 Ingredient branding for a luxury brand: The role of brand and product fitHakil Moon and David E. Sprott Journal of Business Research, 2016, vol. 69, issue 12, 5768-5774 Abstract: Many firms adopt an ingredient branding strategy when introducing new products, whereby a host brand integrates a branded ingredient. Research suggests that perceived fit between the host and ingredient brands should influence the success of such brand partnerships. Not all firms, however, may be able to find appropriately fitting branded ingredients, such as luxury brands which may find it nearly impossible to partner with other luxury brands and therefore need to consider non-luxury partners. The current research examines consumer responses to a real-world ingredient partnership between a luxury host brand (TAG Heuer) and non-luxury ingredients (Intel and Google), who have come together to produce a new product (a luxury smartwatch). Results of a study find that fit between the brand partners (based on both brand image and product category) positively influences purchase intentions with consumer's perceptions of a brand's luxury nature moderating observed effects. The research provides implications for product strategy and marketing of luxury brands. Keywords: Luxury brand; Ingredient branding; Brand image fit; Product category fit (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:69:y:2016:i:12:p:5768-5774 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.04.173 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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