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This study examines the intense competition in the contemporary franchise beverage industry in Gorontalo City, where consumers have many choices that affect loyalty to certain brands. This study aims to analyze the effect of brand equity and marketing mix on customer loyalty. This descriptive quantitative research uses accidental sampling with 100 samples. Data analysis includes statistical tests as well as Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) models. This study shows that brand equity and marketing mix have a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions, both partially and simultaneously, with the t-count and f-count values exceeding the table limit at the 95% confidence level. SEM-PLS analysis confirmed the significant relationship with p-values of 0.05 and t-statistics of 1.96, supporting the tested model. The research conclusion shows that brand equity and marketing mix have a significant influence on purchasing decisions. As advice, business owners of contemporary beverage franchises in Gorontalo City are advised to strengthen brand equity, as well as optimize creative and effective marketing strategies to increase competitiveness.

Tiktok is the only social media that is widely used by shoppers to see product reviews before deciding to buy. One of the most searched content is beauty products. Research was conducted to determine the effect of brand equity and online customer reviews (OCRs) on purchasing decisions for The Originote products on the Tiktok Shop Application. This study focuses on The Originote skincare using quantitative methods. The sample used was Generation Z in Malang City with a multistage random sampling technique. Data analysis includes instrument testing, descriptive, classical assumption testing and hypothesis testing. The results of the study show that both brand equity and OCRs variables significantly contribute to purchasing decisions. Partially and simultaneously, both variables have a significant influence on purchasing decisions. To improve and strengthen brand equity, The Originote needs to upgrade the outer packaging so that the product is protected from impact. On the other hand, to improve online customer reviews, The Originote needs to create an SOP for admins to reply to customer reviews.

This research employs a quantitative research methods to analyze the important role of Public relations (PR) in building brand equity and the existence of Wuling Air EV electric car products in Indonesia. In an era that increasingly emphasizes environmental issues, the automotive industry is turning to environmentally friendly vehicles such as electric cars. Wuling, as a newcomer in this market, faces challenges in building consumer trust and competing with established brands. Through effective PR strategies, such as media relations, digital campaigns, and active participation in social media, Wuling strives to increase brand awareness, positive image, and customer loyalty. With a focus on educating consumers about the benefits of electric vehicles, Wuling Air EV is expected to maintain and strengthen its position in the competitive automotive market.

This research aims to investigate the relationship between Social Media Marketing Activities, Brand Experience, Brand Reputation, and Brand Equity towards Purchase Intention on the brand. A survey method was employed to collect data from respondents who are customers of the brand in the JABODETABEK area. The sample consisted of 180 respondents, and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis using SPSS was utilized to test the proposed hypotheses. The data collection technique employed purposive sampling. The results of the study indicate a significant positive correlation between Social Media Marketing Activities, Brand Experience, Brand Reputation, Brand Equity, and customers' Purchase Intention. This underscores the importance for Uniqlo to address these issues through improved marketing strategies, consistency in customer experience, reputation enhancement, and efforts to build strong brand equity. Uniqlo can enhance brand awareness, strengthen interaction with potential customers, build trust, increase customer preference, and ultimately boost consumers' intention to purchase its products. The managerial implications of this research highlight the importance of enhancing Social Media Marketing Activities, strengthening Brand Experience, building a good Brand Reputation, and continuously innovating to enhance Brand Equity. These findings provide valuable insights for marketing managers in designing effective strategies to increase sales and strengthen the brand's position in the market.    

This research aims to analyze the influence of retail oil sales in customer relationships on the formation of brand equity and the impact of consumer loyalty in DKI JAKARTA. The population is all groups who use retail oil products in Jakarta, then the sample used was selected using a purposive random sampling quota method of up to 250 people. The type of research used in this study is descriptive research using a set of scientific methods and procedures to design and collect data that describes the characteristics of objects, events or situations. This analysis aims to understand the influence of retail oil sales in Jakarta on customer relationships, the formation of brand equity, and the impact of consumer loyalty. The results of the analysis mean that on the customer relationship variable, the three indicator items are declared valid, but one indicator is declared invalid. Therefore, in the customer relationship variable, you can not use invalid indicators. The brand equity variable is declared valid on all four indicators. and the consumer loyalty variable is declared valid on all four indicators. In the reliability test, there are four variables that are declared reliable in the theory of Muniarti et al. and apart from that, testing with descriptive analysis and hypotheses. It is hoped that the results of this study will be able to provide advice and information to retail oil sellers so that they can reach a wider range of consumers and target them appropriately.        

