Border crossing trade can an important role in the competitiveness of Thai products in neighboring countries as Thailand has a geographical advantage that connects with neighboring countries making border trade an important part of generating revenue for the country. Thailand - Malaysia border trade study showed that the transit process took a long time resulting in a waiting truck at the checkpoint causing traffic jams and the congestion and congestion of the customs. As a result the average waiting time of the system takes up to 264.19 minutes per trip and transportation cost from 7141.87 baht per trip by reducing the waiting time from the process to 13.41 minutes per trip it was found that the transportation cost was 6975.16 baht per trip (Decrease of 166.71 baht). Reduction the transportation costs and waiting times enhance the potentiality and the competitiveness of border crossing

The purpose of this research are to : 1) Study personal factors of tourists 2) study purchasing behavior on handcraft products of tourist 3) Study the marketing mix factors used to make a purchase decision 4) Find the relationship between personal factors and purchasing behavior 5) Comparison of the importance of marketing mixfactors used in decision making to buy handicraft products in Samut Songkhram Floating Market. The samples were 400 Thai tourists who came to visit and purchase handicraft products in Samut Songkhram Floating Market. The instruments used included: Statistical questionnaire used in data analysis viz frequency percentage mean standard deviation Pearson Chisquare t-test and ANOVA. Statistical analysis by used computer program. The finding reveal that 1) Most of the tourists are females aged 21 to 25 years old. They have a bachelors degree and most of them are students with monthly average income less than 10000 baht 2) The tourists have behavior of purchasing for handicrafts first is a metal product. The purpose or the reason to decide to buy the product is to use it yourself to purchase a product once a month. Most tourists decide to purchase immediately when they see the product. The average price is approximately 51 - 100 Baht. Tourists decide to purchase by themselves. 3) Tourists focus on the marketing mix factors used to make a purchase at the highest level and when considering each side found that there are 3levels at the highest level. Sort by descending from the average is product marketing and pricing. Tourists focus on distribution at a high level. 4) Relationship between personal factors and purchasing behavior on handicraft products of tourist Samut Songkhram Floating Market found that gender age education level occupation and monthly income were correlated with the purchas in g behavior of tourists in Samut Songkhram Floating Market at the level of 0.5. and 5) Comparison of the importance of marketing m ix factors used in decision making to buy handicraft products in Samut Songkhram Floating Market found thatgender educational levels and occupations of the tourists are important to the marketing mix used in the decision to buy handicraft products in Floating Market Samut Songkhram Province is different. The age and average income per month of different tourists are important to the marketing mix used in the decision to buy handicraft products in Floating Market Samut Songkhram Province is not different at the level of 0.05.

The objective of this research is to propose method for optimization route selection by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and The Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to The Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) model. The model was applied to case study route selection from Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi to Bangpoo Industrial Estate in Samut Prakan based on the criteria: cost of transportation transit time risk of freight damaged risk of infrastructure and equipment and risk of other factors. AHP was used to determine the relative weight of criteria. Additionally TOPSIS was used to select the best alternative routes. The result showed that the AHP-TOPSIS model which is new approach for route selection flexible decrease discrepancy from weighting more efficient than one either AHP or TOPSIS and not too complicated models compared to the other methods in multiple criteria analysis.

The purposes of the study on factors affecting Scotch brand loyalty were to examine personal factors of Scotch brand purchasers opinions on the brand equity degree of loyalty and brand equity factors that affected Scotch brand loyalty. The data were collected from 405 buyer samples selected from Cochran sample size formula and were analyzed by descriptive statistics including frequency percentage mean and standard deviation. As for inferential statistics Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis and multiple regression analysis were applied. The results showed that the opinions on the brand equity factors on three aspects of the brand regarding the brand recognition the brand association and the quality perception were highly regarded. Opinions towards Scotch brand loyalty in terms of attitude and behavioral aspects were also high. The hypothesis test results suggested that factors related to brand equity in terms of brand recognition brand association and quality recognition affected Scotch brand loyalty in the overall attitude and behavior aspects.

The purpose of this independent study to study the demographic factors that affect the buying decision of Reebok products in Bangkok and to study marketing communication channels that affect to the buying decision of Reebok products in Bangkok. This research is quantitative research using survey and questionnaire as a tool to collect data from the 400 samples in Bangkok. The result of this research found that the majority of them were single female consumers were in the age range between 21-25 years old and hold bachelor’s degree or equivalent working at a private company and earning the personal income between 10000 – 20000 baht. While the marketing communication channels found that the most important factor was Personal selling followed by Sales promotion and Public Relations. Moreover in decision making the marketing communications channel had influenced consumer buying decisions in Bangkok. The statistically significant level at .05 was the Public Relations factor Sales promotion factors Personal selling factors staff and Direct marketing factors. While advertising factors do not affect consumers decision to buy Reebok products.