Consumers’ purchasing decision towards food products of small and medium enterprises

The gross domestic product (GDP) of Malaysia has continuously increased from year to year. All industry sectors are responsible for contributing to Malaysia’s GDP, including the food and beverage (F&B) industry. The sales within the Malaysian F&B retail industry were forecast to grow yearly....

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Main Authors: F., Diana-Rose, M. A., Zariyawati, K., Norazlina, M. N., Annuar, O., Manisah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Econjournals 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55371/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55371/1/Consumers%E2%80%99%20purchasing%20decision%20towards%20food%20products%20of%20small%20and%20medium%20.pdf
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author F., Diana-Rose
M. A., Zariyawati
K., Norazlina
M. N., Annuar
O., Manisah
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description The gross domestic product (GDP) of Malaysia has continuously increased from year to year. All industry sectors are responsible for contributing to Malaysia’s GDP, including the food and beverage (F&B) industry. The sales within the Malaysian F&B retail industry were forecast to grow yearly. This study is to examine Malaysian consumers’ acceptance of F&B products of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In depth, this study also tries to investigate whether consumers use experience when making a decision to buy SMEs’ F&B products in the hypermarket. Results from structural equation modeling shows that consumers are barely aware of the existence of SMEs’ F&B products and prefer to buy establish brands’ products in the hypermarket. Hence, we suggest SMEs be more prominent in marketing their products. This action will influence consumer decisions in choosing SMEs brands over established brands’ products.
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spelling upm-553712017-11-03T08:57:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55371/ Consumers’ purchasing decision towards food products of small and medium enterprises F., Diana-Rose M. A., Zariyawati K., Norazlina M. N., Annuar O., Manisah The gross domestic product (GDP) of Malaysia has continuously increased from year to year. All industry sectors are responsible for contributing to Malaysia’s GDP, including the food and beverage (F&B) industry. The sales within the Malaysian F&B retail industry were forecast to grow yearly. This study is to examine Malaysian consumers’ acceptance of F&B products of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In depth, this study also tries to investigate whether consumers use experience when making a decision to buy SMEs’ F&B products in the hypermarket. Results from structural equation modeling shows that consumers are barely aware of the existence of SMEs’ F&B products and prefer to buy establish brands’ products in the hypermarket. Hence, we suggest SMEs be more prominent in marketing their products. This action will influence consumer decisions in choosing SMEs brands over established brands’ products. Econjournals 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55371/1/Consumers%E2%80%99%20purchasing%20decision%20towards%20food%20products%20of%20small%20and%20medium%20.pdf F., Diana-Rose and M. A., Zariyawati and K., Norazlina and M. N., Annuar and O., Manisah (2016) Consumers’ purchasing decision towards food products of small and medium enterprises. International Review of Management and Marketing, 6 (4). pp. 836-842. ISSN 2146-4405 http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/download/3143/pdf
spellingShingle F., Diana-Rose
M. A., Zariyawati
K., Norazlina
M. N., Annuar
O., Manisah
Consumers’ purchasing decision towards food products of small and medium enterprises
title Consumers’ purchasing decision towards food products of small and medium enterprises
title_full Consumers’ purchasing decision towards food products of small and medium enterprises
title_fullStr Consumers’ purchasing decision towards food products of small and medium enterprises
title_full_unstemmed Consumers’ purchasing decision towards food products of small and medium enterprises
title_short Consumers’ purchasing decision towards food products of small and medium enterprises
title_sort consumers’ purchasing decision towards food products of small and medium enterprises
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55371/
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