Blockchain transparency in reducing second-hand luxury shopping uncertainty and the role of price consciousness

IF 2.3 4区 管理学 Q1 MATERIALS SCIENCE, TEXTILES
Song-yi Youn, Joohye Hwang, Naan Ju
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This study explores consumer behavior and decision-making in the context of blockchain technology (BT) adoption within the second-hand luxury market. Specifically, it investigates how BT can reduce uncertainty and enhance transparency in second-hand luxury transactions based on a mental accounting theory approach. A partial least squares structural equation modeling analysis (N = 511) was conducted, focusing on consumers’ perceived quality of traceable information obtained through BT (i.e., product diagnosticity, informativeness, and trustworthiness) and their perceived risks in second-hand luxury online shopping (i.e., financial risk, social risk, time risk, contamination risk, performance risk). The findings confirm that the perceived quality of traceable information enhances blockchain transparency, reducing uncertainty in online second-hand luxury shopping. This leads consumers to perceive BT-enabled platforms as valuable, increasing their intention to adopt them. The study also examines the moderating effect of price consciousness on consumer perceptions of BT and decision-making. The results of the multi-group analysis confirm that consumers with lower price consciousness are more influenced by the diagnosticity provided by BT in terms of product transparency, while for consumers with higher price consciousness, trustworthiness emerges as a more significant factor. This research offers insights into the application of blockchain technology in the second-hand luxury market, particularly in enhancing transparency and consumer trust. It emphasizes the importance of retail strategies that communicate the advantages of BT and alleviate consumer risks associated with the online second-hand luxury market while recognizing consumers' varying levels of price consciousness.

区块链透明度在减少二手奢侈品购物的不确定性和价格意识的作用
本研究探讨了二手奢侈品市场中区块链技术(BT)采用背景下的消费者行为和决策。具体来说,它研究了英国电信如何能够减少不确定性,提高透明度的二手奢侈品交易基于心理会计理论的方法。采用偏最小二乘结构方程建模分析(N = 511),重点研究消费者对BT获取的可追溯信息的感知质量(即产品诊断性、信息性和可信度)和二手奢侈品网购感知风险(即财务风险、社会风险、时间风险、污染风险、绩效风险)。研究结果证实,可追溯信息的感知质量提高了区块链的透明度,减少了网上二手奢侈品购物的不确定性。这导致消费者认为bt支持的平台是有价值的,增加了他们采用它们的意图。该研究还考察了价格意识对消费者对英国电信和决策的看法的调节作用。多群体分析的结果证实,在产品透明度方面,价格意识较低的消费者更受BT提供的诊断性的影响,而对于价格意识较高的消费者,可信度的影响更为显著。这项研究为区块链技术在二手奢侈品市场的应用提供了见解,特别是在提高透明度和消费者信任方面。它强调了零售策略的重要性,即传达BT的优势,减轻与在线二手奢侈品市场相关的消费者风险,同时认识到消费者不同程度的价格意识。
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Fashion and Textiles
Fashion and Textiles Business, Management and Accounting-Marketing
CiteScore
4.40
自引率
4.20%
发文量
37
审稿时长
13 weeks
期刊介绍: Fashion and Textiles aims to advance knowledge and to seek new perspectives in the fashion and textiles industry worldwide. We welcome original research articles, reviews, case studies, book reviews and letters to the editor. The scope of the journal includes the following four technical research divisions: Textile Science and Technology: Textile Material Science and Technology; Dyeing and Finishing; Smart and Intelligent Textiles Clothing Science and Technology: Physiology of Clothing/Textile Products; Protective clothing ; Smart and Intelligent clothing; Sportswear; Mass customization ; Apparel manufacturing Economics of Clothing and Textiles/Fashion Business: Management of the Clothing and Textiles Industry; Merchandising; Retailing; Fashion Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Socio-psychology of Fashion Fashion Design and Cultural Study on Fashion: Aesthetic Aspects of Fashion Product or Design Process; Textiles/Clothing/Fashion Design; Fashion Trend; History of Fashion; Costume or Dress; Fashion Theory; Fashion journalism; Fashion exhibition.
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