The Benefit Segmentation of Outdoor Wear Consumers and Purchasing Behavior

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to research the purchasing behavior according to the pursuit benefit for outdoor wear and to present a direction to outdoor wear. Questionnaire survey was administered to 533 male and female adults in their 30s to 40s living in Seoul and Gyeonggido from May 1 to 15, 2014. Concerning the statistic treatment for data analysis, SPSS for Window 18.0 was used to carry out frequency analysis, factor analysis, reliability test, cluster analysis, ANOVA and Duncan test as post-test. Benefit was drawn out as 4 elements including ‘showing off & brand benefit sought’, ‘fashion benefits sought’, ‘functionality benefits sought’ and ‘economic benefits sought’. Group analysis according to benefit showed that it was materialized to ‘multiple benefit sought group’, ‘unconcern group’, ‘showing off & brand benefit sought group’ and ‘utility benefit sought group’. There is an academic significance in that this research found out the level of benefit in purchasing outdoor wear and the difference of purchasing behavior by consumer groups according to benefit. This result might be used efficiently by marketers in outdoor clothing industry in classifying consumers and establishing the marketing strategy to deal with it.

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