Investigating the Role of Marketing Mix in Brand Strength of Sportswear

 The aim of this study was to investigate the role of marketing mix in the brand strength of sportswear. The present study was applied in terms of the nature and objectives, and descriptive-correlation in terms of methodology. The population and the sample included those customers who bought sportswear from domestic and foreign sport brands mentioned in the questionnaire at least once. According to the Morgan table, the minimum number of sample needed was estimated to be 384. A marketing mix and brand strength questionnaire was used to collect data. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 11 sport management professors and experts. Also, for the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbachchr('39')s alpha coefficient was used. The alpha of the marketing mix questionnaire was 0.86 and the alpha of the brand strength questionnaire was 0.85, indicating a high reliability of the questionnaires. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics were used to describe the demographic characteristics of the respondents and the mean of the elements. In the inferential statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests, Pearson correlation test and multiple regression were performed using SPSS version 22 software. According to the findings, there was a linear relationship between marketing mix elements and brand strength. According to the results of the study, it is suggested that sportswear manufacturers and retailers should pay close attention to the factors influencing the elements of product, price, promotion and distribution in order to increase their brand strength.