Effects of brand love, personality and image on word of mouth: The case of fashion brands among young consumers
Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management
ISSN: 1361-2026
Article publication date: 14 September 2012
Abstract
Purpose
Fashion brand love is a central concept in the consumer‐brand relationship domain. Brand managers tend to create more lovable brands, e.g. McDonald's “I’m lovin it”. However, the importance of this concept is not frequently discussed in marketing literature. Furthermore, the impact of brand personality and brand image on brand love has not been investigated in any empirical research. This paper aims to address this gap by developing a causal model incorporating brand love, brand personality, brand image and word of mouth (WOM) to investigate the relationships among them.
Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected using a survey method and usable questionnaires were completed by 250 undergraduate students. Path analysis was used to test the hypotheses using AMOS 16.0.
Findings
Results revealed that only brand image is considered as a determinant of brand love that affects WOM along with brand personality.
Practical implications
Results provide detailed implications and a platform on which future research can be built.
Originality/value
The extant love research seems to be solely in the US context. To the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the concept of brand love outside the USA.
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Citation
Rageh Ismail, A. and Spinelli, G. (2012), "Effects of brand love, personality and image on word of mouth: The case of fashion brands among young consumers", Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, Vol. 16 No. 4, pp. 386-398. https://doi.org/10.1108/13612021211265791
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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