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Marketing Strategies and Sales Performance of a Manufacturing Company

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This study was carried out to investigate how marketing strategies, consisting of product, price, place, and promotion strategies, affected the sales performance of a food and beverage manufacturing company. A review of extant literature indicated the need for studies, in this regard, in Nigeria’s food and beverages industry.

The study adopted a survey research design. Two hundred and seventy four employees of a food and beverage manufacturing company in Lagos State were studied. Data were collected on a four-point scale ranging from strongly disagree, 1, to strongly agree, 4.  Mean and standard deviation values of statements relating to marketing strategies were obtained from descriptive statistics while inferential statistics based on multiple regression analysis produced results that determined the effects of marketing strategies on sales performance.

The results indicated statistical significance [F(4,269)df = 4783.108, p < .05)] for the effect of marketing strategies on sales performance. Product (β = .478, t = 5.588, p < .05), place (β = .454, t = 5.360, p < .05), and promotion (β = .075, t = 1.773, p > .05) strategies had positive effects on sales performance while price strategy indicated insignificant negative effect (β = -.023, t = -.626, p > .05) on sales performance. Marketing strategies explained 98.6 percent variation in sales performance.

The conclusion of the study indicated a need for the managers of the company to increase the tempo of premium-pricing promotion strategy and advertisements in the social and electronic media as well as reevaluate the pricing strategy of the company as a means of improving its effectiveness by increasing the chances of achieving the objectives of cost recovery and meeting the needs of customers.

Analysis of Debt Structure and Liquidity on Company Performance with Firm Size as a Moderation Variable: Sub-Sector Food and Beverage Listed on the IDX in the Period 2018-2022

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This research aims to analyze and know the influence of Short-Term Debt, Long Term Debt, Total Debt to Assets, Total Debt to Equity, and Liquidity on Company Performance with Company Size as a moderating variable on manufacturing companies of the consumer goods industry listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2018-2022 period. The population of this research is manufacturing companies in the consumer goods industry sector, which consists of 47 companies. The sampling selection is conducted using the purposive sampling method. Therefore, 38 samples are obtained. The data analysis method in this research was carried out using panel data testing and data processing using the EViews program. The results of this research showed that partially and simultaneously, Short-Term Debt (STD), Long-Term Debt (LTD), and Total Debt to Assets (TDTA) have a significant effect on Company Performance. Firm Size can moderate the impact of Short-Term Debt, Long-Term Debt, Total Debt to Asset, Total Debt to Equity, and Liquidity on Company Performance.