The Importance Of A True Brand Loyalty

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A true brand loyalty can be called when consumers are both inclined to these two factors, otherwise, it can only be called a spurious brand loyalty if only attitude or behavior factors are found (Baldinger & Rubinson, 1996). Loyalty can also be separated from short term loyalty and long term loyalty. Short term loyalty is not a real brand loyalty because a long term customer will not buy other brands even if there is a better choice (Jones & Sasser, 1995). In addition, Bloemer and Kasper (1995) argue that a real brand loyalty should include brand preferences and repurchase behaviors that present in a long term commitment, brand commitment and psychological processing (decision making and evaluation) function while Fornell (1992) proposes that …show more content…

Many researches also maintain that the higher the brand awareness is, the higher perceived quality is (Monore, 1990; Dodds and Grewal, 1991; Wall, Liefeld, & Heslop, 1991; Lo, 2002; Lin, 2006 ). Kan (2002) further suggest that the higher the brand awareness is, the higher the consumers’ quality evaluation is. Besides, Aaker and Keller (1990) mentioned that a brand with high awareness and good image can promote brand loyalty to consumers, and the higher the brand awareness is, the higher brand trust and purchase intention are to consumers. Peng (2006) indicates that brand awareness has the greatest total effects on brand loyalty. When businesses develop a new products or a new market, they should promote their brand awareness in order to receive the best result because brand awareness is positively related to brand loyalty (Aaker & Keller, 1990; Peng, 2006; Wu, 2002; Chou, 2005). Chang and Wildt (1994) submit that value can facilitate loyalty. Parasuraman and Grewal (2000) propose that the more positive customer transaction perceptions are, the stronger customer loyalty is. Sirdeshmukh, Sigh and Sabol (2002) also deem that value will bring a positive influence toward customers. Wu (2007) identifies that the perception of consumers will increase or reduce brand loyalty. Judith and Richard (2002) further indicate that perceived quality and brand loyalty have a highly connection, they will positively influence purchase intention. Chi, Yeh and Chiou (2009) a new view and evidence to the study of brand loyalty that customer perceived quality will influence brand trust and brand affect, and further to influence brand attitude and purchase behavior. Thus, perceived quality and brand loyalty are positively correlated, and brand loyalty will increase if perceived quality

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