Abstract:
The purposes of this research, a case study of Chatuchak Garden Weekend Market, were
to study the factors which affected the marketing mix of Thai handicraft goods.
The samples used were 246 respondents from the entrepreneurs of Chatuchak Market and the tool used to collect data was a questionnaire, which had a reliability level of 0.7303. Statistics used to analyze the data were percentage, mean, standard deviation (SD) and Chi-Square.
The findings were as follows:
The samples were classified by the size of the enterprise as small (32.9%), medium (51.6%) and large (15.4%); classification by goods category found that the largest group of samples sold basketwork, wooden products, carved wood and wooden furniture (22.8%); classification by production experience found that 47.2% had less than ten years of experience; classification by the entrepreneurs target market found that 51.2% targeted the domestic market.
The factors which affected the marketing mix of Thai handicraft goods as a whole were at a high level. The aspect of products was at a high level while the aspect of sale promotions was at a moderate level.
A comparative analysis between the size of the enterprise, goods category, production experience, target market and the marketing mix showed no significant relationship.