The Impact of K-Pop Idol on Brand Awareness, Hedonic Shopping Motivation, and Purchase Intention

Abstract

This research aims to know what factors are owned by endorsers that can influence consumer purchase decisions for the products offered by e-commerces. The secondary motivation of this research is to obtain empirical data on how influential the tactics made by e-commerce using K-Pop girlband/boyband are on purchase intention. The impact of celebrity worship factors is analyzed on data of Indonesia's K-Pop fans (n =100) using variance-based structural equation modeling and PLS-SEM process. The research results show a positive correlation between K-Pop brand ambassadors to raise brand awareness, hedonic shopping motivation towards Purchase Intention among K-Pop fans. This research contributes to the current knowledge-related online buying behavior in virtual retail formats and helps marketers in streamlining their focus in using K-pop figures to increase purchase decisions of targeted consumers.