The objectives of this theses are: 1) to study the attitude motivation marketing mix and the decision to purchase second-hand brand name shoes from Facebook; 2 ) to compare personal factors i.e. gender age occupation education level that affecting decision to purchase second-handed brand name shoes from Facebook and; 3 ) to study factors affecting the decision to purchase second-handed brand name shoes from Facebook using the quantitative research methodology through an online survey tool in order to collect required data from 400 samples who actually purchased second-handed brand name shoes from 4 different Facebook pages. The pages were: 1) Second-handed shoes on Khao Lam Road FB Page 2) Taii Taew 2nd handed FB Page; 3) Shoes-Project FB Page; and 4) Cho Chopping FB Page. The data was analyzed by finding frequency percentage average t-test One-way Analysis of Variance and Enter Multiple Regression Analysis. The key research findings are: 1) Most of purchasers who decide to purchase second-handed shoes via Facebook are 215 males (62.50%) 162 are at aged over 51 years (40.50%) 178 are private business owners/entrepreneurs (44.50%) 214 posed bachelors degree or are currently studying (53%). 2) The study on motivation attitude for purchasing second-handed brand name shoes from Facebook found that respondents recognized cost saving as the most important key decision making factor in purchasing second-handed brand name shoes (x̅ = 4.36); followed by the user-friendly and uncomplicated purchasing process (x̅ = 4.19). 3) The study on motivation for purchasing the second-handed brand name shoes from Facebook found that the respondents recognized the importance of price advantage when comparing to the new brand name product (x̅ = 4.40) seconded by product limitation and availability in general local market (x̅ = 4.29). 4) Overall marketing mix factors of second-handed brand name shoes on Facebook was at high level (x̅ =3.79) in which price factor is at high level (x̅ = 4.32) followed by distribution factor ( x̅ = 4.23) product factor ( x̅ = 4.04) marketing promotion factor and market factor (x̅ = 3.89) respectively. 5) The study decision to purchase second-handed brand name shoes via Facebook found that respondents recognized the “convenience to purchase secondhanded brand name shoes via online channels fast and diverse in payment methods” as the most important factor (x̅ = 4.14) followed by personal preference (x̅ = 4.10). 6) From the hypothesis found that: 6.1) Gender age and education differences differentiated the decision to purchase second-handed brand name shoes from Facebook with a statistical significance at .05 level. 6.2) Attitude motivation and product marketing mix that included distribution sales & promotion affected the decision to purchase second-handed brand names shoes from Facebook with statistical significance at the .05 level.

Music piracy is the copying and distributing of recordings of a piece of music for which the rights owners; composer recording artist or copyright-holding record company did not give consent. In order to understand the situation in Thailand the purpose of this paper is to determine factors affecting the unauthorized buying and downloading of copyrighted music. The research tools employed in this study are a questionnaire to enable statistical analysis from the desired sample of 410 subjects and focus group interview 30 subjects from every region in Thailand. The findings show that subjects are influenced in their decision to unauthorized buying and downloading of copyrighted music because of integrated marketing communication; advertising sale promotion public relations and direct marketing in the neutrul level. However the Chi-Square Test results further show with a level of significance at 0.01 that consumers’ decision with regard to unauthorized buying and downloading of copyrighted music depends on price law social acceptance and religion belief which are confirmed by focus group interview. Hence these are a key factor in influencing consumers to enroll for music piracy in Thailand that the rights owners and the policy makers should consider for to prevent or stop this illegal behaviour.

The purposes of this study were to compare demographics to making purchasing decisions to Japanese skincare products of female consumers in Bangkok and study the marketing communications affected the buying decision Japanese skincare products of female consumers in Bangkok. This research was the quantitative research by using questionnaires from 384 female consumers who previously purchased the product by uses the multi-stage sampling method. The data was analyzed by as frequency percentage mean standard deviation t-test statistic One-Way ANOVA and enter multiple linear regression at the statistical significance level of .05. The results showed that: most of the sample was between 25 - 34 years (35.40%) single status (68.20%) average monthly income of 10001 - 20000 baht (34.10%) education of bachelors degree (55.70%) and work in private companies (48.70%). The average monthly income education level and occupation had different decisions purchasing Japanese skincare products among female consumers with statistical significance at the .05 level. Marketing communication influence female consumers purchasing decision of Japanese skincare products with statistical significance at the .05 level were sales by individuals (29.10%) public relations (18.10%) and promotion (15.80%).

