Personifying a brand through the use of a spokesperson is a strategy that some companies use to humanize their brands. Three of the ways that such personification is accomplished in advertising is by ads featuring celebrities, “regular people” (such as everyday consumers or persons employed by the brand), and company founders or CEOs as spokespeople. […]

This research introduces the concept of brand association centrality and distinguishes central brand associations (CBAs) and peripheral brand associations (PBAs). The first study shows that the perceived fit of a brand extension is influenced by the consistency with CBAs and PBAs. However, the brand extension consistency with CBAs positively affects consumer brand extension evaluations, while […]

Hanging up our coat, tidying our desk, classifying our books, what meanings do these mundane practices convey? Extending Mary Douglas’s work, this article investigates tidiness from the angle of symbolic pollution. Based on photo-elicitation, it shows that, similarly to symbolic pollution described at a macro-social level, tidiness depends on two conditions, namely, a set of […]

Purpose – Considering a long-term perspective and the discourse directly emitted by brands, the aim is to study how can brand extension potential be predicted through the analysis of brand contracts? Design/methodology/approach – Considering a long-term perspective and the discourse directly emitted by brands, the aim is to study how can brand extension potential be […]

Le livre “Luxury Sales Force Management” met en lumière des stratégies destinées à permettre aux managers de tous les secteurs où la force de vente joue un rôle clé, de gagner le cœur de leurs vendeurs et contribuer ainsi au succès de leur entreprise. Ce livre présente les résultats de 4 ans de recherche auprès […]