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Item A Study on the Impact of Brand Equity Dimensions on Purchase Intention of Signal Toothpaste with Special Reference to Colombo Area(Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya,Sri Lanka., 2017) Karunaratne, C.M.F.; Fernando, P.M.P.Brand Equity is one of important concepts in Brand Management as well as in academic research. Developing and managing Brand Equity for a brand is considered as a critical issue for most firms. Having number of brands and flavors, causes to create intense competition in the toothpaste industry. Brand Equity has become as an important concept to win this competition and to become as the dominant toothpaste brand in consumers’ mind. With the literature background, this research focuses to identify the impact of Brand Awareness, Brand Association, Perceived Quality and Brand Loyalty on the purchase intention of Signal toothpaste by adopting Aaker’s brand equity model. Current Signal toothpaste buyers were selected as the population for the study. Convenience sampling technique was used to extract 150 respondents as the sample. Survey method was used as the data collection method and a self-administered, structured questionnaire was distributed among respondents to collect data for the study. Hypothesis were tested by using multiple regression analysis and results showed that both Perceived Quality and Brand Association had a significant positive impact on purchase intention while Brand Awareness and Brand Loyalty do not significantly effect on the purchase intention of Signal toothpaste.Item Impact of Brand Equity towards Purchase Intention: With Special Reference to Comfort Fabric Conditioner Brand in Sri Lanka(Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya,Sri Lanka., 2017) Dissanayake, Y.M.H.R.K.; Fernando, P.M.P.Brand equity is one of the significant concepts in brand management, as well as in business practices and academic researches. Developing and properly managing brand equity has been emphasized as an important factor in the current business practices. This research empirically examines the impact of brand equity dimensions on customer purchase intention in relation to Comfort Fabric Conditioner Brand in Sri Lanka. A sample of 200 of consumers in Western Province was selected using convenience sampling methodology and the data were collected under the survey method using self-administrative questionnaires. Correlation and regression analysis were used to check the relationship between independent variables and the dependent variable. The findings can be used when developing brand equity concepts and strategies to products and brands in the market. This is especially valid for a product such as fabric conditioner, which is still at the customer adoption stage in the Sri Lankan context. This study is providing practical recommendations to brand managers on understand customer expectations and purchasing intention when designing their branding strategies.