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LUXURY FASHION BRANDS IN THAILAND: A STUDY OF ON-LINE PURCHASE BEHAVIOR
BY
MISS KARNCHANOK ITTHIROJANAKUL
AN INDEPENDENT STUDY SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE
OF MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAM IN MARKETING
(INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM)
FACULTY OF COMMERCE AND ACCOUNTANCY
THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY
ACADEMIC YEAR 2014
COPYRIGHT OF THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY
LUXURY FASHION BRANDS IN THAILAND: A STUDY OF ON-LINE PURCHASE BEHAVIOR
BY
MISS KARNCHANOK ITTHIROJANAKUL
AN INDEPENDENT STUDY SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE
OF MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAM IN MARKETING
(INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM)
FACULTY OF COMMERCE AND ACCOUNTANCY
THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY
ACADEMIC YEAR 2014
COPYRIGHT OF THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY
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Independent Study Title LUXURY FASHION BRANDS IN THAILAND: A STUDY OF ON-LINE PURCHASE BEHAVIOR
Author Miss Karnchanok Itthirojanakul Degree Master’s Degree Program in Marketing
(International Program) Department/Faculty/University Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy
Thammasat University Advisor Prof. Dr. Paul G. Patterson Academic Year 2014
ABSTRACT
In the recent years, luxury fashion industry has vastly expanded in
Thailand, more than 30 luxury fashion brands have opened to serve an increasing
demand of luxury products. This expanded number of luxury brands indicates there
are rising of income levels as well as purchasing power. Luxury fashion brands, for
example, like Chanel, Dior, Mulberry and Balenciaga are gaining more recognition
and acceptant among Thai consumers that pursue sophisticated hi-style of living.
The competition of luxury fashion industry has become stronger. Not
only traditional marketing activities, for example, like advertisings and events are
being used. Social media are now taking an important role to stimulate trends and
demand. The growing of popularity of social media, for instant, Facebook and
Instagram is creating a remarkable impact on sales and brand popularity. As a rapid
growth in the number of internet users, it is a great opportunity for luxury fashion
business to get closer to consumer.
Club 21, a company from Singapore established by an entrepreneur-
hotelier Christina Ong in 1972, as a leading importer and distributor in luxury fashion
goods in Thailand has developed the marketing strategy in order to stimulate sales
performance in 2013. Both vertical and horizontal expansion was developed under
strategic marketing movement. Apart from traditional marketing activities, Club 21
was known as a fashion company with a best practice in leveraging online channel in
order to enhancing customer shopping experience.
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For this reason, this study is proposed has a goal to understand online
purchasing behavior of Club 21 (Thailand) consumer by investigating their online
decision making process and find out influential factors that related to each decision
process as well as perception towards Club 21 (Thailand). The objective of this study
is to understand consumer insights and their behaviors which are significant for
Club 21 (Thailand) to set up effective strategies for digital communication plan
and to develop their E-Commerce to be the efficient channel for consumer to access
the product and customer service.
In this study, qualitative research will be collected data from 18 – 24 Club
21 (Thailand) customers who living in Bangkok area by one-on-one interviews. In-
depth interview will be entirely conducted by the researcher with Naturalistic
Inquiries. The criteria of respondents profile will focus on people have buying luxury
fashion brand experience as well as purchasing through online channel experience to
make a certain that researcher will have related insights into the research topic.
Snowballing method will be used as a recruitment to obtain respondents. Main
findings from this study include the keys barriers of online purchasing intention
among Thai female consumers, for example, concerns about safety of personal
information and inability to touch and feel the product. All findings in this study
highlight important marketing intelligence which useful for fashion luxury players to
consider and understand consumer in technology era.
Keywords: Luxury Fashion, Online Decision Making Process, Club 21 (Thailand),
E-Commerce
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to express my sincerely grateful to my advisor,
Prof Dr. Paul G Patterson, for his contribution, inspirations, valuable advice and
encouragement throughout learning process of this independence study. This study
would not have been possible without his guidance and persistent help.
I would like to sincerely thank you to every interview participants for
support, kind cooperation and useful information to complete this study.
In addition, I would like to use this opportunity to express thank my
division manager, marketing manager and all of my colleagues at Club21 (Thailand)
for kind understanding, unceasing encouragement throughout my master program.
A special thanks to my MIM friends for aspiration, friendly advice and
sincerer encouragement. I truly appreciate for your helps, truthful views and happy
times that we have spent together.
