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Is cross-category brand loyalty determined by risk aversion?

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  • Silberhorn, Nadja
  • Hildebrandt, Lutz

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The need to understand and leverage consumer-brand bonds has become critical in a marketplace characterized by increasing unpredictability, diminishing product differentiation, and heightened competitive pressure. This is especially true for fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturers and retailers. Knowing why a customer stays loyal to a brand in multiple product categories is necessary for deriving suitable marketing strategies in the context of a brand extension, yet research on the motives, characteristics, life styles and attitudes of cross-category brand loyal customers has been investigated only in a limited number of studies. We will fill a gap in the literature on cross-category brand choice behavior by analyzing revealed preference data with respect to brand loyalty in several categories in which a brand competes. Provided with purchase and corresponding survey data we investigate the product portfolio of a leading nonfood FMCG brand. We segment consumers on the basis of their revealed brand preferences and, focusing on consumers' risk aversion, identify cross-category brand loyal customers' personality traits as determinants of their brand loyal purchase behavior.

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  • Silberhorn, Nadja & Hildebrandt, Lutz, 2009. "Is cross-category brand loyalty determined by risk aversion?," SFB 649 Discussion Papers 2009-061, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk.
  • Handle: RePEc:zbw:sfb649:sfb649dp2009-061
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    1. repec:hum:wpaper:sfb649dp2012-028 is not listed on IDEAS
    2. Silberhorn, Nadja & Hildebrandt, Lutz, 2012. "Does umbrella branding really work? Investigating cross-category brand loyalty," SFB 649 Discussion Papers 2012-028, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk.

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    Keywords

    cross-category brand loyalty; risk aversion; share of category requirements; customer segmentation;
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    JEL classification:

    • R21 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Housing Demand
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities

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