Yes / Consumer brand preference is an essential step towards understanding consumer choice behaviour, and has therefore always received great attention from marketers. However, the study of brand preference has been limited to traditional marketing focusing on functional attributes to maximise utility. But now the shift to experiential marketing broadens the role of the brand from a bundle of attributes to experiences. Technological advancements have helped to increase the similarities between brand attributes and product commoditisation. Consequently, consumers cannot shape their preferences among brands using rational attributes only. They seek out brands that create experiences; that intrigue them in a sensorial, emotional and creative way. This study seeks to develop a model that provides an understanding of how brand knowledge and brand experience determine brand preference and to investigate its impact on brand repurchase intention. Accordingly, exploratory focus group discussions are employed followed by a survey of mobile phone users in Egypt. The findings provide insights into the relative importance of consumer perceptions on different brand knowledge factors in shaping brand preferences. It also demonstrates the significance of consumers’ experiential responses towards brands in developing their brand preferences that in turn influence brand repurchase intention. The model therefore offers managers a new perspective for building strong brands able to gain consumer preferences.

The rise in the popularity of digital communication and social media platforms has increased the speed of information exchange among customers, and enabled them to instantaneously voice their thoughts and opinions about brands. This trend however has created certain challenges for marketers since they could no longer exert the sole control over the identities of their brands. Past research has confirmed that social interaction plays a key role in development of strong relationships among individuals (e.g. Nahapiet and Ghosal, 1998; Lobschat et al., 2013). In branding context, social interactions and the benefits derived from them establish a brand’s social value, and contribute to the formation of solid customer-brand relationships. As an attempt to better capture a brands’ social value, Lobschat et al. (2013) recently introduced the concept of social currency. Their findings reveal the importance of social currency as a key antecedent to several components of brand equity such as perceived quality, brand loyalty, and brand trust. Due to the newness of the social currency construct, however, its relationship with many other key variables of consumer behavior has not been much verified yet. In particular, there has been very little investigation of the potential links between social currency and the two emerging paradigms of experiential and transformational branding. Accordingly, the current study explores the role of brand’s social currency in providing experiential and transformational benefits in the context of cosmetics consumption. It further investigates the roles of brand experience and customer transformation in shaping greater customer attachment towards the brand. To test these relationships, the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method is applied. In total, 373 participants took part in this study. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed, and participants were invited to report on their consumption of their favorite cosmetic brands. Findings confirm that the various dimensions of social currency lead to experiential and transformational benefits in different ways. Results further suggest that both experiential and transformational benefits contribute to the enhancement of customer-brand relationships. Theoretical and managerial contributions are discussed.

Background: Brand managers are always trying to find ways to increase brand profitability and creating a stronger competitive advantage. Part of the marketing activities implemented by brand managers is geared towards building brand equity. Managers have now recognized the importance of the customer in creating brand equity and therefore implement co-creation as a way of creating value together with the customer. Co-creation allows for the firm to bring the customer closer. Two dimensions of brand equity which are brand loyalty and brand experience were chosen for this study. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explain the effects of perceived co-creation benefits on brand loyalty and brand experience (CBBE). Methodology: To meet the purpose, the study proposes an explanatory design with a quantitative approach. After reviewing relevant literature, three benefits were found important for the customers and in connection to the purpose of a researched model based on six hypotheses was developed. The empirical data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire which was distributed online with a total of 119 responses which were recorded and passed the qualification question whether they follow a brand on social media. Findings: The authors found evidence that perceived co-creation benefits have an effect on CBBE. It was found that particularly hedonic benefits have a significant effect on brand loyalty. Another finding was that social integrative benefits also has an effect on brand experience.

