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Ratnasari, D., Kesumahati, E., (2024). Factors Influencing Purchase Intention with Brand Awareness
as a Mediator on Local Fashion Brand Products. EKOMBIS REVIEW: Jurnal Ilmiah Ekonomi
Dan Bisnis, 12(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.37676/ekombis.v12i2
INTRODUCTION
The world of fashion in the era of technological advances is increasingly widespread through
various digital platforms, one of which is social media. The existence of technological
developments makes it easier for people to shop which can be done online on social media or
other platforms (Rahmawati, 2022). In addition, in this digital era, it also creates many
opportunities for people to start selling in a faster and more effective way in reaching consumers
by marketing online. Since technology has developed, many foreign fashion brands have entered
Indonesia which has resulted in competition, which is not only competing with other local fashion
brands but also with foreign fashion brands (Sherly et al., 2020). Over time, more and more foreign
fashion brands are entering Indonesia, making the competition even tougher, and local fashion
brand companies are experiencing problems in competing and having difficulties in maintaining
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the continuity of their business. This is a challenge for local fashion companies to maintain their
business. However, the fashion industry in Indonesia can also compete with each other by
improving product quality, because most consumers will buy a product that always prioritizes
quality and to generate high consumer purchase intentions, companies must be able to provide
promising product quality (Nabila & Negoro, 2020).
In running a business along with the times and technology, business people need to upgrade
their marketing strategy to be able to reach a wider market, namely social media marketing, where
social media marketing is an activity or action that can encourage businesses to introduce their
products through visuals with a wide reach. wider market and to increase awareness or
recognition of a brand, product, or business. Brands that are well-known to the public can
generate high trust and a sense of security for the product or brand. The success of a business in
creating brand awareness is inseparable from the existence of social media marketing which has
the aim of introducing excellence and offering products to consumers (Upadana & Komang, 2020).
Current technological sophistication, the traditional strategy known as word of mouth has
developed into a more modern strategy, namely the influence of word of mouth electronically,
online, or E-WOM. E-WOM is also an important factor in attracting consumer buying interest.
Where consumers who want to purchase products on social media online will first look for
information related to the product to be purchased through reviews, comments, or feedback from
other consumers who have already made purchases of these products (Yusniawati & Prasetyo,
2022).
Then it can also be through endorsements in attracting and increasing consumer buying
interest, with products used by a celebrity who has good appeal and promotional abilities can be
a driving force in aspects of promotion or advertising for businesses as well as with a large number
of followers making this celebrity endorser one of the important factors in increasing brand
recognition to the general public which will ultimately lead to increased consumer purchase
intentions for the products used (Watung et al., 2022). The formulation of the problem related to
this study is whether social media marketing, celebrity endorser, E-WOM, price, and product
quality affect consumer purchase intentions mediated by brand awareness of local fashion brand
products to be able to help local fashion brands in knowing the elements or which factors are
more effective in increasing and attracting consumer purchase intentions with a wider range.
Based on the formulation of the problems listed, the hypothesis is set as follows:
H1: Social Media Marketing has a significant positive effect on Purchase Intention.
H2: Celebrity endorsers have a significant positive effect on Purchase Intention.
H3: E-WOM has a significant positive effect on Purchase Intention.
H4: Price has a significant positive effect on Purchase Intention.
H5: Product Quality has a significant positive effect on Purchase Intention
H6: Brand Awareness has a significant positive effect on Purchase Intention.
H7: Social Media Marketing has a significant positive effect on Purchase Intention through Brand
Awareness.
H8: Celebrity endorsers have a significant positive effect on Purchase Intention through Brand
Awareness.
H9: E-WOM has a significant positive effect on Purchase Intention through Brand Awareness
LITERATURE REVIEW
Social Media Marketing
Social Media Marketing is a type of marketing that is carried out online on social media
used as a means to promote products or services widely, social media advertising is a form of
digital network and web advertising that has become a way of successful marketing
communication. It's the latest and most popular form of social media marketing, from connections
to websites to pay-per-click ads, the internet now has everything (Ihzaturrahma, Nahda and
Kusumawati, 2021). Kurnia, Steven and Susanto, Yosef Budi and Juliadi (2022). Marketing includes
selling and advertising products to the public. Digital marketing is also known as an activity that
promotes products or services made by digital media, such as social media, email, website, etc.
Celebrity Endorse
Celebrities are people who are known in a large and wide range of groups through
characteristics, skills, attractiveness, lifestyle in getting high attention from crowds. Celebrity
Endorser is one of the most sought-after tools by entrepreneurs to display advertisements with
images of celebrities and reputations to promote their brand (Irfanoglu, Muge and Reem, 2020).