I am thankful to my family that words cannot express how grateful I am
for being your daughter. Thank you for my mother and father for greatest
encouragement and sacrifices.
Finally, I also place on record, my sense of gratitude to one and all, who
directly or indirectly, have lent their hand in this venture.
Karnchanok Itthirojanakul
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ABSTRACT (1)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (3)
LIST OF TABLES (5)
LIST OF FIGURES (6)
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Problem and Significant of the study 4
1.2 Objectives of research 5
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 6
2.1 Priceless Engagement Concept 6
2.2 e-Distribution Characteristics 6
2.3 Psychographic Segmentation 7
2.4 Factors which determine user acceptance of online shopping 7
CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 9
3.1 Research Framework 9
3.2 Exploratory Research Methodology 11
3.3 Limitations of the study 12
CHAPTER 4 DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS 13
4.1 Key findings from secondary research - consumer 13
4.2 Key findings from secondary research - Club21 e-Shop 14
4.3 Key findings from in-depth interview with consumer 15
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 25
REFERENCES 27
APPENDICS 28
Appendix A: Example of Club 21 Facebook Page And Instragram Account 29
Appendix B: Discussion Guideline 30
Appendix C: Respondents’ Profile 32
Appendix D: Example of Content Session In Club 21 E-Shop 33
Appendix E: Example of Brand List Available In Club 21 E-Shop 34
Appendix F: Example of Product Pricing Strategy 35
Appendix G: Example of Club 21 E-Shop Packaging 37
Appendix H: Example of Outdoor Media Advertising Of Club E-Shop 38
BIOGRAPHY 39
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LIST OF TABLES
Tables Page
2.1 Factors which determine user acceptance of online shopping 8
advertising banner, Outdoor Advertising such as Skytrain Wrapping (See Appendix
H), Sale promotion activities.
Loyalty Program: Integration between offline and online channel, Club 21
members could collect membership points from either brick-and-mortar or e-shop.
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4.3 Key findings from in-depth interview with consumer
The information that collected from consumer interview session provides
contains variety of responses due to the open-ended question set in the discussion
guideline. Obviously, key findings from the consumers who had experience with Club
21 e-shop are different from customers who are non-experience on Club 21 e-shop.
For ease of understanding on result interpretation, the data that collected
from respondents are reported under the framework of research study as specified in
chapter 3 of this study. Regarding to the “Framework of online consumer behavior” as
indicated to be study framework in the previous part, key findings will be summarized
in terms of factor that affect consumer online decision in each stage.
Consumer Online Purchase Intention
From consumer interview, online security is the most key concern of
consumer and main barrier of online purchase intention. Thai consumers are still
afraid on personal privacy and hackers. Weakness of internet law in Thailand is a
main drawback that prevent consumer to purchase online. Consumers still have
seriously concern and question towards their personal information safety. Hacking
and lack of personal contact are major causes that increase consumer’s anxiety and
reduce online purchase intention.
Inability to feel product is one of another limitation that perceived by
consumers. Most of consumers give a reason to shop in offline channel because they
want to touch and feel product before buying. Many of the consumers also want to
have check product by themselves which is not possible in online purchasing.
“I have never bought brand name bag from online channel or website
because I want to check the bag first so if there’s any problem on the bag
I can change to the new one immediately” Manita A., 30, Business Owner
“I want to try on first especially bags and shoes as I want to make sure
that they fit on me in both sizing and styling” Napak C, 29, Employee
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Many of consumers also give a reason that they would like to use the
product right after purchasing while purchasing product online requires timing on
delivery. Delay in delivery is also a factor that reduce online buying intention
Although these limitations have caused consumer to be wary about
ordering products online, other factors that help enhancing online purchase intention
are also found from this study. All factors are summarized in five domain areas which
suggested in research framework in previous chapter of this study.
Consumer characteristic that affect online purchase intention
In the study of consumer online purchase intention, researcher found that
consumer’s knowledge on fashion is important factors that could be considered as a
determinant of consumer online purchase intention.
The prior stage of decision making process, consumers tend to collect
product information based on personal experience and stop to collect when amount of
information is reached to a certain level. From the in-depth interview, consumers with
high fashion knowledge tend to have higher intention to buy luxury fashion product
from online channel than consumers with lower fashion knowledge. Consumers with
high fashion knowledge, e.g. knowing well on many new designer brands or knowing
the elements of genuine items, are likely to have purchase intention as they aware of
the value of the product in terms of emotional value.
