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Item Factors Influencing on Used Passenger Car Purchase Intention by Examining the Mediation of Perceived Value in Sri Lankan Used Vehicle Market(Department of Marketing Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2025) Nirmani, M. W. T.; Gunawardane, W. A. D. N. R.With the suspension of new car imports to Sri Lanka from 2020, there has been a significant transformation in the used vehicle market in Sri Lanka in the last decade. Therefore, understanding the factors influencing the used passenger car purchase intention of consumers will be very helpful for all organizations and businessmen involved in the used vehicle market in Sri Lanka to formulate effective strategies, the research's purpose is investigating the factors influencing on used passenger cars purchase intention in used vehicle market in Sri Lanka, focusing on the mediating role of perceived value. This study adopted a positivist approach, focusing on quantitative methodology concerned with analysing relationships between variables, and collected primary data based on a sample of 398 respondents, utilising structured online questionnaires.. The results of the analysis show that among the independent variables, brand, price, design, technical consideration, etc., only the "technical consideration" variable has a weak relationship with perceived value. It has been confirmed that it is not a significant effect by accepting other hypotheses. Accordingly, this study has further shown that the variables brand, price, design, technical consideration, perceived value is all the most important in determining purchase intention. Not only that, the findings of this study have confirmed that the mediation of perceived value is also an important variable.This research has implications for theory as well as practice. From a theoretical perspective, it enriches the literature by elaborating on the mediating role of perceived value in the context of intention to purchase a used car. Practically, it gives actionable insights to automotive companies and leasing firms on strategic branding, competitive pricing, and innovative design for enhanced consumer value perception. In addition, it provides insight to used car dealers, online buying and selling vehicle platforms, customers, and new entrepreneurs.Item Impact of Marketing Mix Element on Customer Purchase Intention With Reference To Lubricant Market in Sri Lanka(Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya,Sri Lanka., 2017) Bamunusinghe, K.B.H.M.; Wijenayake, S.I.This research was conducted to find out the Impact of Marketing Mix element on the customer purchase intension for lubricant products market in Sri Lanka. Researcher has found out that there is a positive relationship among marketing mix and customer purchase intension. For the partial perspective, the study suggests some strategies for the management of Lubricant Product industry. Also mention some further research areas. A sample of 100 respondents who are above 20 years of age and who are capable of making decisions of vehicle maintenance from Colombo and Gampaha districts were selected to conduct the study. A questionnaire based survey was conducted to collect data and stated hypotheses were tested using correlation and regression analysis. SPSS was used as the data analysis tool. Results of the research provide insights for lubricant market to make marketing mix decisions.Item Factors Affecting to Brand Loyalty in Fast Food Industry With Special Reference to Colombo District(Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya,Sri Lanka., 2017) Fernando, T.M.D.; Fernando, P.M.P.Developing and managing Brand Equity for a brand is considered as a critical issue for most of the industries. Having too many brands around the customer and competitive marketing and promotion campaigns can be a cause to create a brand confusion in customers mind. Multinational companies like Pizza Hut, KFC and McDonalds’ coming in to the local market using franchise model may use innovative strategies to build up their brand loyalty in local context. On this research, researcher tries to identify the most important factors that affect brand loyalty in fast food restaurants. The researcher identified Atmosphere, Promotion, Value Addition, Food Provided, Price, Brand Image and Service Quality through a comprehensive literature review as factors leading to branding loyalty. The research was conducted in Colombo District with a sample of 140 respondents. Survey method was used as the research strategy and a self-administered, structured questionnaire was distributed among respondents to collect data for the study. Hypothesis were tested using regression analysis and results showed that atmosphere is the most prominent factor when it comes to customer brand loyalty of fast food restaurants while other variables indicated a moderate to weak influence on brand loyalty.Item Factors Affecting Customer Satisfaction with Special Reference to Fast Food Restaurants in Sri Lanka.(Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Shashikala, G.S.; Kumara, D.W.This study is focused on factors affecting customer satisfaction in fast food restaurant industry in Sri Lanka, where today various food companies offers many solutions to satisfy customer requirements, but yet no one was spoken and understood the affecting factors of those companies in connecting to the customer needs and wants.. The ultimate purpose of the marketer is to establish customer satisfaction within the fast food outlet through attracting them. Marketers use various tools to attract and satisfy customers. This study aims to identify major factors that customers are attracting and satisfying with fast food restaurants. The study uses quantitative research design method and analysis was done using 100 fast food outlet customers as a sample. The data was collected with standard questionnaire and customers were selected within the food outlets. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics such as central tendency and dispersion. Correlation and regression analysis was used as inferential statistical techniques. From the analysis it was found that all four factors , namely product quality, service quality, physical design are influencing customer satisfaction of the fast food restaurants and out of four factors product quality is the most influencing factor.Item Factors Influencing on Brand Switching of Users of Mobile Telecommunication in Sri Lanka.(Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Ganegala, G.W.N.K.; Ubayachandra, E.G.Mobile telecommunication is one of the fast growing industries in Sri Lanka. Currently few numbers of operators engaged in this small market with huge competition. Due to highly competitive market environment service providers attract others customers to sustain. As a result of that the switching behavior of customers’ has been frequently happening. This study was focused on the problem of identifying the Factors Influencing on Brand Switching of Users of Mobile Telecommunication in Sri Lanka. Main objective of this study was to determine the factors impact on switching behavior of mobile telecommunication users in Sri Lanka. Deductive research approach was used for this study and 150 switched respondents between ages 18-55 were selected under convenience sampling method. Both primary and secondary data were used for this study and survey method used to collect most of the primary data. Five independent variables were identified according to the previous literature namely Brand Image, Core service failure, Attraction by competitors, price and Social influence. The data were analyzed using both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Data analysis revealed that the brand image had the most impact on brand switching behavior than the other factors. However, all five factors were found significant impact on switching behavior among mobile phone users. Findings of this study provide important implications to the telecommunication operators in their effort to increase their customer base and to retain customers with the organization.