Brand identification: A theory-based construct for conceptualizing links between corporate branding, identity and communications

Sue Halliday, Sven Kuenzel

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter (peer-reviewed)

    Abstract

    Since relationships are an important part of the individual’s identity, it is not surprising that marketers looking to create long-term relationships have found that finding meaning in buying often makes a contribution to the construction of the individual (Fournier, 1995; Gruen, Summers and Acito, 2000). This search for personal meaning has tended to become inseparably linked to brands (Fournier, 1995; Holt, 2002; McAlexander, Schouten and Koenig, 2002), for brands have the potential to be designed around the need for belonging, and owning certain brands often affirms the consumer’s sense of identity (Aaker, 1994; Aaker and Fournier, 1995; Fournier, 1998). It may be that this is a peculiarly American phenomenon, as Holt (2004) writes assuredly that customers of iconic brands such as Mountain Dew ‘care about what the brand accomplishes for their identities’. His focus is the interesting are of cultural identity myths and he notes: ‘Customers who make use of the brand’s myth for the identities forge tight emotional connections to the brand’ (p.9).
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationContemporary thoughts on corporate branding and corporate identity management
    EditorsT.C. Melewar, Elif Karaosmanoglu
    Place of PublicationHampshire
    PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
    Pages91-114
    Number of pages24
    VolumeChapter 5
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Print)0230543146, 978-0230543140
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

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