Additionally, consumer who has high fashion knowledge would be likely
to visit e-shop that has curated offer, for example, the site that selling brands or items
that hard to find or nobody else sell online. According to the interview sessions, some
respondent stated that ‘Net-A-Porter’ is one of their favorite online site since it offers
many new designer brands that do not sell in Thailand so they always enter the site to
update information. Interestingly, consumers with better knowledge are less
persuaded by pricing and tend to rely on product quality. However, detail on pricing
factor is thoroughly described in product/service characteristic that affect online
purchasing intention.
“I love shopping luxury fashion items online because I could find many
unique items. Most of the product I want does not available in Thailand”
Ms. Paradee T., 40, Senior Manager
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On the other hand, consumers with lower fashion knowledge would rather
to buy luxury fashion items from physical store than e-shop as they need more
information about product, and especially, product trial or physical examination
before making purchase decision. Consumers with lower fashion knowledge treat
online site as a source of information more than another store. As a result, they tend to
visit brand’s social media channel like facebook page and Instagram more than
brand’s e-shop.
Another point of view regarding online behavior, most of respondents or
17 from 18 of respondents use search engines to find specific product or online site.
Even they know the web address, they still put the web name in the search engines
instead of directly type URL of the page.
“I google everything I want to know even I know the web address … I still
type them on google” Pattinee C., 38, Manager
“Actually I do not remember exactly what the web addresses are…
Google knows everything even I misspelled some character so it’s easier
to search things in google. Nasanan L., 26, Business Owner
Environmental influences that affect online purchase intention
Social influence, especially in social media, is a strong factor in
stimulating consumer purchase intention. From in-depth interview, all of respondents
are already followers of at least one fashion bloggers in facebook page or Instagram
Top reasons suggested by respondents of blogger following are to get style or mix and
match advices and to get inspiration, trends and brand updates.
Social media is not only being a useful source of information but also
being a powerful channel to stimulate purchase intention on luxury fashion product
from either offline or online channel. All of respondents also admitted they need to
buy some new products if that product has a large number of exposures in social
media. Some statements on this topic were, “I want to buy a new bag of Proenza
Schouler because I usually see them in various street style pictures and used by
various fashion bloggers.
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On the other side, customer reviews and recommendation from other user
in e-commerce site do not stimulate purchase intention and have a potential lead to
negative effect on prestige brand image of luxury brand.
Product / Service characteristics that affect online purchase intention
Consumers have intention to various ranges of luxury fashion product
online, particularly, with product categories that do not needed to be tried such as
handbags, scarves and small leather goods. For the product that needed to fit in size
like apparels and footwear, consumers have less intention to buy these product
categories from online channel.
Special price offer is a key factor in stimulating online purchase intention
among price oriented consumer group. According to interview session, 10 of 18
respondents said that special price offer on luxury products encourage intention to
buy.
Personalized product, exclusive designer brands and limited edition of
product are a great factor to create intention to buy luxury fashion items online. To
give some example, about 44% of respondent responded that they used to consider
ordering personalized luxury product like bags and scarves from websites. About 61%
of respondents said that they considered purchasing limited edition of products from
e-shop since those products do not available in Thailand.
Medium characteristic affect online purchase intention
Consumers mentioned about lack of trust in online transactions which is
main reason for the abhorrence of online shopping. Interestingly, beautiful web design
could help reducing perceived risk and positively influence purchase intention. With a
reference to interview session, 13 of 18 respondents have a same agreement that
beautiful and sophisticated web design stimulate their need on product showing in the
website. Additionally, 8 from 18 respondents used to purchase products from websites
were perceived as beautiful design.
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Image is more important than text content as a tool to create brand
awareness and interest. According to the interview, 14 of 18 respondents admitted that
they want to purchase new luxury fashion item by seeing images and pay less
attention to product description or text content.
Online merchants and intermediaries characteristic affect online
purchase intention
Multichannel merchants are perceived to have lower risk than pure play
e-merchant due to the fact that online business is intangible. Consumers are seeking
for tangible elements to create trust which online vendor reputation could be
represented by brick-and-mortar stores of the same company. Trustworthy that
perceived in offline channel could help lowering transaction risk and reduce customer
anxiety.
