PENGARUH BRAND AWARENESS TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN ROTI CARMEL PADA PT PINRANG PANTAI INDAH KOTA MAKASSAR

Abstract

This research is motivated by the development of increasingly competitive businesses, one of the industries that is currently developing is the bread industry. One reason is people's interest in consuming bread as a means of preventing hunger. Carmel bread produced by PT Pinrang Pantai Indah is a company that was only founded in 2020. But, is able to compete with other companies that produce bread. One of the factors to be able to survive in business competition is to create products that consumers can remember and recognize or are known as brand awareness, this will influence purchasing decisions made by consumers.This research aims to determine 1) consumer perceptions of brand awareness Carmel Bread, 2) consumer perceptions of factors influencing purchasing decisions for Carmel Bread, 3) influence brand awareness on the decision to purchase Carmel Bread. This research used a quantitative approach with data collection methods using questionnaires and interviews. The sample in this study consisted of 90 respondents taken by using the method purposive sampling. Data analysis was carried out using simple linear regression analysis using SPSS version 16 for windows.The results of this research indicated that 1) consumer perceptions of brand awareness Carmel Bread are good, 2) consumer perceptions of the factors that influence purchasing decisions for Carmel Bread are good, 3) brand awareness influence the decision to purchase Carmel Bread. The coefficient of determination for this research is 0.601 or 60.1% and the remaining 39.9% comes from other variables outside of this research.