As the importance of brands is realised, so too is the importance of research in this area. However, to date, a number of branding models have been developed that lack empirical testing, are derived from the perspective of brand practitioners, and pay little attention to the branding of services. This study seeks consumer-based information via qualitative and quantitative methods regarding bran...

Online purchasing is a booming business and is studied extensively in marketing and information systems research. Online product reviews are one factor that influence a consumer’s purchasing behavior and attitudes. Brand equity is a popular phenomenon that influences purchasing behaviors and attitudes of consumers. We seek to answer two questions in this research. First, do online consumer revi...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Brand equity Industrial branding Dimensions of brand equity Marketing-mix efforts Corporate image A model is developed to examine the relationships among marketing-mix efforts (channel performance, value-oriented price, promotion, and after-sales service), corporate image, three dimensions of brand equity (brand awareness with associations, perceived quality, and...

BACKGROUND The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control calls for the elimination of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. To test whether tobacco packaging functions as advertising by communicating attractive and distinctive brand attributes, we explored how young adult smokers and non-smokers interpreted familiar and unfamiliar tobacco brands. METHODS We conducted an on-line survey...

Considerable attention has been given to the notion that there exists a set of human-like characteristics associated with brands, referred to as brand personality. Here we combine newly available machine learning techniques with functional neuroimaging data to characterize the set of processes that give rise to these associations. We show that brand personality traits exist a priori inside the ...

Firms spend considerable efforts to build brand awareness and associations among consumers. Yet there is a limited understanding of the financial returns of such investments. In this article, the authors present a framework that uses trademarks as measures of firms’ branding efforts. They classify trademarks into two categories—brandidentification trademarks and brand-association trademarks—and...

Studies that measure the brand equity of destination brands by using the Customer-Based Brand Equity (CBBE) model in a developing country context are scarce. The present study investigates the destination brand equity of the Lahore Fort by employing the CBBE model in a developing country context of Pakistan. Following the positivist tradition, we adopted a survey-based approach to collect data ...

It is common for brands to extend into additional product categories. It has been argued that narrow brands (i.e., brands offering a portfolio of similar product categories) have an advantage over broad brands (i.e., brands offering a portfolio of diverse product categories) when extending to a product category that is similar to at least one of the categories in the existing brand portfolio. W...

The paper reviews the literature on destination branding, destination image and reasons for revisiting and recommending. The branding of destinations has gained popularity among city in recent years. The current study aims to develop and test a theoretical model of destination branding, which integrates the concepts of the branding and destination image. Specifically, the current study examines...