The interesting factors that influencing purchasing intention are free
shipping, fast delivery and return policy. As 38% of respondents shared that these
service offers help stimulating intention to buy as it help reduce perceived risks
towards buying luxury fashion items online. In addition, the most common and major
barrier affecting purchase intention is a tariff, i.e., a tax on imports.
Special price, as mentioned in the previous page, is a key factor in
stimulating purchase intention among price-oriented consumers, however, incentives
and special offer are more interesting among fashion-forward consumer. Incentives
from credit card, point redemption and special gift with purchase are more likely to be
interested by fashion-forward consumer due to product price is not a main criteria on
purchasing fashion items among this group.
Consumer Online Purchase (Adoption)
Key findings in this stage also could be defined in five main areas that
affect consumer acceptance of online shopping which are:
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Consumer characteristic that affect online purchase (Adoption)
According to the research, various demographic profiles of respondents
were recruited. The consumer characteristic in terms of age, lifestyle and occupation
are not related to consumer attitude towards online shopping. Respondents who are
housewives and working women may have the same attitude towards online shopping
and their shopping decision while personal perceived value are more likely to influent
consumer purchase decision.
Personal perceived value, for instance, variety of products and time
savings are main characteristics that lead to online purchase decision. With a
reference to 5 of 18 respondents, they tend to shop with multi-brand site than single-
brand site or tend to shop with e-shop that offers a wide range of product for them.
“Mostly, I visit website like Club21, Net-A-Porter and Farfetch to explore
new product. I think it is more convenience for me as they contain many
brands and products. I don’t have to waste my time to search for each
single brand in search engine” Paradee Ti,40, Senior Manager
For consumers who value in time saving, 4 of 18 respondents are likely to
shop from e-shop with a reason of ability to buy whenever and wherever at their most
convenience. Another reason is an ease and shorten time in finding a specific product
they want.
“I’m very busy with my jobs so I do not have so much time for going
shopping, especially, brand name store that closed at 8pm so I often buy
things from e-shop, bags and shoes, anytime I want ” Pasrapa K., 31,
Employee.
“I feel more private and more easier for go shopping online as I can
compare product of each brand by just clicking” Apichaya P., 30,
Employee
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Environment influences that affect online purchase (Adoption)
Findings indicate that environmental factors like comments of reference
group and requirement of product in festive / special occasion, e.g. Valentine’s Day
and Christmas Day, influence consumer to have impulse buying. Brand’s
advertisements during festive season also help to recall needs. Peers and family
pressure help to motivate consumers to make a faster purchase decision in both online
and offline channels.
Product/Service characteristic that affect online purchase (Adoption)
Luxury or exclusive experience becomes less important to consumer.
Consumers are changing their point of views towards shopping at physical store.
Luxury consumers value on easy shopping and product experience more than luxury
shopping experience with special treatment. With a reference to interview session, 14
of 18 respondents said that product trial and product inspection are key benefits that
they are looking from purchasing at physical store while 4 from 18 respondents said
that they expect exclusive service and luxury shopping experience at physical stores.
The cost of shipping is one of barrier of online purchase intention,
consumer are more motivated by free shipping or delivery cost. According to the
interview, 5 of 18 respondents have a negative perception towards brand that charge
for delivery fee as they feel overcharged by merchant.
“Free shipping offer is one of the reasons that I decided to buy a bag
from Club21 e-Shop” Chananant .W, 27, Student
“I’d rather walk to store than pay for shipping fee. It’s already very
expensive” Napak .C, 29, Employee
Medium characteristic that affect online purchase (Adoption)
Consumers tend to purchase product from online site that easily to find in
search engine. Consumers also expect that even they type shorten or misspelled name
of website, the site should be appear the first in the search engine. It could be
concluded that consistent of site findability and accessibility are important factors in
adoption process.
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Speed of purchase or shorter in payment process is a major medium
characteristic affecting purchase decision. Complicated payment process, amount of
information that needed to fill in and lengthy process, all of these medium
characteristics, cause irritation as well as reduce satisfaction and interrupt online
transaction. On the other hand, too short of payment procedure is indicated as less
secure of payment process.
Product elements, including, product assortment, product features and
product presentation, affect directly to the consumer experience. Product images with
less text might adequate to create purchase intention among luxury consumer.
However, in the purchase decision stage, consumers are seeking for large amount of
information including size, color, composition and price to make purchase decision.
Varies angle of product image, closed up tool and styling guide are also perceived by
consumer as important web elements to motivate purchase decision.
