Determining the Marketing Tactic and Strategies Based on Milk Consumption Preference Patterns of the Consumers
Abstract
The aims of the study were to determine the factors
impacting on drinking milk consumption decisions of the consumers in Erzurum,
and to provide the information to suppliers on how to implement the strategic
marketing decisions by considering the main factors effecting on the milk
consumption amounts based on homogenous consumer segments. The primary data
obtained from a face-to-face questionnaire with 250 households residing in
Erzurum, therefore, were the main material of the research. Principal Component
Analysis (PCA) for the consumption preference factors of consumers’ drinking
milk, K-means Cluster Analysis for homogenous cluster segments related to high,
middle, low-income professionals and Multiple Regression Analyses (MRC) to
determine the efficiencies of the factors affecting the milk consumption
amounts were used by taking into consideration these data. The results of the
study highlighted that the high, middle and low-income consumers gave purchase
decisions towards drinking milk with the augmented product image processed as
organic, with actual product image differentiated under the price
discriminations and the generic raw milk focused on the core benefits,
respectively. According to these results, the brand strategies related to the
global/national brands under organic milk mix with high image, the private
labels covering the actual product mix and the generic brands with region of
origin focused on the core benefit could be implemented for homogeneous
consumers segments, respectively.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Yavuz Topcu
ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ZİRAAT FAKÜLTESİ
Derya Baran
This is me
ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ZİRAAT FAKÜLTESİ
Gökçe Denizli
This is me
ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ZİRAAT FAKÜLTESİ
Publication Date
December 30, 2016
Submission Date
January 9, 2017
Acceptance Date
November 21, 2016
Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 31 Number: 2