Este estudo apresenta e discute o conceito de experiência do cliente com especial enfoque para a gestão da experiência do cliente em empresas do setor automotivo no Brasil. Neste estudo, o termo \"experiência do cliente\" é referido pelo termo em inglês customer experience. Percebe-se que as limitações conceituais se referem a tratamentos parciais de customer experience, ora focando na visão do cliente, ora focando na visão da marca. Esses tratamentos conceituais parciais de customer experience são refletidos também nos principais modelos conceituais publicados, modelos estes que buscam, muitas vezes, representar a realidade do mercado. Nos últimos anos, o setor automotivo, influenciado por um novo perfil de consumidor, mais exigente e menos interessado na posse de veículos e por alterações na sua jornada, decorrentes da digitalização dos canais, vem buscando alternativas para reter seus clientes através do desenvolvimento de estratégias de customer experience. Dessa forma, a partir de limitações encontradas, este estudo levanta os principais conceitos e modelos de customer experience publicados e os confrontam com a aplicação dessa ferramenta em grandes marcas comercializadoras de veículos no Brasil, através da venda ou do aluguel. A partir dos dados coletados e do cruzamento com a teoria e os modelos teóricos, dois achados importantes derivam deste estudo: a definição de um novo conceito de customer experience, mais abrangente, respeitando a visão do cliente e das marcas, e a descoberta de um grupo de quinze elementos utilizados em customer experience, interpretados a partir dos modelos teóricos analisados e que são confrontados com a aplicação prática nas empresas do setor automotivo pesquisadas, demonstrando haver uma vasta e abrangente aplicação de customer experience no setor. Dessa forma, este estudo avalia a aplicação de customer experience no setor automotivo do Brasil, aprofunda o desenvolvimento conceitual do tema e orienta sua aplicação prática para os gestores e profissionais de marketing. / This study presents and discusses the concept of customer experience with a special focus on the management of customer experience in companies in the automotive sector in Brazil. It can be seen that the conceptual limitations refer to partial treatments of customer experience, sometimes focusing on the vision of the client, sometimes focusing on the vision of the brand. These partial conceptual treatments of customer experience are also reflected in the main published conceptual models, models that often seek to represent the reality of the market. In recent years, the automotive sector, influenced by a new consumer profile, more demanding and less interested in vehicle ownership and changes in the customer\'s journey, due to the digitization of the channels, have been seeking alternatives to retain the customer through the development of strategies of customer experience. Thus, based on limitations found, this study raises the main concepts and models of published customer experience and confronts them with the application of this tool in major brands that commercialize vehicles in Brazil, through their sale or rent. Based on the data collected and the intersection with theory and theoretical models, two important findings derive from this study: the definition of a new concept of customer experience, more comprehensive, respecting either the vision of the client and the brands and the discovery of a group of fifteen elements used in customer experience, interpreted from the theoretical models analyzed that are confronted with the practical application in the companies of the automotive sector researched, demonstrating a vast and comprehensive application of customer experience in the sector. Thus, this study evaluates the application of customer experience in the Brazilian automotive sector, deepens the conceptual development of the theme and guides its practical application for managers and marketers.

The purpose of this thesis is to explore to what extent different styling elements can be used within a retail store and how sensorial cues can affect customers buying behaviour by creating a multi-sensory brand-experience. Further, this project aims at contributing to the development of new knowledge regarding a multi-sensory brand-experience through the performance of an experiment. A quantitative research method with a deductive research approach has been used for this study, where theoretical concepts have been described and from which a number of hypotheses have derived as means to test the theoretical framework. In order to test our hypotheses, a research strategy in the form of experiments has been performed in the computer department at Media Markt, Kalmar. General assumptions have then been drawn from the analysis of the results in order to provide sound recommendations for marketers regarding sensory marketing in general and foremost the multi-sensory brand-experience.   The result of our study shows that it is beneficial for marketers to use styling elements and sensorial cues as means to connect with customers and enhance their emotional response. The study also shows that a combination of the sensorial cues of sight and sound together contributes to an experience that is positive and memorable for the customers. Additionally, the results of this study shows that a combination of these sensory cues leads to a change in customers behaviour and create approach behaviour through awareness of products that otherwise could be missed.

The purpose of this thesis is to find if the Swedish Generation Y is more brand loyal to cell phones compared to other consumerelectronic, and to find out if some set factors of loyalty affects Generation Y's loyalty more than other.  The conclusion of this thesis is that Generation Y is more loyal to their cell phone brand compared to other consumer electronics, and that the set factors presented are affecting their brand loyalty to different extent.

Questo studio esamina come un'esperienza di marca possa essere definita tale. La rilevanza del tema inerisce a due dimensioni. Da un lato, l’attuale letteratura di marketing è ricca di research-call che spingono i ricercatori ad una miglior comprensione dell’universo di marca soprattutto attraverso l’impiego di nuove prospettive. Dall’altro lato, il mercato evidenzia un fenomeno complesso. A condizione di esperienze di marca più frequenti, e di individui che dimostrano una crescente volontà di essere ingaggiati dalle marche, aumenta la distanza tra individuo e marca. Questo studio intende fornire un framework teorico per meglio comprendere il fenomeno della brand exerience; vuole quindi indagare il meccanismo con cui brand ed esperienza sono in grado di dialogare all’interno di un setting che vede l’individuo protagonista. Il lavoro combina l’analisi della teoria esistente, con un’indagine condotta sul campo avente ad oggetto il Thununiversum. Lo studio esplora i principali brand meanings che promuovono il consumo esperienziale di marca. Appoggiandosi agli stream di ricerca inerenti all’esperienza, raffigura un nuovo setting esperienziale entro cui l’esperienza si genera. I findings del lavoro suggeriscono poi che l’esperienza vissuta favorisce un processo di riqualificazione del senso di marca. Quindi lo studio si chiude con una definizione del costrutto di brand experience. / This study examines how a brand experience can really be defined as such. There are several calls in the marketing literature for research to develop a greater understanding of brands (Ballantyne and Aitken, 2007; Brodie et al., 2006; Jevons, 2007) especially using new perspectives. At the same time, on the market side, consumers want increasingly to be engaged by brands and companies project a growing amount of brand experience. However, there’s a deep mismatching between brands and people. This article wants to make advances in applying experience theory to brand dimension by clarifying the boundaries and specifying the relational mechanisms that occurs between the two main constructs: brand and experience. Field research in Thununiversum context (Eisenhardt&Graebner, 2007) is combined with analysis of existing theory to develop the findings of this study (Burawoy, 1991). This qualitative study explores the main brand meanings that precede then promote the experiential consumption. Then, based on the experience literature, a typology is derived that classifies the core dimensions within a brand experience setting. The findings suggest that the experience provided by a brand contributes to a process of individual meanings’ requalification. The emerging model try, finally, to design a new concept of brand experience.