Interestingly, having local language on site is less important factor to
consumer. The site which using English language leads to positive perception towards
brands in terms of represents luxury image and credibility as international merchant.
From the study, 12 of 18 respondents prefer to buy luxury fashion item from website
that using English more than using Thai.
Finally, aesthetics design of the website is considerable factor for
encouraging consumer buying decision. Creative and beautiful elements of online site
attract consumer and increase pleasant of online shopping experience. From the
interview session, 10 of 18 respondents said that they used to exit the site that they
feel less attractive on web design without consideration.
Online Merchants and Intermediaries characteristic that affect
online purchase (Adoption)
Multi-channel merchant are perceived higher reputation that web pure-
play merchant. The good reputation of physical store helps eliminate risk in online
purchasing, however, does not significantly help in increasing rate of switching
channel. The results from none experience customer group show that consumer
perceive credibility in Club 21 e-shop but perceive less relative value in buying from
online channel. For none experience with Club 21 e-Shop consumers, physical store is
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the best source of product information as they want to see actual product and try on
product before buying. Physical store is critically important to them in term of reduce
risk towards product quality and utility.
Concrete policy is one of factor of buying consideration, i.e., clear
ordering, clear payment term and clear refunding procedures help consumer reduce
risk of online transaction and enhance positive perception in term of brand credibility.
Consumer Online Repurchase (Continuance)
In continuance stage, positive shopping experience on first time
purchasing lead to consumer satisfaction and lead to continuance in next purchase
respectively. Consumer satisfaction and repurchase decision on luxury online
shopping depends on few issues which are described as follows:
Consumer characteristic that affect online repurchase
The e-shop that could delivery good shopping experience will likely
become top-of-mind page for the next time search. Customers who have good
experience tend to have more intention on repurchasing and become fans of the page
by subscribing to receive newsletter, follow the social media site of the brand or
merchant. Consumers who have a good experience with website are likely to be more
open-mined to receive news and updates from merchant. Moreover, those consumers
tend to tell their friend or family member about the website and brand.
Product/Service characteristic that affect online repurchase
Sophisticated packaging enhances satisfaction and good perception
towards brand which lead to repurchase intention. Key finding was found that
sophisticated package indicated good service quality and brand reputation.
Short time of delivery process increase impression and intention on
repurchase. Delivery timing within five day is perceived as usual while delivery
timing over 7 days is unacceptable and delivery timing within 3 days creates
satisfaction.
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“I’m so impressed with Net-A-Porter. I think the packaging is so
beautiful, my order was packed in black box and black ribbon which is
look so premium and it took only 3 days for delivery” Thanomkhwan C.,
37,Business Owner
Medium characteristic that affect online repurchase
Key findings from interview with respondents were found that medium
characteristic like ease of navigation, friendly user interaction and straightforward
payment process make website more enjoyable to browse and lead to repeat visits.
Some customers gave an example of their favorite website like VIP ‘things you may
like’ or ‘promotion notification of wish list item’ enhance good perception towards e-
merchant and encourage them to buy.
Website / Online site update also related to brand image in consumer
point of view. According to interview, every respondent spend time on surfing
internet to check fashion news, fashion update at least 1 hour per day. Websites /
Online sites that keep updated on content are likely to be more visited by consumer.
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CHAPTER 5
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This study is aimed to get a better understanding of consumer about their
online purchase on luxury fashion products in the stage of Intention, Adoption and
Continuance. Therefore, from the findings, it was found that consumer buying
decision dependent on various factors.
Many barriers are found from the study and there are key factors that
have caused consumer to prefer buying product from brick-and-mortar channel more
than e-commerce.
Firstly, the drawbacks of online purchasing intention among Thai female
consumer are perceived risk on security, privacy and product imitation. Security of
online payment system and personal privacy are still major concerns among Thai
luxury female consumers. Consumers still have seriously concern about the safety of
their personal information. Secondly, Inability to feel product and inability to have to
product immediately are also the key barriers that prevent Thai consumer to purchase
fashion items online.
According to the key findings, multichannel merchants are perceived to
have lower risk than pure play e-merchant due to the fact that online business is
intangible. Therefore, Club 21 is taking advantage as the first multichannel luxury
retailer that offer offline and online stores. Club 21 should leverage brand reputation
across channel and advertise through existing over 50 brick-and-mortar stores, for
example, point-of-sale advertising at brick-and-mortar store, sales script or physical e-
store card that could deliver to potential consumers who visit the store.
