Paham Ginting
Faculty of Economic and Business Universitas Sumatera Utara

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THE INFLUENCE OF eWOM AND PERCEPTION OF PRICE ON PURCHASE INTENTION WITH BRAND IMAGE AS AN INTERVENING VARIABLE IN KAHF CARE PRODUCTS Irfan Syahputra; Paham Ginting; Arlina Nurbaity Lubis
International Journal of Economic, Business, Accounting, Agriculture Management and Sharia Administration (IJEBAS) Vol. 3 No. 3 (2023): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.54443/ijebas.v3i3.951

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eWOM is a form of electronic word-of-mouth communication that includes reviews and recommendations. Price perception is the consumer's evaluation of a product's value in relation to its price. Brand image refers to consumers' perception of a product brand that is embedded in their minds. The sales percentage of Kahf Care products fluctuated between the years 2021 and 2022. This is due to the emergence of many local brands offering similar specialized grooming products for men. This study aims to analyze the influence of eWOM and the perception of price on purchase intention with brand image in Kahf Care products. The study examines 380 respondents who use Kahf Care products, selected through purposive sampling technique, and is tested using the statistical analysis method of path analysis. The results of the first substructure indicate that eWOM and price perception have a positive and significant impact on brand image. The results of the second substructure indicate that eWOM, price perception, and brand image have a positive and significant influence on purchase intention. There is a direct positive and significant influence of eWOM and perception of price on purchase intention. This research also shows that eWOM and price perception have an indirect positive and significant influence on purchase intention through brand image. Brand image acts as an intervening variable based on the Sobel test. and brand image has a positive and significant influence on purchase intention. There is a direct positive and significant influence of eWOM and perception of price on purchase intention. This research also shows that eWOM and price perception have an indirect positive and significant influence on purchase intention through brand image. Brand image acts as an intervening variable based on the Sobel test. and brand image has a positive and significant influence on purchase intention. There is a direct positive and significant influence of eWOM and perception of price on purchase intention. This research also shows that eWOM and price perception have an indirect positive and significant influence on purchase intention through brand image. Brand image acts as an intervening variable based on the Sobel test.
THE INFLUENCE OF ONLINE CUSTOMER REVIEW AND ONLINE CUSTOMER RATING ON PURCHASE DECISIONS THROUGH CONSUMER TRUST IN FORE COFFEE PRODUCTS AT SUN PLAZA MEDAN Erwin Sahat Mora Pardede; Paham Ginting; Endang Sulistya Rini
International Journal of Economic, Business, Accounting, Agriculture Management and Sharia Administration (IJEBAS) Vol. 3 No. 4 (2023): August
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.54443/ijebas.v3i4.964

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This research aims to analyze the phenomenon of the problem in the form of applying different promotions and product tastes at each Fore Coffee outlet causing low consumer purchasing decisions for Fore Coffee products. This is an associative type of research. The population in this research is consumers who have purchased online and offline from Fore Coffee Sun Plaza Medan and the sample is 135 respondents. The sample is withdrawn by a non-probability sampling using the purposive sampling method. The data using are primary data and secondary data are obtained through a list of statements and documentation studies. The data analysis technique employs structural equation modeling (SEM) with the analytical tools of Smart PLS. The research results directly show that online customer reviews and online customer ratings have a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions, online customer reviews and online customer ratings have a positive and significant effect on consumer confidence, consumer confidence has a positive and significant effect to the purchase decision. Then the test results which are carried out indirectly show that consumers trust are able to mediate online customer review correlation with purchasing decisions and are able to mediate online customer rating correlation with purchase decisions.
EFFECT OF SERVICE MARKETING MIX AND SERVICE QUALITY THROUGH CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ON CUSTOMER LOYALTY IN BANK BTPN ZAINUL ARIFIN MEDAN Indah Ardhina Oktaria; Endang Sulistya Rini; Paham Ginting
International Journal of Economic, Business, Accounting, Agriculture Management and Sharia Administration (IJEBAS) Vol. 3 No. 4 (2023): August
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.54443/ijebas.v3i4.982

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Banks as financial institutions are businesses that are exposed to many problems and are not even discussed and studied endlessly on various occasions. The ups and downs and ups and downs of the banking business in Indonesia have a direct effect on all business sectors wherever and whenever. PT Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional, Tbk is a company engaged in the banking sector, which was founded in 1958, and is headquartered in Jakarta Customer loyalty in this study is influenced by the service marketing mix where there are still a lack of aspects of the service marketing mix so that customers switch to other banks, as well as service quality which is still considered not good in terms of service to customers so that this also affects customer satisfaction so that it is necessary to examine based on the variables that have been described. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of service marketing mix and service quality through customer satisfaction on customer loyalty at PT. Bank BTPN Tbk Zainul Arifin Medan Branch. This type of research is associative research and the population in this study is PT. Bank BTPN Medan branch of Zainul Arifin as many as 63,276 customers, with a total sample of 397 customers. The sampling method used is purposive sampling. Data analysis was carried out through PLS-SEM using the SmartPLS program. The results showed that the service marketing mix, service quality and customer satisfaction had a positive and significant effect on customer loyalty at PT. Bank BTPN Medan branch of Zainul Arifin. then indirectly service marketing mix has a positive and significant effect on customer loyalty through customer satisfaction and service quality through customer satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on customer loyalty at PT. Bank BTPN Medan branch of Zainul Arifin.