Setiawan & Rabuani (2019) celebrity endorsers are people who can influence through videos or
photos through messages given or commonly known to the public figures such as artists, sports
athletes, singers and people who have other achievements. According to Illahi, Azizun Kurnia and
Dewanto (2020) social media influencer or known as celebrity endorser is a figure who is able to
communicate or disseminate information effectively to his followers or followers, so it is possible
to indicate the greatest possibility of information – information provided by an influencer can be
trusted and well received by the public compared to the transmission of information carried out
in traditional media.
E-WOM
Electronic word of mouth is one of the most important aspects for business owners, where
what will be delivered by consumers will greatly influence there are other individuals to make
purchases. Electronic word of mouth can be expressed as a statement either positive or negative
submitted by the consumer in actual connection with a product or service of a brand or company
through the Internet (Saputra, I Kadek Ary and I Gusti, 2020). E-WOM is a form of communication
delivering both negative and positive messages that can be found or seen on social media, website
or e-commerce umkm or related enterprise (Yusniawati & Prasetyo, 2022).
Price
Price is the only part of the marketing mix that can generate revenue for a company or
organization. Price can also be described as a quantity or other aspect that is included in the use
from which a product can be obtained Nasution, Siti Lam’ah (2020). Price is an important
component because it is a very sensitive part, both for the seller and the buyer. According to
Menurut Kotler & Keller (2016) price is the value of money spent on a product and service or the
amount of something replaced or exchanged by a customer for the benefit of using a product or
service.
Product Quality
Product quality in an organization or company can attract the interest of consumers and
can be a form of management of good relationships between customers and companies. Products
play an important role in every company, with the presence of new business processes that can
be run by companies. And the creation of products is usually based on the needs and wishes of
customers (Nasution, Siti Lam’ah, 2020). Product quality is also understood as a description of how
a product is evaluated, both from the process and materials of manufacture, the duration of the
product to the benefits of a product for its users (Maurencia, et al, 2021).
Brand Awareness
Brand awareness plays an important role in business, consumers will generally buy a
product or service on a well-known and trusted brand, it can also be a brand that first appears to
be criticized by the public, most likely that's what will be chosen and bought (Sutariningsih & K
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Widagda, 2021). According to Ihzaturrahma, Nahda and Kusumawati (2021) there are two aspects
of brand awareness: brand recall and brand recognition.
Brand awareness is a form of a person's ability to remember or recognize a particular
brand. Brand awareness becomes something that is able to show how big a consumer is in
considering the existence of a brand or brand in the minds of the public (B. Setiawan & Rabuani,
2019). A brand that is known to many people is able to create a sense of security against possible
risks – risks that may occur and harm the consumer. It requires an approach from the company
to potential consumers to be able to build brand awareness by the public so that the brand or
product is more recognizable and remembered than other brands (Upadana & Komang, 2020).
Purchase Intention
Purchase Intention is a feeling or desire seen from how much a person has the will to his
desire to the process of buying (Fitriani, Ni Made and Bianka, 2022). Buying interest is a condition
or behavior of a consumer who has a desire and desire for a product based on the circumstances
when seeing and feeling having desire to the product (Negara, Gumilang Adhi and Indira, 2020) .
Saputra, I Kadek Ary and I Gusti (2020) stated that consumer purchase intention is a phase
in which consumers pass the evaluation related to information obtained and then become the
fruit of the mind by consumers to buy. The development of a person's interest in buying is when
the consumer has several alternative products or services that are subsequent to the choice of
such consumers make a purchase on one of the products chosen according to the value and
benefits based on the needs of the consumers. (Rohman, Isnanda Zainur and Athanasius, 2020).
METHODS
This study used a quantitative approach by distributing questionnaires using the Google
form which obtained as many as 475 respondents with a population of people or people who had
purchased or used local fashion products, including the brands Erigo, MalikabyModelano,
Hoodieku, Genevie, Jiniso, and others. The brands above are local Indonesian products engaged
in clothing or fashion. The sampling technique is used non-probability sampling. According to
Nurrahmah, Arfatin (2021) in non-probability sampling, each element cannot be known whether
it will have the opportunity to become a sample or not, and not all of them have the opportunity
to be selected as a sample. From the Non-probability sampling technique, the method used is
purposive sampling where the sample collection method takes into account several elements that
are adjusted to the desired criteria to determine the number of samples to be analyzed or studied.
This study has 5 independent variables, namely social media marketing, celebrity endorsers, e-
wom, price, and product quality. The mediating variable is brand awareness. While the dependent
variable is purchase intention.
In this study used primary and secondary data. Primary data is data obtained from
respondents through distributing questionnaires using a 5-point Likert scale namely, (1) strongly
disagree, (2) disagree, (3) neutral, (4) agree and (5) strongly agree. The data on the questionnaire
contains the identity of the respondent such as name, gender, domicile, and questions related to
each variable. The questionnaire in this study was distributed directly to all people who had
purchased local fashion. Apart from using primary data, this study also uses secondary data as a
source of literature such as journals, articles to books. The data analysis method is used Smart
PLS-SEM. Where indicator data based on variables will be tested and analyzed to be able to display
a picture of the relationship between variables. The purpose of using the Smart PLS-SEM
application is to test the results of the model description in this study, namely the influence of
social media marketing, celebrity endorsers, EWOM, price, and product quality on purchase
intention that mediated by brand awareness.
