Brand Avoidance Behavior in Sustainable Fashion: Insights from Generation Z Consumers

(1) * Yeshika Alversia Mail (Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia)
(2) Natasha Syifa Hakeki Mail (Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia)
*corresponding author

Abstract


This study aims to determine the factors that influence brand avoidance behavior in the purchase of sustainable fashion products by Generation Z in Jabodetabek. The samples used in this study were men and women with an age range of 18-26 years, domiciled in the areas of Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi and had transacted or purchased fashion products. There were 236 respondents collected using a purposive sampling method. Then processed and analyzed using Partial Least Square - Structural Equation Method (PLS-SEM). This study found that sustainable fashion avoidance intention, which is influenced by ideological incompatibility, unmet expectations, and materialism, positively and significantly influences sustainable fashion avoidance behavior by Generation Z in Jabodetabek.


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brand avoidance, consumer behavior, sustainable fashion

   

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