Influence of Language of Packaging Labels on Consumers' Buying Preferences. Issue 4 (4th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ho, Han-Chiang; Chiu, Candy Lim; Jiang, Dai; Shen, Jiale; Xu, Hong
• Is Part Of: Journal of food products marketing. Volume 25:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 435
• Page End: 461
• Publication Date: 2019-05-04
• Subjects: Foreign language -- packaging label -- buying preference -- promotion -- coffee beverage; Food -- Marketing -- Periodicals; Food industry and trade -- United States -- Periodicals; 381.45664097305
• DOI: 10.1080/10454446.2019.1572562
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1045-4446

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Can packaging labels of three different foreign languages (Korean, Japanese, and English) affect consumers' preferences? In a month of field experiment involving 203 Chinese undergraduate students, this study used coffee as an experimental product and created a fictitious brand "7 AM COFFEE." Using analysis of variance (ANOVA) as a statistical tool, the results of the experiment show that the English language represents the strongest effect for (1) consumers' attention, (2) trust, (3) perceived quality, (4) taste perception, and (5) purchase intention. Moreover, consumers with high or low frequencies of drinking a coffee do not have a specific preference in relations to their attitude. The findings and discussion of this research provide better direction for marketing managers of beverages in establishing market strategies to promote products and generating appeal among coffee drinker.