Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of personal factors and marketing mix strategies on decisions to purchase Halal food products among Muslim consumers in Bangkok.
The samples used in the study comprised 400 Muslim consumers in Bangkok who knew Halal food products, intended to purchase and had purchased Halal food products. They were selected by using the convenience sampling method. The instrument used to collect data was a questionnaire. The statistical methods used to analyze the data were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and multiple linear regression analysis.
The study results revealed that the personal factors of gender, age, occupation, educational level, monthly income, and character of being Muslim affected the decisions to purchase Halal food products. Of the marketing mix strategies given as 4 components, namely products, prices, distribution channels and marketing promotions, prices, distribution channels, and marketing promotion components had a moderately positive effect on the decision to purchase Halal food products whereas the products component demonstrated no effect on the decision to purchase Halal food products at a statistically significant level of .05.