The relationship between barnd consciousness and consumer buying behavior of Iranian non-alcoolic beverages among sardshat Citizens

Iranian consumers are showing more conscious behaviors toward brands day to day. Therefore, the purpose of this study is studying brand consciousness and consumer buying behavior in relation to Iranian non-alcoholic beverages. The present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive survey in terms of data collection. The statistical population consists of non-alcoholic drinkers in the Sardasht border city. Among this population, 333 people who were randomly selected responded to the electronic questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SPSS and PLS. The results showed that the level of brand consciousness among non-alcoholic beverage consumers in Sardasht city is low. There is also a significant difference between the amount of brand consciousness of consumers based on income but there is no significant difference between the level of brand consciousness based on gender, age, marital status and education. Also, the results showed that there are negative and significant relationship between brand consciousness and the buying behavior of Iranian products and positive and significant relationship between Consumer ethnocentrism and the buying behavior of Iranian products. The result also showed that consumer ethnocentrismmoderates the relationship between brand consciousness and the buying behavior.