brand extension has become a famous strategy for many companies since many years ago. its success depends on acceptance and evaluation of consumers about brand extension. in this study, according to the crucial role of the brand, we analyze the role of brand equity on evaluating consumers’ attitude towards brand extension of barez tire in the city of kerman. the population in this study is the ...

The present paper focus on ITC notebook and try to understand consumer social responsibility for  cause related brand and how their preference level changes with different firm donations, and how this activity leads to brand loyalty in long run. An experimental design with 693 participants was used. The results shows that consumers like cause related marketing campaigns and ready to do extra ef...

This paper presents a competitive supply chain network design problem in which one, two, or three supply chains are planning to enter the price-dependent markets simultaneously in uncertain environments and decide to set the prices and shape their networks. The chains produce competitive products either identical or highly substitutable. Fuzzy multi-level mixed integer programming is used to mo...

the purpose of this research is to examine consumers’ brand value and brand loyalty toward luxury brands and current distribution channels for those brands (i.e. free standing, shopping center, specialty store, internet retailing). the population consisted of  the costumers, aged 19-39 years, who use branded apparel that is in kerman. about 200 questionnaires were distributed among the consumer...

OBJECTIVES Little is known about cigarette pricing and brand loyalty in sub-Saharan Africa. This study examines these issues in Zambia, analysing data from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Zambia Survey. METHODS Data from Wave 1 of the ITC Zambia Survey (2012) were analysed for current smokers of factory-made (FM) cigarettes compared with those who smoked both FM and roll-your-own (RYO...

In differentiated product markets where consumer preferences are characterized by brand loyalty, an important role for advertising may be to overcome brand loyalty by encouraging consumers to switch to less familiar brands. Using a scanner panel dataset of breakfast-cereal purchases, I find evidence consistent with the hypothesis that advertising counteracts the tendencies of brand loyalty towa...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship of consumer personality trait, brand personality and brand loyalty. Design/methodology/approach – The convenience sampling method was used to collect primary data. A total of 400 adult consumers were interviewed who looked round or bought toys and video games in Taipei City Mall, and 387 effective questionnaires were collected; ...

The rationale of this study is to look at the association between services quality of Pakistani hotel and to scrutinize cause on customer satisfaction, brand image and customer loyalty. The primary data was collected from 5 and 8 star hotels of Pakistan. The response rate was 86%. Structural equation modeling (SEM) technique was used to analyze the data. The findings suggested that high quality...