Purpose – Research has established that trust, satisfaction and the attitude towards the brand contribute to the development of brand loyalty. However, consumers do not see brands only as transaction facilitators, but as relationship partners. The exploration of the role of brands in the development of bonds with consumers is still limited. This paper examines whether the strength of positive b...

Private-label brands (PLB) today are a well-established facet in many product categories worldwide, and as such have increasingly captured the attention of researchers. Even so, the consumer-based brand equity (CBBE) of PLBs (PL-CBBE) has remained largely unexplored (Cuneo et al 2012). To help fill this void, this study examines the CBBE and its underlying dimensions of two different product ca...

All brands have status and status has an impact; yet little attention has been paid to the impact of brand status on consumer brand assessments, this study addresses this limitation. This study investigated perceived brand status’ impact on overall brand value across two product categories, finding that perceived brand status’ impact was stronger on overall brand value when the status of the br...

Background. The brand equity is raised as one key subject in founding the value creation for the brand. Nowadays, the sports managers are searching for creating a very powerful brand and favorable for their own organizations obtaining one long term and highlighting the consumers’ athletic experiences and the continuous relationship with them. Objectives. The purpose of this study was to focus ...

Abstract Overstock reduction methods offer important marketing signals that may affect consumer brand perceptions. In particular, some overstock create disposal-based scarcity, is, product scarcity resulting from reductions of unsold stock. Three experimental studies reveal distinct effects incineration, which completely destroys the product, compared with are less destructive, such as recyclin...

Communication style is intensely influential on customers' purchase probability, trust, satisfaction, perceived service quality, and perceptions of brand affection, competence, attachment. Social interaction models tell us that when consumers engage in interactions, they rely largely the communication personnel to develop their evaluations which have little knowledge issues. The frontline repre...

The brand extension literature outlines a pivotal role of consumers’ brand extension attitudes in explaining change in parent brand equity. However, there remains little understanding of how such feedback effects actually materialize on parent brand equity. The present study proposes and examines change in relationship equity as a mediator of the effect of brand extension attitude on change in ...

An emergent line of research on consumers and their evaluations of co-branding shows that a brand ally might strengthen the market position for the co-brand as well as its constituent brands. This article provides a critical review of and a discussion about the limitations of existing research. It is argued that the symbolic dimension of consumption is an unexplored aspect in research on co-bra...

with increasing competition in today’s markets, the vital point for companies is to maintain their market shares. therefore, marketers try to vitalize the companies’ brands, in order to maintain their position in market. whereas, creation a new brand is very costly and time consuming and its chance of success is limited, nowadays, more than ever, marketers are trying to achieve their goals thro...