Purpose This study aims to provide a theoretical foundation and guidance for practitioners by redefining digital strategies in the tourism and hospitality industry. Additionally, factors influencing the buying decisions of live broadcast shoppers for tourism and hospitality products are...

This study investigates whether brand betrayal, caused primarily by deceptive brand communication, incites brand hate among consumers. We performed PLS-based structural equation modeling, using SmartPLS on a dataset comprising 450 respondents selected through Mall Intercept sampling to...

Manuscript type: Quantitative paper Research Aims: This study aims to examine the effects of religiosity animosity, consumer eficacy, and xenocentrism on consumer participation in product boycotts. Design/methodology/approach: A survey method was employed, collecting data from 255 young...

The adoption of digital voice assistants, e.g., smart speakers, is a megatrend, and several brands are currently sharing the market. A key question for smart speaker providers is who the users are to derive successful marketing strategies. This study examines the personality structure of brand...

Understanding tourists' word-of-mouth communication, destination preferences, and revisit intentions is important in the rapidly growing cruise tourism industry. Focusing on Amasra, an emerging cruise destination on the Black Sea coast of Turkiye, this study examines the connection between...

Firms' brand management has continuously and consistently evolved not only to satisfy consumers' various needs and wants but also to maximize profitability and sustain competitive advantage. Companies are unceasingly seeking ways to make the price of their product offerings less of a factor in...

Tourism is a highly sensitive industry concerned about the social and economic consequences of instability. In this sense, it is vital to understand how relationships develop and what factors lead to satisfaction among the stakeholders. Most research on tourism has focused on analysing B2C...

The growing importance of natural beauty care products among consumers is increasingly driven by social media networks, which play a substantial role in promoting sustainable consumption. This study examines the influence of Celebrity Credibility, Celebrity Attractiveness, and Social Media...

The study examines the underlying heterogeneity within the global Muslim consumer market in connection with Islamic branding and its impact on the brand resonance of an Islamic brand. This comparative study empirically examines the differences existing within the Muslim consumer in Malaysia and...

The importance of brand personality congruence (BPC), brand attachment (BA) and brand love (BL) in the luxury marketing is paramount. Still, their relationships in enhancing the customers obsessive passion (OP) and compulsive buying behavior (CBB) through the moderating role of materialism...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of physical Vanity, achievement vanity, and brand equity on luxury consumption in the skincare industry, considering the promising US$13.9 billion beauty and personal care market in India, as estimated by Euromonitor International. Data were...

This study aims to explore how hedonic value influences obsessive-compulsive buying behavior by examining the mediating roles of brand attachment and customer-based brand value. The research addresses inconsistencies in previous studies on the influence of hedonic market value on...

The nature of influencers' relationships with their followers is attractive to brands. However, consumers' positive feelings for their favorite influencers are not cast in stone. If influencers become more secretive and less responsive, relationships can quickly sour and fandom can turn into...