Abstract—It is often observed that consumers select upper class brand when they buy next time. Suppose that former buying data and current buying data are gathered. Also suppose that upper brand is located upper in the variable array. Then the transition matrix becomes upper triangular matrix under the supposition that former buying variables are set input and current buying variables are set o...

The purpose of this paper is to posit a definition of a political brand alliance, and thereby advance the political marketing and brand marketing literature. This is achieved by building upon and extending Erevelles et al (2008, p.32) definition of brand alliance, and applying it to the Conservative and Liberal Democrat Parties’ Westminster level coalition, established in 2010. The paper argues...

Submitted August 1999 Revised February 2001 © Journal of International Marketing Vol. 9, No. 2, 2001, pp. 97–114 ISSN 1069-031X Susan P. Douglas, C. Samuel Craig, and Edwin J. Nijssen line basis, without considering the overall balance or coherence of branding in international markets from a strategic perspective. However, as international markets evolve and become more closely interlinked, fir...

Abstract The Ludhiana knitwear industry is one of the biggest clusters of knitwear units in Asia. But it is lacking in consistent high quality image building for both domestic and international markets. An individual company's brand was just an incidental choice without any loyalty attached to it. The conventional insight is that the traditional branding is wounded and dying at the feet of inno...

Trust is a concept that has been widely studied in e-commerce since it represents a key issue in building successful customer-supplier relationships. In this sense, social software represents a powerful channel for establishing a direct communication with customers. As a consequence, companies are now investing in social media for building their social digital brand and strengthening relationsh...

This proposed study applies the idea of consumer-brand relationships to child consumers. Longitudinal brand loyalty studies have shown that brand preferences in consumers persist into adulthood. This study adds on earlier work by Ji (2000) and draws on Fournier’s (1998) work in applying relationship theory to consumer-brand relationships. It combines this with other theoretical strands to propo...

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