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Mothers Perception, Attitude, and Willingness to Purchase towards Baby Formula

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  • Febrina Fitriyanti Tambunan
  • Mia Tantri Diah Indriani

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There is abundance of baby formula brand in Indonesia’s market. To capture reasonable share in these lucrative businesses, it is imperative that producers have to remain competitive. Advertisements in a variety of media is being recognized as a method to communicate products to a wider target audience but empirical research also shown that consumers are sceptical of such claims. The purpose of the paper is to identify customer perceptions and attitude towards baby formula and their willingness to pay. The preliminary qualitative study was conducted by focus group discussion and sentence completion technique. The quantitative study is expected to validate the findings. Questionnaires are distributed to total 105 mothers who have baby at 0 – 5 years old, where hypothesis were tested with multivariate analysis. The result shows that growth benefit made by baby formula significantly influence the willingness to purchase baby formula. The mothers stated that baby formula is considered as substitute for breast milk only, giving nutrition for baby but does not build baby’s intelligence as claimed in many advertisements. The implication of this research is valuable for marketer to understand consumer preferences and perspective on baby formula purchase.

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  • Febrina Fitriyanti Tambunan & Mia Tantri Diah Indriani, 2013. "Mothers Perception, Attitude, and Willingness to Purchase towards Baby Formula," Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, AMH International, vol. 5(8), pages 511-521.
    • Handle: RePEc:rnd:arjebs:v:5:y:2013:i:8:p:511-521
    DOI: 10.22610/jebs.v5i8.425
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