The effectiveness of multiple brand portfolios: the role of directional dominance and brand interference on brand evaluation
International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship
ISSN: 1464-6668
Article publication date: 9 April 2020
Issue publication date: 24 April 2020
Abstract
Purpose
The purposes of the study were (1) to examine whether directional dominance between co-existing athlete brands and sponsor brands exists; (2) to explore whether directional dominance influences consumers' memory interference; and (3) to test whether brand interference interacts with directional dominance among brands to influence consumer evaluation and behaviors under multiple endorsement and sponsorship portfolios.
Design/methodology/approach
The research is a 3 (directional dominance: symmetric dominance vs. asymmetric dominance with existing vs. asymmetric dominance with newly endorsed brand) x 2 (brand memory interference: interference vs. no interference) between-subjects factorial design.
Findings
The results indicate that (1) directional dominance influenced consumer brand interference, and directional dominance interacted with brand interference on (2) brand evaluation and (3) purchase intention in multiple brand portfolios.
Originality/value
Considering that conventional single-sponsor sponsorship or single-endorser endorsement portfolios are increasingly rare, research on concurrent circumstances of multiple endorsers and multiple endorsed brands in multiple brand portfolios was necessary. By expanding and reconceptualizing the context of brand networks, this study provides empirical evidence on how the dominance and directionality between endorser and (existing and newly) endorsed brands—an athlete endorser's strong pre-existing association with an existing endorsed brand in particular—influenced consumer brand interference and the brand evaluation in multiple brand portfolios.
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Acknowledgements
This project was supported by funds received from Kang Joon-ho KAASM Research Grant Program.
Citation
Won, J. and Lee, J.L. (2020), "The effectiveness of multiple brand portfolios: the role of directional dominance and brand interference on brand evaluation", International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, Vol. 21 No. 2, pp. 285-303. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSMS-09-2019-0100
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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