Det finns mycket forskning om hur design bygger starka varumärken, men den är inte branschspecifik.  Modebranschen är en komplex företagsmiljö med ständigt förändrade marknadsvillkor. Detta kräver att modeföretag arbetar med effektiva strategier för att kunna differentiera sig mot konkurrenterna, där varumärket ses som ett verktyg. Avsikten med denna uppsats är att studera tre modeföretags designprocess och hur man, med hjälp av design som verktyg, kan förmedla sin varumärkesidentitet till konsumenterna i form av en varumärkesupplevelse. Denna studie är av kvalitativ karaktär och består av tre individuella intervjuer med centrala personer från valda företag (Mayla, Minna Palmqvist och Whyred), samt individuella intervjuer och gruppintervjuer med konsumenter. Insamlad data har analyserats med hjälp av en modifierad modell av The Corporate Branding Model och The Brand Design Management Model. Med hjälp av modellen identifierades modeföretagens varumärkesidentitet och deras designprocess kartlades. Sedan studerades hur designarbetet formar varumärkesupplevelsen hos konsummeterna och skapar en varumärkesimage. Studien visade att den interna synen på varumärket och varumärkesimagen är likartad, därmed lyckas alla tre företag kommunicera sin varumärkesidentitet genom sin designprocess. Denna studie kompletterar den befintliga designforskningen, som är generell och inte branschspecifik, genom att kartlägga hur designkompetens kan nyttjas för varumärkesuppbyggnad specifikt inom modebranschen. / There is much research into how design as a strategy builds strong brands, but the existing research is not specific for any industry. The fashion industry is a complex business environment with constantly changing market conditions. This requires that fashion companies working with effective strategies, where the brand is seen as a tool, differentiate themselves from the competition. The purpose of this paper is to study three fashion companies’ design processes and how they can use design as a tool to convey their brand identity to consumers as a brand experience. This study is qualitative in nature and consists of three individual interviews with key persons from selected companies (Mayla, Minna Palmqvist and Whyred), as well as individual interviews and group interviews with consumers. Collected data was analyzed using a modified model of the Corporate Branding Model and the Brand Design Management Model. By using the model, the brand identity of each fashion company was identified, and their design processes were analyzed. Then the study explored in which way the design process forms the brand experience of consumers and creates a brand image. The result is that the internal perception of the brand and the brand image are assumed to be similar, thereby each company succeeds to communicate their brand identity through their design process. This study complements the existing general and non-industry specific design research by charting how design expertise of the fashion industry can be used for brand building. / <p>En bilaga (bilder som har använts i uppsatsens metod) har tagits bort ur dokumentet på grund av upphovsrättsliga skäl.</p>

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探討Instagram對品牌體驗及廣告效果之影響：以高中生為例 / Having a presence on social mobile applications has become a popular marketing strategy for brands. Instagram, a photo-sharing and video-sharing social mobile application became the second largest social network site in the US in 2014 (eMarketer, 2015). Its image-intensive and social interactive nature provides brands a perfect environment for marketing. However, does it help brands to improve the brand experience? Is it a good platform for enhancing advertisement effectiveness? This study aims at exploring Instagram’s influence on brand experience and advertisement effectiveness. Four brands were chosen in this study, they are Nike, Starbucks, Hollister, and BMW. Senior high school students in Taiwan were chosen as the participants of this study. Quasi-experiment and Latin square design were used in this research to explore the influence of Instagram on these senior high school students. The four brands’ Instagram contents were taken as experimental treatment. Students completed measurements in both controlled condition and experimental condition. The result of these two conditions was compared to see Instagram’s influence on brand experience and advertisement effectiveness. The results showed that Instagram significantly improved students’ overall brand experience towards Nike and Starbucks. Instagram also improved the overall advertisement effectiveness of Starbucks and Hollister. However, the Instagram contents of BMW did not have any influence on improving students’ brand experience or advertisement effectiveness. Moreover, participants’ purchase intention toward the four brands was also not affected by Instagram. Based on the insight of this study, Instagram did help improve the brand experience and advertisement effectiveness for some brands. These brands were mostly the apparel and food & beverage brands which was welcomed among younger audiences. Brands that participants were most familiar with were also successful in improving its brand experience on Instagram. Instagram contents that participants can relate to were most influential in improving the advertisement effectiveness. Brands that were less familiar with participants could also gain success on Instagram by providing the right contents. Therefore, when marketing brands among senior high school students in Taiwan, brand types, strengths of brand, and the force of pull from familiarity are crucial on improving their brand experience and advertisement effectiveness on Instagram.