A study on the customer satisfaction and customer loyalty of furniture purchaser in on‐line shop

Abstract

Purpose

The paper intends to explore the influencing factors on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty in the internet shopping mall through service quality based on the data obtained from furniture purchaser.

Design/methodology/approach

The research model and the relevant research hypothesis were set up through the data derived from the existing researches, and then the relevant hypothesis was tested through regression analysis.

Findings

As result of analysis, the influencing factors on customer satisfaction of furniture purchaser in the internet shopping mall were proved to be product diversity of service quality, tangibles, responsiveness, interaction, stability, and customer satisfaction was found to be a significant influencing factor on customer loyalty in the internet shopping mall.

Research limitations/implications

Although this study was carried out against actual furniture purchaser in selecting the samples, it reached the limit in considering the diversity of internet shopping mall, and sorting into on‐line and off‐line concurrent shopping mall and internet exclusive shopping mall.

Originality/value

The study reviews the service quality measure suggested in the existing literature on service quality, newly applying it to on‐line services environment, and then finding out the influence of service quality in internet shopping mall on customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, and repurchase intention as well as in which dimension they are built up.

Citation

Jeong, Y. and Lee, Y. (2010), "A study on the customer satisfaction and customer loyalty of furniture purchaser in on‐line shop", Asian Journal on Quality, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 146-156. https://doi.org/10.1108/15982681011075952