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This document discusses key concepts around brands and consumer behavior from Chapter 1 of the textbook "Strategic Brand Management". It defines what a brand is, how brands exist in the mind of consumers, and how they can influence perceptions. It also summarizes traditional models of consumer behavior and decision making. Additionally, it examines how consumer involvement, emotion, and low-involvement choices impact brand selection and the role of brands in these contexts. Figures are referenced throughout to illustrate concepts.

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This document discusses key concepts around brands and consumer behavior from Chapter 1 of the textbook "Strategic Brand Management". It defines what a brand is, how brands exist in the mind of consumers, and how they can influence perceptions. It also summarizes traditional models of consumer behavior and decision making. Additionally, it examines how consumer involvement, emotion, and low-involvement choices impact brand selection and the role of brands in these contexts. Figures are referenced throughout to illustrate concepts.

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Rosenbaum-Elliott, Percy, & Pervan: Strategic Brand Management, 2nd edition Chapter 1: Understanding the Social Psychology of Brands

The Socio- Cultural Meaning of Brands

What is a brand?
A brand is a label, designating ownership by a firm, which we experience, evaluate, have feeling towards, and build associations with to perceive value (Brakus, et al., 2009). Brands only exist in the minds of customers. The power of a brand to influence perceptions can transform the experience of using the product. Brands have a functional domain and an emotional/symbolic domain. See Fig. 1.1.

Figure 1.1

Brands and models of consumer behaviour


The traditional models of consumer behaviour show consumers moving through a series of psychological states. See Fig 1.2. Do consumers always go through these stage and in this sequence?
Need/opportunity recognition
The motivation required to prompt a purchase may be at a much lower level than suggested

Information Search
Search is often limited

Figure 1.2

Brands and models of consumer behaviour


Evaluation of alternatives
Consumers look to reduce cognitive effort and use decision heuristics or rules of thumb

Purchase
Extent of planning Choice of outlet
Retail brand

Outcomes of purchase
Expectancy Disconfirmation Model (Szymanski and Henard, 2001) How much we learn from a purchase outcome will vary according to our motivation and cognitive bias
Some firms try to limit learning

Consumer involvement
Involvement is important to our understanding of consumer behaviour because it represents the personal relevance or importance that a product or brand has for an individual. Involvement is a function of three sources of importance: the consumer, the product, and the situation. Products are classified as high or low for ease of application although they really sit on a continuum and may vary between people and situations. See Fig 1.3.

Figure 1.3

Low- involvement choice


Brands are seen as very similar. In most cases awareness of a brand is a key predictor of purchase, in that brands in top- of- mind awareness are the only ones consumers are likely to choose from. The major route to awareness is through past behaviour. See Fig 1.4.

Figure 1.4

Low- involvement choice and emotion


Slightly positive emotional states lead to less thought, less information seeking, less analytic reasoning, less attention to negative cues, and less attention to realism. Consumers are seeking a mild sense of warmth, rather than hot emotion, and seeking to choose the brand which they simply feel best about.
Mere exposure over time can result in non- rational preference

See Fig 1.5.

Figure 1.5

Brands and low- involvement choice


Choice between brands is driven largely by simple associations between the brand and attributes or emotions usually created and sustained through advertising. Meaningful brands can be built from meaningless differentiation on irrelevant attributes (Carpenter et al., 1994). Low- involvement processing is the glue that holds the entire world of brands together (Heath, 2000).

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