Co-branding provides a possible way to create brand associations and to reinforce the images of partnering brands. At the same time, important associations can be transferred from the partnering brands to a new, unknown co-brand. However, no prior study has investigated in detail which...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to apply the (advanced) brand concept maps (BCM) approach to reinvestigate previous findings on feedback effects resulting from brand extension information (BEI) and to explore whether this information affects the structure of a brand’s associative...

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate what influence the perceptions of two parent brands have on the perception of a newly formed co-brand. Furthermore, it elaborates whether respondents’ evaluations of the parent brands, their familiarity towards the parent brands and their usage of the...