Abstract:
The research aimed to study about; 1) behavior towards purchasing facial cream of females who lived in Muang Municipality, Krabi, 2) marketing factor influenced purchasing behavior, 3) the relationship between personnel factor and purchasing behavior, 4) the relationship between marketing factor and purchasing behavior, and 5) opinion and suggestion included with consideration in purchasing cream. Data collected from 400 females who were selected by accidental sampling method. In addition, questionnaire was used as research instrument. It analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Also, Chi-squared test used to examine hypotheses.
It was found that the majority of samples were single Buddhism with age ranging from 25-35 years old. They got bachelors degree and earned their living as employees in private companies with monthly income, 5001-10,000 baht. PONDS, whitening facial cream was the popular product which bought from 501-1,000 baht for each shopping. Besides, they made decision to buy 2 pieces of product themselves once a month. Furthermore, the influence of marketing factor to purchasing behavior in overall image reached to the high level. Each aspect was ranged from high to low as the following order; production, price, staff, physics, process, promotion, and channel of distribution, respectively. Moreover, personnel factor; age, status, religion, educational background, career, and income related with purchasing behavior in all aspect. The marketing factor included the following aspects; product, price, channel of distribution, promotion, staff, physics, and service management related with all aspect of purchasing behavior at statistical significance level at 0.05.