Consumers routinely need to choose between mass-market (e.g., Häagen-Dazs) and niche brands (e.g., Halo Top), yet little research has examined the factors that influence such choices (Dalgic and Read More »
Mass-manufactured foods are ubiquitous in busy daily life. However, consumers still search for food products with handmade feature (Pieniak, Perezcueto, and Verbeke 2009). Market surveys and academic Read More »
“Luxury” is typically defined partly by its premium pricing (Bain and Co. 2014; Grossman & Shapiro 1998; Kim & Ko 2010). Theories on luxury management emphasize that consumers draw inferences on Read More »
Maximizing shoppers’ in-store travel has become an important strategy to trigger unplanned purchasing (Gilbride, Inman, and Stilley 2015; Hui et al. 2013) because longer in-store travel exposes Read More »
Brand elements have been shown to impact perceptions of things even unrelated to the brand or product such as the consumer’s environment (Rahinel and Nelson 2016) and group identity (Torelli et al. Read More »