Title

The role of consumer-brand experiences and relationship in contributing to brand equity for services

Document Type

Journal article

Source Publication

Athens Journal of Business & Economics

Publication Date

4-2016

Volume

2

Issue

2

First Page

195

Last Page

215

Publisher

Athens Institute for Education and Research

Keywords

Brand equity, Brand experiences, Consumer-brand relationship, Services branding

Abstract

Branding today is conceived as a co-creation process during which brand equity is created through interactions among the stakeholders and personalized consumer experience is an important branding practice for value creation and differentiation from competitors. Consumer-brand relationship has been proposed as a metaphor to connect relationship marketing activities and brand equity. However, little research has been conducted to examine how experiences with a brand affect brand equity via the consumer-brand relationship, especially in a service context. This research aims at developing a conceptual model to depict the structural relationships among brand experiences, consumer-brand relationship and brand equity. The model was tested against a student sample and received reasonable support. The utilitarian brand relationships, as different from a number of previous studies, contribute more to brand equity than affective brand relationships. Marketing implications, research limitations and future research directions are discussed at the end of the paper.

E-ISSN

2241794X

Publisher Statement

Copyright © 2016 Athens Institute for Education and Research. Access to external full text or publisher's version may require subscription.

Full-text Version

Publisher’s Version

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Leung, L.-c. (2016). The role of consumer-brand experiences and relationship in contributing to brand equity for services. Athens Journal of Business and Economics, 2(2), 195-215. Retrieved from https://www.athensjournals.gr/business/2016-2-2-6-Leung.pdf

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