Socialization is a very useful thing in raising and conveying positive values to individuals, the socialization process is education through individual understanding and acceptance of the connections that occur in an activity that can provide input and output feedback. Learning from the monetary crisis that occurred in Indonesia in 1997-1998 which was marked by the decline in the joints of the economy caused by the rupiah exchange rate falling or dropping drastically against the dollar exchange rate. In 1998 many big entrepreneurs fell in Indonesia, but MSMEs were still able to survive and even increased in number. In this way, UMKM contribute to supporting the economy of a country so that the existence of UMKM is highly expected in the development and progress of the country's economy and is able to absorb the number of unemployed. In this background, MSMEs can be used as a part in expanding employment opportunities, play a role in the formation of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and increase foreign exchange earnings for the country of Indonesia because its market can reach national to international. Bareng Village, Bareng District, Jombang Regency is an agricultural producing village in the form of rice, corn, sugar cane, soybeans, vegetables, chilies and others. The livelihoods of the majority of the population are farmers, self-employed, and partly in the government. UMKM problems often occur due to capital problems and licensing matters, the Business Identification Number (NIB) is the identity of a business license issued by the "Online Single Submission (OSS)" agency, helping to fulfill the legal and administrative aspects of UMKM and providing advantages in funding. Then the socialization and technical guidance was carried out by Group 1, then the output of the socialization was to help UMKM actors in the Village with the method of opening a post at the Village Hall/Village Office and the door to door method or direct permits to the homes of UMKM actors. At the same time creating a logo that is useful in brand equity as trustworthiness with the product name and symbol, providing additional value to a product. The direction of the arrow as a direction for the location has the aim of providing instructions for potential consumers and customers to find homes for UMKM actors to get products or order products.

This study aims to examine the effect of customer engagement, customer equity, purchase intention on Cellular Applications. Those used in this study were women and men who had made transactions/purchases of mobile applications. The number of samples in this study were 250 respondents, with the provisions of 205 men and 45 women. The data for this study were collected by distributing questionnaires through an online survey system using the Google form. The data analysis technique used in this study uses the PLS-SEM analysis technique with the SmartPLS program to test the hypothesis. The results of this study indicate that customer involvement has no significant effect on repurchase. That is, enthusiasm in visiting the mobile application may not necessarily attract the attention of customers to decide on a purchase because there are customers who are usually just for fun to see and compare prices and calculate the total price with postage and other additional costs. Besides that, this study also shows that the quality of information has a positive and significant influence on repurchase. Therefore, it can be concluded that the more complete and accurate the availability of this information, if it is appropriate and can solve problems for its customers, the higher the opportunity for customers to make repeat purchases from the same product and service providers.

Sinar Sosro is a company that produces various beverage products. Product quality and brand equity in this company have been carried out well, in line with the development of market share and strong competition to always develop in making products that are attractive to consumers so that consumer satisfaction will always be well maintained.This type of research is a quantitative research. Collecting data in this study using the method of observation, interviews and questionnaires. The population of this study was 110, sampling used a combination technique of accidental sampling and purposive sampling, using the Slovin formula to get a sample of 88 respondents. The analysis uses multiple regression with the help of SPSS 22 software.Based on the results of this study there is a partial influence between the variable Product Quality (X1) on Consumer Satisfaction (Y) which is significant. we can conclude that t count, 5.292 > t table 1.988 and the significance value of the product quality variable is 0.000 < 0.05. This means that product quality (X1) partially influences consumer satisfaction (Y), so the hypothesis H0 is rejected. H1 is accepted. Based on the results of this study, there is a partial effect between Brand Equity (X2) and Consumer Satisfaction (Y). which is significant. We can conclude that t count is 4.251 > t table 1.988 and the significance value of Brand Equity is 0.000 <0.05. This means that Brand Equity (X2) partially influences Consumer Satisfaction (Y), so the hypothesis H0 is rejected and H2 is accepted. Based on the results of the study, there is a simultaneous (simultaneous) effect between the variables Product Quality (X1) and Brand Equity (X2) on Consumer satisfaction (Y). Statistical data analysis shows. The simultaneous significance value of Product Quality and Brand Equity is 0.000 < 0.05 and the calculated F value is 57.997 > F table 3.101. This means that Product Quality (X1) and Brand Equity (X2) simultaneously affect Consumer Satisfaction (Y), then the hypothesis H0 is rejected and H3 is accepted. Based on the output results of SPSS 22, there is a coefficient of determination or R square of 0.577 or 57.7% . This shows that the independent variables studied (product quality and brand equity) have a positive influence on consumer satisfaction by 57.7%. while the rest is influenced by other variables not studied.