1st-2016

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    Impact of Brand Personality on Consumer Brand Loyalty: With Special Reference to the Fashion Apparel Retail Industry in Sri Lanka.
    (Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Molagoda, S.M.T.D.; Gyathree, D.A.G.P.K.
    Fashion Apparel is one of the most consumed goods in a Quick Service format due to its unique attributes such as convenience, cloth quality and less price. Today, the twenty first century, Fashion Apparel has become so popular despite the fact that there is a relatively small number of companies selling and succeed Fashion Apparel Retail Industry in Sri Lankan context. Apart from the purchasing power one may possess, it is interesting to find out what other factors may influence an individual’s choice of fashion apparel retail brands. The Fashion Apparel retail industry in Sri Lanka is yet to be defined, as there is no clear demarcated line to separate the fashion apparel retail brands from the other fashion outlets, which is available in Sri Lanka. Primary purpose of this research is to examine the impact made by brand personality dimensions of Fashion Apparel Retail brands on consumer brand loyalty. As the research descriptive in nature a descriptive research design is used. . Under the primary sources of data collection, an online survey method will be used with a well-constructed questionnaire. The Non-Probability sampling method will be used in order to determine the sample as convenience sampling will be used as a technique. It was established that the elements of Sincerity, Competence, Excitement, sophistication and ruggedness of brand personality indeed have a positive relationship with brand loyalty.
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    Factors Influencing on Brand Loyalty towards Fast Food Restaurants in Sri Lanka with Special Reference to Western Province
    (Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Gunarathne, W.P.G.K.; Jayarathne, W.A.
    In the present business environment, marketers are using different kinds of marketing strategies to achieve the organizational goals. Building up a brand loyalty towards the brand is one marketing strategies which is commonly used by organizations to increase their sales other organization goals. This study attempts identify the factors that would influence on building up brand loyalty towards fast food restaurants. There are many previous researches related to this study area which are based on the global context whereas this study is specifically related to the global context. The primary objective of this research study is to identifying the factors that influence in building up a brand loyalty in consumer mind set towards multinational and domestic fast food chains with special reference to western province. While achieving the main objective researcher set sub objectives which are in line with the primary objective. This study specifically comes under descriptive nature and researcher used survey data collection technique to gather data in order to get ideas and opinions from respondents. The researcher used convenience sampling technique to recognized research sample and used SPSS 20.0 to analyze collected data from respondents to reach conclusion. As per the research findings food provide and atmosphere creates strong positive relationship in building up brand loyalty towards the fast food restaurants where other considered factors have weak and moderate positive relationships in building up brand loyalty.
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    The Impact of Country of Origin on the Brand Equity: The case of University Student in Purchasing Toothpaste in Sri Lankan Market.
    (Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Gomes, G.H.D.; Ubayachandra, E.G.
    This study investigates the reflections of country of origin image on consumers brand equity with regard to the Sri Lankan University Students in purchasing toothpaste. The research problem of the study is to check the impact of the Country of Origin on the Brand Equity. Most of the past researchers have focused on impact of country of origin on the consumer buying behavior without considering a specific product category. The key objective of this research is to identify the impact of the country of origin on the dimensions of the brand equity and the specific objectives are to identify the relationship between Country of Origin and the dimensions of Brand Equity which are Brand Awareness, Brand Association, Brand Loyalty and Perceived Quality. This is quantitative research study and the sampling technique includes Judgmental sampling and Quota Sampling. The data collection method was Questionnaires. Sample size was 150 undergraduates from three different universities. To test the hypotheses, correlation analysis and simple regression analysis were performed. According to the Regression Coefficient, Country of Origin affects Brand Equity of Toothpaste purchasing which indicates positive association between the dependent and independent variables. According to the sample analysis, it describes that most of the toothpaste consumers prefer foreign toothpaste brands.