cultural center and inquire into its functions and roles.
Second, it is the theoretical consideration for emotion. By finding out the concept and definition of emotions and culture, inquire the meaning of emotion and look in to the feasibility of introducing the space.
Third, it is the application of the emotional design. By analyzing the cases presented in the prior studies, find out the ways to apply the emotional design to the space.
Fourth, we will analyze the programming of the cultural center, which is the object for the plan of the emotional space plan. In addition, through the keyword 'Emotion', which is the topic of the 21st century, we will apply human's five senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch) into the space to plan for the space that satisfies the emotions of the customers.
While faithfully serving with its educational function, the basic function of the cultural center, which is the life-time learning facility, the emotion (five senses) of the consumers will be applied into the lobby, resting place and lecture room to create various spaces. This would not only be the space aiming at effecting the consuming habits but it will stimulate the cultural emotions of the users and also act as a community space. This will lead to the higher customer satisfaction and naturally meet the corporate requirements to make profits. Furthermore, the corporations will be able to fulfill social roles while improving the corporate image and though such, trust between the corporations and the customers can be built. An expansive directions of the space plan that stimulates good corporate and consumer cultures will be suggested in this thesis.