Measuring the effect of customer-based brand equity on purchase intention of Halal foods in the key markets of Europe

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Halal products market in the European countries is a profitable and emerging markets, because consumer demand for Halal products, particularly Halal Foods in European countries such as England, France and Germany is growing. Given that one of the ways of understanding customer attitude is measuring customer-based brand equity, therefore, the present study examined the effect of customer-based brand equity on purchase intention of Halal foods, in England, Germany and France. Data from 391 questionnaires were collected in paper and electronic form and by software SPSS19 and Amos18 was investigated. The findings showed brand awareness has a significant positive effect on perceived quality and brand associations, the results confirmed significant positive effects of perceived quality and brand associations on brand loyalty. Significant positive effect of brand loyalty as a core of customer-based brand equity on overall brand equity was confirmed. Finally, the effect of overall brand equity on purchase intention of Halal foods after analyzing was confirmed.

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