RESULTS
Outer Loading Testing
An indicator of the construct variable is declared valid or not, namely based on the value of
the outer loadings. If the outer loadings value is greater than 0.4 then the indicator is declared
valid. The results on convergent validity show the outer loadings value of each indicator in a study
with a value greater than 0.4, so all of these indicators are valid (Siagian & Khair, 2018).
Reliability trials are processed by looking at the reliability of contracts or latent variables,
then the reliable data can be checked on the results of composite reliability values. Composite
reliability must be higher than 0.70 (in exploratory research, 0.60 to 0.70 is considered acceptable)
( et al Hair, 2019). The results of the reliability data test are shown in Table 4.8 and the results of
this data test obtain a composite reliability value above 0.6 so that it can be declared reliable.
R- Square Test
The results of testing the hypothesis in this study show that the R Square value on the
dependent variable purchase intention is 54.2% which can be concluded that the variables social
media marketing, celebrity endorser, EWOM, price, product quality, and brand awareness can
explain the dependent variable purchase intention of 54. 2% and 45.8% stated that there were
variables or other factors outside of this study that could affect the dependent variable which
brand image, trust, customer engagement, customer relationship management as found in the
research Herjanto & Adiwijaya (2020), Kaihatu (2020), Dastane (2020). R Square value on the
mediate variable brand awareness is 40% which brand awareness mediates the relationship
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between purchase intention and social media marketing and celebrity endorser and 60% stated
that there were other variables outside of this study that could affect the variables which customer
purchase decision, online purchase decision (Yohanes & Lena, 2021) and (Yusniawati & Prasetyo,
2022).
DISCUSSION
The Influence Social Media Marketing on Purchase Intention
The results of testing the direct effect of social media marketing variables on purchase intention
obtain a value of 0.933. If the value of the direct effect is less than 1.96 then the variable is declared
irrelevant or not significant. From this research, it shows that the social media marketing variable
on purchase intention is not in line with research results by Mikhael & Marcellia (2022) and Putra
& Aristana (2020). The results of testing hypothesis 1 can be concluded that marketing carried out
by local Indonesian fashion brands on social media is not able to influence or increase consumer
purchase intentions.
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provide differentiation for each product that can remind the public of the uniqueness or
characteristics created by the brand.
The Influenct of Social Media Marketing on Purchase Intention through Brand Awareness
The results of testing the indirect effect of the brand awareness variable which mediates the
relationship between social media marketing and purchase intention obtain a value of 3.387. If
the value of the indirect effect is more than 1.96 then the variable is declared relevant or
significant. From this research, it shows that the brand awareness variable that mediates the
relationship between social media marketing and purchase intention is research by Sutariningsih
& K Widagda (2021), Herlina et al (2022) and Putra & Aristana (2020). The results of testing on
hypothesis 7 can be concluded that the more known and remembered a local fashion brand is,
the more the product will provide its attractiveness which will lead to consumer buying interest.
The results of the research hypothesis can be seen from the T-Statistics values in the table above
for hypotheses with direct and indirect effects. If the T-Statistics value ≥ 1.96, then the hypothesis
is declared relevant or significant. In this study, 4 hypotheses have a significant effect, one of which
is the direct effect relationship of the independent variable product quality with the dependent
variable purchase intention and brand awareness with purchase intention. Then on the indirect
effect variable, there is a relationship between brand awareness variables mediating the
relationship between social media marketing and purchase intention and brand awareness
variables mediating the relationship between celebrity endorsers and purchase intention. Because
the four hypotheses have a T-Statistics value ≥ 1.96. Likewise for the other 5 hypotheses, because
they have a T-Statistics value below 1.96, the five hypotheses are declared to have no significant
effect.
CONCLUSION
This study aims to find out what influences can be made to increase buying interest which
is mediated through brand awareness of Indonesian local fashion products. Based on the data
processing results, it shows that there are several significant and insignificant variables. Product
quality and brand awareness have a significant direct effect on customer purchase intentions in
local Indonesian fashion. In addition, social media marketing, E-WOM, celebrity endorser, and
price do not have a significant effect on purchase intention. Meanwhile, for the indirect effect there
are also social media marketing and celebrity endorsers mediated by brand awareness which have
a significant influence on purchase intentions. E-WOM which is mediated by brand awareness
does not have a significant effect on purchase intention.
Therefore, local fashion business owners must pay more attention to product quality
factors and build awareness of their business brand. Creating high brand awareness in the
community will be very influential for businesses to be able to know that there business exists,
that way if someone wants to buy clothes they will remember the brand because brand awareness
has been created in the minds of the public with good product quality which will create repurchase
by customers.
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