that was not sufficient for market demand made the
company impose a purchasing restriction policy. The
goal is that consumers from outside the city who
come during the day can still enjoy this product.
In this study, the product brand equity of
Sangkuriang has a positive and significant effect on
repeat purchases. Respondents made Bogor's
Sangkuriang their top choice even though there were
many competitors, such as the Arasari brand, the
Barokah brand, the Kabayan brand, and the Amor
brand. The advantages of the product are: soft, not
too sweet, complete variants, and always make
promotional programs tailored to the moments that
occur. For example, in order to welcome the month
of fasting, a promo was made "Breaking the Fast for
more Favors with a 30% discount via Goofood".
When the 75th Independence Day, a Red and White
Lapis promo, and a "buy one get one free" daily
promo was made for the first 200 buyers. Some of
the marketing activities that make up brand equity
positively and significantly impact repeat purchases.
Tresna G et al. (2018) found that brand equity
positively and significantly affects consumer loyalty.
Meanwhile, research by Pradipta D and Hidayat K
(2016) states that brand equity, except brand
awareness, has a positive and significant effect on
purchasing decisions and brand associations show
the most dominant influence. Based on these two
studies, it can be said that consumers of the Bogor
Sangkuriang layer have high loyalty, so they are
willing to make repeated purchases. In this study,
brand image affects repeat purchases positively and
significantly. Consumers who have kept the
Sangkuriang taro layer logo in their mind, then when
they are going to buy a taro layer product
spontaneously decide to buy the Sangkuriang brand
and even voluntarily recommend it to close friends
and family. Rusandy (2018) states that brand image
has several benefits, including: 1) it can increase
customer loyalty; 2) can increase customer
satisfaction; 3) customer satisfaction can increase
customer loyalty; and 4) customer satisfaction
mediates the relationship between brand image and
loyalty.
The Sangkuriang brand product's brand image
affects repeat purchases positively and significantly,
indicating that consumers are satisfied with the
Sangkuriang Bogor tiered product, and this
satisfaction makes consumers loyal. Loyal
customers will automatically make repeated
purchases. Syoaleha et al. (2016) stated that brand
image, which includes company image, user image,
and product image has a positive influence on
consumer loyalty, and the biggest influence is
company image. Abidin (2018) states that brand
image and consumer trust in the company have a
positive and significant impact on customer loyalty.
Based on these two studies, it can be said that
Sangkuriang's brand image makes consumers loyal
to the product and affects repeat purchases.
Consumers of Sangkuriang have loyalty to the
product, so they make repeat purchases. Repeated
purchases have made Sangkuriang's taro layer
product reach a growth position, and it can be said
that this company has experienced an upgrade to a
higher class. Several things that indicate that this
company has undergone a gradual upgrade are a) it
already has several large outlets in the city of Bogor
such as Soleh Iskandar street, Pajajaran street,
Cibinong, and Puncak area. b) assets have reached
IDR 500 billion.
The movement of UKM to level up is a priority
of the government, to strengthen the foundation of
the national economy so that there is no too big gap
between large businesses and MSMEs. The strategy
undertaken by the government is to open the widest
possible market access, both domestic and foreign
markets. For this reason, SME products must meet
global quality standards so that they can compete
with both local products and imported products
(Masduki, 2020). Siagian (2020) there are 5
strategies that can be carried out in order to
accelerate SME's Grading: 1) opening access to the
domestic market and export markets, 2) increasing
the competitiveness and capacity of SMEs through
digital marketing, 3) providing financing and
investment support, 4) developing management and
business capacity through training and mentoring, 5)
providing business opportunities and facilities such
as licensing.
The brand equity of the taro layer product in
Bogor Sangkuriang, which has been established and
has generated high loyalty to consumers, has grown
this business into the middle class. Upgrading can be
shown from several things, namely assets that have
reached 500 billion, as well as product sales turnover
from small outlets that can reach 50 to 80 boxes per
day, and the profit margin reaches 20% of sales.
This position is able to be achieved by the company
through repeated transactions by consumers. From
the results of interviews with respondents, the
reasons put forward for repeated purchasing
activities are: a) a good relationship with SME
producers/entrepreneurs, b) satisfaction obtained
after consuming the product, c) satisfactory service
from the perpetrator UKM. These three things make
consumers make repeated purchases. This is what
causes the Sangkuriang to have a brand image that