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Comments on “Do brands compete or co-exist?”

Gerard J. Tellis (University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, Los Angeles, California, USA)

European Journal of Marketing

ISSN: 0309-0566

Article publication date: 14 December 2018

Issue publication date: 8 February 2019

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Abstract

Purpose

This commentary aims to enrich and contextualize the paper by Sheth and Koschmann, “Do Brands Compete or Coexist?” How persistence of brand loyalty segments the market.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is a comment piece written in response to Sheth and Koschmann’s “Do brands compete or coexist? How persistence of brand loyalty segments the market”.

Findings

In their article, Sheth and Koschmann present some fascinating insights on competition in mature markets and the concept of brand loyalty, offering three novel hypotheses. However, while the manner in which their findings are stated is novel, the fact that brand loyalty is strong is not new. This note outlines several comments upon the research, three caveats and five opportunities for future research in the area. While Sheth and Koschmann’s approach is novel, their results are not altogether new and their research needs to be related to prior findings on brand loyalty across the canon.

Originality/value

This response to Sheth and Koschmann’s paper provides a scholarly dialogue centered upon the premise of brand loyalty within the context of market competition.

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Citation

Tellis, G.J. (2019), "Comments on “Do brands compete or co-exist?”", European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 53 No. 1, pp. 28-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-07-2018-0492

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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