Varies of factors also found that could help reducing risk such as aesthetic
of the web design, product delivery time shortening, security of the transaction also
enhance online purchase intention. Club 21 also could consider taking strong
partnership with trustworthy financial institution, Internet Security Software and
shipping company in order to leverage their reputation and increase rate of security in
each point.
This study indicated distinct opportunity to drive sales in distinct group of
consumer. Club 21 could use pricing approach to appeal price-oriented consumer and
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offer personalized items or unique designer brands that aren’t available elsewhere
online to appeal fashion-forward people.
Amazon.com has been grown up substantially in the recent years and it is
good example of using innovative system to collect customer preference. This
innovative system could identify pattern and trend of consumer preferences. When
such information is identified, system suggests item that customer has not purchased
but might want. Not only sales has been increased but also customer satisfaction by
offering additional product they may like. (Ulric Gelinas, 2010). This innovation
system could be applied with Club 21e-shop for collection and analysis customer
purchase and searching data pattern in different group such as price-oriented
consumer and fashion-forward consumer.
Study also indicates that search engine is powerful most pathway
connecting consumer and merchant together. Search engine are perceived as the most
convenient tool and source of information that should not be neglected. Most of
online consumers value convenience so that Club 21 should offer function to serve
this point.
In this study, all findings emphasize important marketing considerations
for all luxury players. Multichannel merchants have to become accept that all
channels are not working as mutually exclusive but integrated. Apart from advertising
communication to enhance brand awareness and exposure, innovation to reduce
perceived risk among consumer, exceptionally well-web design and superior online
experience lead to customer satisfaction are key elements for digital marketer to
concern.
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APPENDIX A EXAMPLE OF CLUB 21 (THAILAND) FACEBOOK PAGE AND
INSTRAGRAM ACCOUNT Club 21 (Thailand) Facebook and Instagram Account as of December 18, 2014 Source: https://www.facebook.com/club21thailand http://instagram.com/club21thailand
EXAMPLE PP GROUP FACEBOOK PAGE AND INSTRAGRAM ACCOUNT PP Group Facebook and Instagram Account as of December 18, 2014 Source: https://www.facebook.com/ppgroupthailand?fref=nf P Group Instagram Account as of December 18, 2014
Interview questions for respondents related to the individual study topic -
Luxury Fashion Brands in Thailand: A Study of On-Line Purchase Behavior 1. Demographic profile
1.1. Age 1.2. Level of education 1.3. Level of Income 1.4. Occupation
2. How many hours per day that you spend time on internet 3. How do you describe yourself in term of fashion? (Trend Follower /
Fashionista (Fashion Influencer) / Unique and Independent / etc.) 4. What is your favorite brand of luxury fashion? Why? 5. Please name luxury fashion brand(s) that you buy most often? Why? 6. What kind of product category that you buy the most (Apparel /
Footwear / Accessories / Bag / etc.) (Ranked) 7. How often do you buy luxury fashion brand? 8. How often do you buy luxury fashion brand from Club 21? 9. What is/are the most important factor(s) that affect your purchasing
decision? (Brand / Price / Special Promotion / Trends / Member Privilege / etc.)
10. Do you always update the fashion trend? How often? 11. Which source of information that you use for updating fashion trends? 12. Do you have any favorite fashion website / blogs / facebook page /
Instagram / etc.? 13. What is/are the reason of buying luxury fashion item? 14. What is/are your concern of buying luxury fashion items? 15. Do you search for product information when you want to buy a luxury
fashion item? How? And which one is your most favorite? Why? 16. How long do you need to consider buying a luxury fashion item? 17. What is the first thing come up in your mind when you think about
buying luxury fashion items from e-channel? 18. Can you name any e-commerce or e-shop you know that is/are selling
luxury fashion item? 19. How do you know them? 20. Have you ever purchased or considered purchasing luxury fashion
item from e-shop? How? Why? 21. What is/are you concern about buying luxury fashion items trough e-shop? 22. Where do you get information to help you make a decision on
purchases from e-shop? 23. What do you expect from purchasing luxury fashion item from e-shop? 24. What is the main reason or factor that causes you to decide to buy
from e-shop? 25. What is/are benefit that you are seeking for? 26. As usually, how long do you need to consider buying a luxury fashion
item from e-shop / e-commerce channel?
