1. the concept of brand preference

Brand preference refers to the relative tendency of consumers to a certain brand or several brands when buying or using a certain type of product.

Brand preference is a form of consumer brand attitude, which reflects the consumer's cognition, emotion and behavior tendency of brand.

Brand preference is an important prerequisite for consumer brand choice and the basis of brand loyalty.

Food gift consumer brand preference refers to the relative tendency of consumers to a certain food gift brand or several brands when buying or giving food gifts. Food gift consumer brand preference is affected by many factors, such as consumer personal characteristics, food gift brand characteristics, gift-giving occasions, gift-giving objects.

Food gift consumer brand preference has important guiding significance to the market strategy of food gift enterprises, such as product positioning, price strategy, promotion strategy, channel strategy and so on.

Measures of 2. Brand Preference

The measurement indicators of brand preference can be divided into subjective indicators and objective indicators.

Subjective indicators refer to indicators that directly or indirectly obtain consumers' preference or ranking of brands through questionnaires, interviews, experiments, etc., such as brand preference, brand preference order, and brand preference ratio.

Objective indicators are indicators that reverse consumer preference or ranking for a brand by collecting and analyzing consumer purchase or use behavior data, such as brand market share, brand purchase frequency, and brand purchase amount.

Food gift consumer brand preference measurement indicators can be based on different research purposes and data sources, choose the appropriate subjective indicators or objective indicators, or a combination of the two types of indicators. For example, if you want to understand the degree of food gift consumers' preference for different brands, you can use subjective indicators, such as allowing consumers to score or rank different brands of food gifts; if you want to understand the actual purchase behavior of food gift consumers, you can Use objective indicators, such as analyzing consumers' purchase records or receipts.

Influencing Factors of 3. Brand Preference

The influencing factors of brand preference can be divided into internal factors and external factors. Internal factors refer to consumers' own characteristics, such as gender, age, education, income, personality, values, lifestyle, consumption motivation, consumption emotion, etc. External factors refer to the environment in which consumers live, such as brand attributes, image, popularity, reputation, loyalty, relationships, social influence, cultural influence, market competition, etc.

The influencing factors of food gift consumer brand preference can be based on the specific content and scope of the study, choose the appropriate internal or external factors, or consider two types of factors. For example, if you want to analyze the differences in brand preferences of food gift consumers of different genders, you can choose gender as an internal factor to control the influence of other internal and external factors; if you want to analyze the influence factors of brand preferences of food gifts of different brands, you can choose Brand attributes, image, popularity, etc. as external factors to control the influence of other external factors and internal factors.

Research Model of 4. Brand Preference

The research model of brand preference refers to the mathematical or statistical model used to analyze the influence factors and effects of brand preference, such as multiple regression model, polynomial Logit model, multi-level model, structural equation model, etc. The research model of brand preference can choose the appropriate model or build its own model according to the purpose of the research and the characteristics of the data. For example, if you want to analyze the influence of brand preference on purchase intention, you can choose the multiple regression model, with purchase intention as the dependent variable, brand preference and other control variables as the independent variable; if you want to analyze the formation mechanism of brand preference, you can choose the structural equation model, with brand preference as the intermediary variable, internal factors and external factors as the independent variable, and purchase behavior as the dependent variable.

The research model of food gift consumer brand preference can be selected or constructed according to the characteristics of the food gift industry and the research problems. For example, if you want to analyze the brand preference structure of food gift consumers, you can choose the polynomial Logit model, take the probability of consumers' choice of different brands of food gifts as the dependent variable, and take the consumer's personal characteristics and brand characteristics as the independent variable; if you want to analyze the brand preference stratification of food gift consumers, you can choose the multi-level model, take the consumer's brand preference as the dependent variable, the individual characteristics of consumers are used as individual level variables, and gift-giving occasions and gift-giving objects are used as group level variables.

5. Shangpu Consulting's brand preference research services.

Shangpu Consulting Company is a company specializing in market research and consulting services. It has rich industry experience and professional team to provide customers with tailor-made solutions. Shangpu Consulting has in-depth research and extensive customer resources in the food gift industry. It provides brand preference research services for many well-known food gift companies to help customers understand consumers' brand preferences, optimize products and market strategies, and enhance brand Competitiveness and market share.

The following is the specific process and results of the brand preference research service provided by Champ Consulting for a food gift company:

The purpose of the study is to understand the brand preference structure and influencing factors of food gift consumers, and to provide a basis for customers to formulate effective market strategies.

Methods: Questionnaire survey and polynomial Logit model were used to analyze the probability and influencing factors of consumers' choice of different brands of food gifts.

Research sample: 1000 food gift consumers were randomly selected, including 500 males and 500 females, with the age distribution between 18 and 65 years old, the education level distribution above junior high school, and the income level distribution above 3000 yuan.

Research recommendations: Based on the results of the study, Champ Consulting made the following recommendations for its clients:

Enhance brand attributes, image, popularity, reputation, loyalty, relationship and other brand elements, and enhance the core competitiveness and differentiation advantages of the brand.

For different consumer groups, develop targeted market segmentation and positioning strategies to meet the diverse needs and preferences of consumers.

Use social influence and cultural influence to shape the brand's social responsibility and cultural connotation, and increase the brand's sense of identity and belonging.

Pay attention to changes in market competition, adjust products and market strategies in a timely manner, and respond to challenges and threats from competitors.