This research aims at knowing the influence of country of origin (COO) and brand image on purchase decision of Etude House, a South Korean cosmetic brand. A sample of 100 consumers of Etude House was the respondents that were selected using snowball method. The questionnaire were distributed to women consumers who live in Semarang and have been using the products in the last three months. Multiple regression analysis was to see if the influence of COO and brand image on purchase decision is significant. The results show that COO and brand image had positive and significant influence on the purchase decision of Etude House products
Green marketing is becoming a trend, and many companies have implemented it as a strategy for winning the market. However, attention to the importance of green marketing strategies has been relatively limited compared to its importance as a viable strategy, and this happens, particularly, in developing countries. As a result, the green marketing strategies of companies in developing countries are not yet fully recognized. So, this study is intended to explore marketing practices of the selected companies in Indonesia. The research is a case study of three selected companies producing herbal medical drinks, natural spa-related beauty products, and natural coloring fabric. They were selected for several reasons: producing of green products, conducting of green practices, and marketing the products abroad. In-depth interview of the owner or incharged manager of each company was used to obtain the data about its marketing practices. The data were then classified into four Ps of marketing mix, and interrelationship concepts generated from the data were systematically identified using NVivo to get clear picture of their marketing strategy. The results indicated that the companies undertook only quasi green marketing: dealt with green product and conducted green practices but did not apply green pricing, green distribution, and green promotion. This brings implication for companies marketing a green product to take advantage by differentiating their product based on the green characteristics of the product. This study also contributes to knowledge about green marketing strategy in a developing economy that is still limited.
Loyalty to an e-commerce is difficult to be gained even though factors influencing it have been studied by many. Among others, brand image, e-satisfaction, and trust are the factors. This study aims at analyzing mediating effect of e-satisfaction and trust on the influence of brand image and e-loyalty in the case of Tokopedia, an e-marketplace with strong brand image in Indonesia. Questionnaires to 114 buyers who are categorized as generation Y and Z were distributed using Google form. The Mediating Regression Analysis (MRA) test was applied to see mediating effect of e-satisfaction and trust. The data were tested for their normality, multicollinearity, and heteroscedasticity before the regression. The results indicate only brand image and e-satisfaction that affect e-loyalty positively and significantly. E-satisfaction is also found to mediate brand image and e-loyalty. Since trust is insignificantly affect e-loyalty, it thus does not mediate brand image and e-loyalty.
Packaging is an element of product strategy that is used to attract consumers to buy the product. Small businesses usually do not pay attention to their product packages so that the products are not attractive to the target consumers. Here, we used packaging to help the small business partners to leverage sales of their products. The assistance covers labelling in which relevant information about the products is provided to the consumers. The small business partners have been successfully selling their products with higher price because of better packages.
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