The effectiveness of brand placements: A meta-analytic synthesis

Barry J. Babin, Jean-Luc Herrmann, Mathieu Kacha and Laurie A. Babin

International Journal of Research in Marketing, 2021, vol. 38, issue 4, 1017-1033

Abstract: Although brand placements are commonplace in promotion strategies, the extant literature lacks a quantitative empirical synthesis of the effect of placements on cognitive, attitudinal, and conative outcomes. The authors report a meta-analysis addressing the extent to which brand placements affect consumers’ brand placement memory, brand salience, consumer attitude toward the placed brand, and purchase intentions or choice. Four hierarchical meta-regression models explore contexts and executional characteristics that contribute to relatively stronger or weaker brand placement effects. Overall, findings suggest strong, positive placement effects on brand placement memory and small or modest, positive placement effects on brand salience, attitude, and conation. Among the factors potentially moderating these effects, brand-plot connection emerges as a key executional characteristic associated with stronger (more positive) cognitive, attitudinal, and conative effects for plot-connected relative to unconnected placements. Moreover, prominent placements enhance brand placement memory effects while not evidencing any significant backlash on persuasive effects. The same pattern emerges for placement disclosure. The findings have significant implications for marketing managers and public policy makers and provide important directions for further research.

Keywords: Product placement; Brand placement memory; Brand salience; Attitude; Intention; Meta-analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijresmar.2021.01.003

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