Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to study the relation between brand image and buying behavior towards Korean Cosmetics of Consumers in Bangkok. The sample were 410 women who were using or ever used Korean Cosmetics in Bangkok Area The questionnaire was applied as a tool for collecting data. The statistical methods used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson (Chi-Square). The result revealed that most respondents were having age between 20-30 years old, holding a Bachelor degree, having job as officer in private company and having monthly income of 10,001-20,000 Baht, having single status, and having the purpose of buying for personal use. One famous well-known brand was the brand consumers prefer the most. Most frequency bought product was face make-up cosmetics. They most purchased cosmetics once a month, purchased during promotion period, purchased from specialty store. Moreover, the most influencing person on buying decision was for themselves. The reason for buying was to skin care and the main factor for buying was the product quality. The hypothesis testing indicated that consumers with different age, education level, occupation, monthly income and marital status were having different buying behavior at statistically significant level of 0.05. In addition, the overall brand image was having relationship with one Korean brand, buying frequency, and place to buy while the rest have no relationship. When consider each aspect, it was found that brand characteristic was having relationship with buying frequency, place to buy, and reason to buy whereas the rest were found having no relationship. For brand benefits, it has relationship with buying behavior for two Korean brands, buying frequency and reason to buy while the rest have no relationship. Last but not least, for brand attitude, it has relationship with buying behavior for one Korean brand, buying occasions, place to buy, influencing person for buying decision, reason to buy, and factor for buying while the rest have no relationship.