Abstract:
The purpose of this independent study was to study the demographic factors and the marketing mix factors influencing purchase decisions of the Wealthy Slimming Diet Product of consumers in Pathum Thani.
The samples consisted of 400 participants who were current consumers or used to consume Wealthy Slimming Diet Product in Pathum Thani, and the questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection. Descriptive statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, and standard deviation. According to inferential statistics, the Independent Samples t-test, One-Way Analysis of Variance (One-Way ANOVA), and the Pearson Correlation were used for hypothesis testing.
The results of this study revealed that the majority of the participants were female with an average age ranging from 30 to 39 years old and the level of education was Bachelors degree. Besides, most of these participants were employees of private companies with the average monthly income between 20,001 to 30,000 Baht and still single. The results indicated that the participants considered the marketing mix to be important in several aspects. First of all, the product had to have a good production standard and was certified its quality by the reliable organizations. The price also has to be reasonable compared to the quality. Regarding the promotion aspect, the most important factor was to have the sales representatives to recommend and explain details about the product. The purchase decision was mainly based their own decisions. According to the hypothesis testing, the result showed that different personal factors of consumers would have different purchase decisions of the Wealthy Slimming Diet Product. Furthermore, the marketing mix factors were proportionally related to purchase decision. Therefore, a tendency of purchase decision of the product seemed to increase in compliance with an importance of the marketing mix factors.