Abstract:
This study had purpose to study demographic factors, behaviors and marketing mix factors Influencing to plastic zipper bags perception and usage of consumers in Bangkok Metropolitan area. Researcher used a survey research method from sample group of people who live in Bangkok Metropolis and had age older than 15 years old 400 persons by using questionnaires as data collecting tools. Statistic analyses were frequency, percentage and hypothesis testing with Chi-square at 0.05 significantly statistic level.
The study results found that most of sample group were male, age between
31 - 45 years old, had married, were bachelor degree holders, worked as bureaucrats or state enterprise officers, had monthly income between 5,001 - 15,000 baht, their residences are welfare houses, had at least 4 persons in family. Most of sample group already perceived to plastic zipper bag usage but some of them just had seen or used these bags when they bought products but did not recognize.
The study results behaviors plastic zipper bags usage most of sample group already reused their plastic zipper bags depend on their activities. The medium size was the most frequency reused plastic zipper bag. Samples always reused bags but never reserve bags by buying. Some samples who did not perceive to use plastic zipper bag want to try this bag and some of them did not want to use because they concern about its expensive price.
The study of marketing mix factors effecting to plastic zipper bags perception and usage of consumers in Bangkok Metropolitan area found that; In product aspect, consumers use plastic zipper bags because they can use in their family everyday life and plastic zipper bags had various usefulness which consumers can use in appropriate ways. Consumers want to reuse only a clean, clear and high quality plastic zipper bag. In price aspect, consumers had opinion that price of plastic zipper bag was appropriate with its usefulness, the most appropriate price was 85 - 100 baht per kilogram. In distribution aspect, consumers bought plastic zipper bags in department stores and they firstly knew a plastic zipper bag in a supermarket. In promotion aspect, consumers recognized information of a plastic zipper bag from a product the bought which was packed by a plastic zipper bag.
The relation analysis between consumers demographic factors and plastic zipper bag perception and usage found that educational level, occupation, income, residence and number of family member had effects to plastic zipper bag perception of consumers. And educational level, occupation, and status had effects to plastic zipper bag usage of consumers. Hypothesis testing results of marketing mix factors effecting to plastic zipper bags perception and usage of consumers in Bangkok Metropolitan area found that aspects of product, price, place and promotion had effects to plastic zipper bags perception and usage of consumers in Bangkok Metropolitan area.
This study indicated suggested that most consumers had perception and usage of plastic zipper bags but only accessed to consumers in high and middle classes. The marketing mix strategies should be improved to penetrate to the other target groups whom had different personal factors in order to maximum response of consumers requirement until consumers become to popularly use plastic zipper bags in their everyday life.