Branding strategies,marketing communication,and perceived brand meaning: The transfer of purposive,goal-oriented brand meaning to brand extensions

This article develops and tests a conceptual model of the transfer process whereby perceived similarity organized around shared goals facilitates the transfer of knowledge and affect from a parent brand to an extension of that brand. Empirical results, based on two well-known brands and two hypothetical product extensions for each brand, demonstrate that the availability of well-formed, goal-derived categories associated with a parent brand establishes an organizing framework for consumers' assessments of similarity thatfacilitates the transfer of consumer knowledge and attitude from the parent brand to a brand extension in another product category. This facilitating effect of similarity does not occur in the absence of goal-derived categories. The results also reveal how marketing communication can be used to facilitate the transfer process by framing similarity in terms of common goals. Implications are discussed for the organization of consumer knowledge and affect across product categories and for understanding prior research findings on brand extension. Ingrid M. Martin (imartin@csulb.edu) is an associate professor of marketing at California State University at Long Beach. Her research has examined issues in the area of consumer goals as they guide structuring and processing marketing information, product choice and usage. Her research has been published in theJournal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Public Policy & Research, and five book chapters. David W. Stewart (david.stewart@marshall.usc.edu) is the Robert E. Brooker Professor of Marketing in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He is the immediate past editor of theJournal of Marketing. Dr. Stewart has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications and seven books. Shashi Matta (matta@marshall.usc.edu) is a doctoral candidate in marketing at the Marshal School of Business, University of Southern California. His research interests include branding, and services marketing. Shashi’s research has been published in theJournal of Consumer Research.     

中华老字号品牌资产增值——一个创新与怀旧契合的案例分析

当前多数老字号品牌发展停滞,品牌资产不断流失,维护与提升老字号品牌资产变得迫切而且必要。文章结合老字号品牌复兴的创新和怀旧理论,分析了王老吉品牌资产增值的策略选择和启示。通过个案研究发现,王老吉在传承品牌精髓和其他独特品牌元素的基础上,运用营销创新获得品牌经营的成功,这对其他老字号品牌复兴具有借鉴意义。     

当地居民对"农家乐"旅游影响的感知及态度研究——以浙江省衢州市七里乡为例

以衙州市七里乡为例，通过问卷调查，配合深度访谈，分析了当地居民对“农家乐”旅游影响的感知程度及对旅游业的态度。结果表明：居民对旅游增加农民收入、改善乡村环境、增强居民的环保意识、提升当地形象有显著感知。居民对旅游正面影响的感知明显强于负面影响的感知。居民感知最深的是经济影响，其次才是环境和社会文化。大部分居民赞同“发展旅游利大于弊”。最后，就改善居民对旅游业的态度提了建议，以期对当地旅游发展有所裨益。