This article aims at synthesizing the body of research that deals with regulatory focus, a concept that has captured the attention of a growing number of marketing researchers in the last few years, particularly because of the new perspective it brings to motivation. After introducing Higgins's...

Could eliminating overpackaging from private labels be a lever for a responsible positioning without any effect on purchase intention? Drawing on the attribution theory framework, this research uses an experiment on 217 French respondents and shows that eliminating overpackaging does have an...

Media critics are generally said to be an integral part of the cinema industry, as they influence both the supply (distribution and communication strategies) and demand (consumer's decision process) sides of the market (Debenedetti, 2006). Which lessons can be drawn from past research about...

Prevailing research works on brand as a person metaphor highlights the existence of brand-sexual associations. However, the impact of such attributions on brand categorization did not receive any attention. This paper is an attempt to explore the importance of brand-sex on consumer’s brand...