Abstract:
The purposes of this research were to study behavior of buying Pan Cosmetic products, classified by demography, and to find out the relations between marketing mix and behavior ob buying the products. The samples in this study were 385 both male and female consumers who bought Pan Cosmetic products at the Department stores. The research tools were 34 items of questionnaires to collect the data, then the data were analyzed by using SPSS program. The statistics employed in data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, highest value, lowest value, LSD, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The results of this descriptive research revealed that the majority of the respondents were females with the age of between 25-28 years old. They were graduates, single and worked at private companies. Having considered each aspect of marketing mix, it was found that for the product, natural mixed products were at the average highest level. For the price, the quality of the products, that was worthwhile to buy, was at the average highest level. For the place, department stores, that were very convenient to buy the products, were at the average highest level. For marketing promotion, sample products provided for the consumers were at the highest level. For service, salespersons, who suggested how to use the products, were at the average
highest level. The consumers spent 8,000 baht per month to buy the product. And they bought the products 4 times a month The results of the inference research indicated that for money spent on the products a month, behavior of buying the products of the consumers with different age, status, and incomes was significantly different. However behavior of buying the products of the consumers with different genders, education levels, and occupations was not different. For the frequency of buying the product per month, behavior of buying the product of the consumers with different incomes was significantly different, whereas behavior of buying the product of the consumers with different genders, education levels, occupations, age, and status was not different. Marketing mix factor i.e., marketing promotion related to behavior of buying the product in the aspect of frequency of buying. The recommendations in this research were as follows: 1. The following Marketing promotions should be made: Product leaflets should be distributed. Advertisements on various media including billboards should be made. Salespersons should provide the information about sales promotion to the consumers. 2. Product shelves should be easy to find and totally clean. 3. The Company should have the acceptable process of selecting, employing, training and the ways to encourage the employees to have a good relationship and to be fast service-minded. 4. The company should satisfy the consumers by giving gifts along with providing others services in order to keep the relationship with the consumers.
5. The company can use the results of the research as the models and the ways to make the positive distinction of cosmetic business to increase the sales rates.