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27. Where do you usually go for shopping luxury fashion item? 28. How much do you spend per one time purchase? 29. What is/are satisfaction that you receive from provider 30. What do you expect from retailers in the online checkout and delivery
experience? 31. Have you ever heard of Club 21 e-shop? 32. Have you ever visit Club 21 e-shop site? 33. What do you think about Club21 e-shop? 34. Do you follow Club 21 facebook Page and Instagram? Why? 35. How important are returns in the overall online shopping experience? 36. How is multichannel retailing changing consumer purchasing and
returns expectations? 37. How are mobile and social media channels changing your shopping
habits and expectations?
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APPENDIX C RESPONDENTS’ PROFILE
Age 23 – 28 years old 29 – 33 years old 34 – 40 years old
Ms.Thanomkhwan Chutithanawong, 37, Business Owner Mrs. Tidarat Vaitayaporn, 40, Senior Manager Mrs. Penrawee Permkitpaisarn, 35, Director
,
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APPENDIX D EXAMPLE OF CLUB 21 (THAILAND)
CONTENT SESSION IN CLUB 21 E-SHOP
Source: http://eshop.club21global.com/th-en/
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APPENDIX E EXAMPLE OF BRAND LIST AVAILABLE IN CLUB 21 E-SHOP
1. 1 BY O'2ND 2. 10 CROSBY DEREK LAM 3. 3.1 PHILLIP LIM 4. ALEXANDER WANG 5. AMI 6. BALENCIAGA 7. BAO BAO ISSEY MIYAKE 8. BLACKBARRETT 9. BUILDING BLOCK 10. CALVIN KLEIN platinum 11. CARVEN 12. CHRISTOPHER KANE 13. CITIZENS OF HUMANITY 14. CO 15. COMME des GARCONS GIRL 16. COMME des GARCONS SHIRT 17. COMME des GARCONS
WALLET 18. COMMON PROJECTS 19. COUNTY OF MILAN 20. DANIELE MICHETTI 21. DOLCE & GABBANA 22. DRIES VAN NOTEN 23. EMANUELE BICOCCHI 24. FALLON 25. FLAMINGOS 26. FRAME DENIM 27. J.W. ANDERSON 28. JIL SANDER NAVY 29. JONATHAN SAUNDERS 30. JOOMI LIM 31. JUUN.J 32. LANVIN 33. LES CERISES DE MARS 34. MAISON MARGIELA 35. MAISON TAKUYA 36. MAIYET 37. MARIA BLACK JEWELLERY 38. MARKUS LUPFER 39. MARNI 40. McQ ALEXANDER McQUEEN 41. MIHARAYASUHIRO
42. MM6 MAISON MARGIELA 43. MOTHER OF PEARL 44. MR. HARE 45. MSGM 46. MULBERRY 47. MYSUELLY BAGS 48. NEIL BARRETT 49. O'2ND 50. ORLEBAR BROWN 51. OSTWALD HELGASON 52. PAUL SMITH ACCESSORIES 53. PAUL SMITH BLACK 54. PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY
MIYAKE 55. PROENZA SCHOULER 56. PS PAUL SMITH 57. PUBLIC SCHOOL 58. RAG & BONE 59. RHIE 60. RICK OWENS 61. RICK OWENS DRKSHDW 62. RICK OWENS X ADIDAS 63. RISTO 64. RODARTE X SUPERGA 65. SACAI 66. SACAI LUCK 67. SIMONE ROCHA X J BRAND 68. SOPHIE HULME 69. STELLA McCARTNEY 70. SUECOMMA BONNIE 71. SUNO 72. T BY ALEXANDER WANG 73. TABITHA SIMMONS 74. THAKOON ADDITION 75. THOM BROWNE 76. TWISTY PARALLEL
UNIVERSE 77. UNDERCOVER 78. VICTORIA BECKHAM DENIM 79. WANT LES ESSENTIELS DE
LA VIE 80. WOOYOUNGMI
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APPENDIX F EXAMPLE OF PRODUCT PRICING STRATEGY BETWEEN
Club21, Net-A-Porter and Farfetch
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APPENDIX F (CONTINUED) EXAMPLE OF PRODUCT PRICING STRATEGY BETWEEN
APPENDIX H EXAMPLE OF OUTDOOR MEDIA ADVERTISING OF CLUB E-SHOP
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BIOGRAPHY
Name MISS.KARNCHANOK ITTHIROJANAKUL Date of birth January 9, 1988 Education attainment Bachelor Degree in Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University Work Position Assistant Marketing Communication Manager Club 21 (Thailand)