The purposes of this research were to study 1) the personal factors of small entrepreneurs who decide to buy instant banana fritters batter mix in Chiang Mai province 2) the production factors of small entrepreneurs who decide to buy instant banana fritters batter mix in Chiang Mai province 3) the purchasing decision on instant banana fritters batter mix of small entrepreneurs in Chiang Mai province 4) the relationship between personal factors and the small entrepreneurs’ purchasing decisions on banana fritters batter mix and 5) the relationship between production factors and the small entrepreneurs’ purchasing decisions on banana fritters batter mix in Chiang Mai province. The population of the study included 328 small entrepreneurs 265 participants were selected by a specific selection method. The instruments used in this study were questionnaires. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency percentage and chi-square. The results of the study were as follow: 1) personal factors of the small entrepreneurs most of them living in Mueng district Chiang Mai mostly female aged between 31 to 40 years. Their educational background was below the bachelors degree. The average monthly sales revenue ranged from 5001 to 10000 baht sales volume of fried bananas was 10– 20 bunches per day the location of the shop was in front of the house. 2) Factors of production it was found that small entrepreneurs placed high importance on personnel budget raw materials and management. 3) The small entrepreneurs purchasing decisions on banana fritters batter mix found that small entrepreneurs decided to buy “Kueakun brand”. The reason for the purchase was delicious taste. The outstanding feature of instant banana fritters batter mix was that the fried bananas were crispy for a long time. The place of purchase was the market/retail store. The amount purchased was 10 – 20 kg/time. The purchase cost was 1000 – 2000 baht/time. The purchase frequency was 1 - 2 weeks/time. The ingredient that needed to be added was dried shredded coconut and the desired scent was no need to add flavorings. 4) The relationship between personal factors and the small entrepreneurs purchasing decisions on banana fritters batter mix the results showed that personal factors in terms of gender age education level average sales income per month and sales volume per day there was a statistically significant correlation with the outstanding feature of instant banana fritters batter mix at .05 level. 5) The relationship between the production factors and the purchasing decision on the instant banana fritters batter mix of the small entrepreneurs found that the production factors in terms of personnel raw materials and the management aspect had a statistically significant correlation at the .05 level.

This research was a quantitative research. The purposes of this research were 1) to study demographic characteristic affect on purchasing intentio n of beauty products in Multi-Brand Store 2) to examine online marketing communication affects on purchasing intention of beauty products in Multi-Brand Store and 3) to examine Brand Equity affects on purchasing intention of beauty products in Multi-Brand Store. The data were collected 400 samples who were customers to purchase products through in Multi-Brand Store. The statistical methods used to analyze data were frequency percentage mean standard deviation one-way analisis of variance and enter multiple regression analysis with a statistical significance level of .05. The results showed that: most of the respondents were female (69.50%) the age between 27-32 years (58. 30 %) education of bachelor’s degree (77. 5 0%) business of employee (56.80%) and average monthly income between 15001 – 30000 baht (61. 00 %). Diffenct Demographic characteristics included gender age career and average monthly income had purchasing decision intention of beauty products in Multi-Brand Store with statistically significant at the .05 level. Marketing mix affects on purchasing decision intention of beauty products in Multi-Brand Store with statistically significant at the .05 level with the two affects including product increased (17.80%) price increased by 22.10 percent. Brand equity affects on purchasing decision intention of beauty products in Multi-Brand Store with statistically significant at the .05 level with the two affects including brand awareness increased by 3 0 . 3 0 percent and brand associations increased by 33.30 percent