scholarly journals The Impact of Consumer Ethnocentrism on Purchase Intentions: Local Versus Foreign Brands

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehrukh Salman ◽  
Uswa Naeem

This study evaluates the impact of consumer constructs, including ethnocentrism, attitudes toward brands, and celebrity endorsement, on purchase intentions for beverages in Pakistan. A quantitative survey was administered to collect the data and a path analysis conducted to test the model. Based on a sample of 150 respondents, our results indicate a positive relationship between ethnocentrism and purchase intentions with respect to local brands. Moreover, ethnocentrism, attitudes toward brands, and celebrity endorsements all have a significant impact on purchase intentions for local brands.

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 145-158
Author(s):  
Raj Kumar Singh ◽  
Bijay Prasad Kushwaha ◽  
Tushita Chadha ◽  
Vivek Anand Singh

Digital media marketing and celebrity endorsement have a significant impact on consumer purchase intent. The digital media marketing tools give marketers a competitive advantage in influencing customers and driving purchase intent toward their offerings. The study aims to examine the effectiveness of digital media as well as the impact of celebrity endorsements on consumer purchase intentions. The purposive sampling technique was used to collect responses from 523 residents of the tri-city Chandigarh using a structured questionnaire. The findings advocate that celebrity endorsement is a substantial marketing tool for driving consumer purchase intention via digital media platforms. The indirect effect of celebrity endorsement on consumer purchase intention was also significant when digital marketing media was used as a meditating variable. The data analysis and validation of the conceptual framework were carried out using the PLS-SEM. The study's implications are discussed.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karuna Krishna Gauns ◽  
Subhash Kizhakanveatil Bhaskaran Pillai ◽  
Kaustubh Kamat ◽  
Ruey Feng Chen ◽  
Ling-Chen Chang

Celebrities have been involved in endorsing various activities since the eighteenth century. This article focuses on five aspects: to examine the present status of literature available on the effect of celebrity endorsement on consumer buying behaviour; to identify whether there is any association between the three groups of consumers (supporters/neutral/opposers of celebrity endorsement); applying multi-logit analysis to identify the probability of a consumer in becoming a supporter/neutral/opposer of the celebrity endorsement based on demographic profiles of consumers; to examine the celebrity attributes likely to influence consumer purchase intentions; and, finally, to examine the perception of the Goan consumers about celebrity endorsements. Literature review revealed that no major studies have been carried out on the impact of celebrity endorsement on Goan consumers’ buying behaviour. Hence, a survey using structured questionnaire was administered among 200 consumers during June 2015 to April 2016, with a response rate of 86 per cent (received responses were 171). It was found that a significant association exists between celebrity supporters/neutral/opposers with respect to age, gender, occupation and income level, except in case of education and location. Consumers also find celebrity endorsements more attractive and influential as compared to non-celebrity endorsements. Moreover, the tested attributes show positive relationship with purchase intention, except in case of expertise and trustworthiness of celebrity. In general, it can be concluded that celebrity attributes do impact the purchase intention of consumers.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Imran Hussain

The rapidly evolving market conditions and intense competition between the firms and marketers to adopt competitive strategies to promote their product to the right customer. Recent developments in consumer behavior and marketing studies emphasize various elements which impose an influencing impact on consumers and persuade them towards purchase intentions. This study explores the impact of celebrity endorsement and the mediating effect of consumer attitude on consumer purchase intention in a developing country. The study employed a quantitative research design for which a self-administrated structured research questionnaire was administered. the data were collected from 100 university students as respondents. The findings indicate that there is a strong influence of celebrity endorsements on university students. The celebrity endorser who possesses attributes such as likability, attractiveness, credibility, and personality has a positive influence on consumer’s purchase intentions. Moreover, celebrity endorsements create a positive impact on consumers attitudes towards endorsed brands and products which stimulate the purchase intention. This research provides some useful theoretical and practical implications for researchers and marketers on the use of celebrity endorsers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Ahmad Firman ◽  
Gunawan Bata Ilyas ◽  
Heru Kreshna Reza ◽  
Setyani Dwi Lestari ◽  
Aditya Halim Perdana Kusuma Putra

This study aims to reanalyze and reconfirm the relationships of celebrity endorsements and E-WOM on consumer purchasing intentions and examine the indirect influence of celebrity endorsements and e-WOM and trust as the mediation of purchase intentions. This study is the first in Indonesia to analyze the above mediating relationships. The data are from 100 Instagram users responding to online questionnaires and analyzed with PLS-SEM. The results showed that celebrity endorsement and e-WOM positively influence consumer confidence and purchasing intentions by mediating trust variables. This research highlights the role of influence in creating positive buzzes to the promoted sales.


2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1071-1079 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Dixon ◽  
Maree Scully ◽  
Melanie Wakefield ◽  
Bridget Kelly ◽  
Kathy Chapman ◽  
...  

AbstractObjectiveTo assess parents’ responses to common, potentially misleading strategies for marketing energy-dense and nutrient-poor (EDNP) child-oriented foods.DesignBetween-subjects online experiment to test whether nutrient claims and sports celebrity endorsements on the front of packs of EDNP products lead parents to prefer and rate these foods more favourably.SettingAustralia.SubjectsA total of 1551 parents of children aged 5–12 years, who were the main household grocery buyers.ResultsInclusion of nutrient claims or sports celebrity endorsements on EDNP products led parents to perceive these products to be more nutritious than if they did not include such promotions. When asked to choose between a pair of different products (EDNP v. healthier), 56 % of parents did not read a nutrition information panel (NIP) before making their choice and this did not differ by promotion condition. These parents were more likely to choose an EDNP product if it included a nutrient claim (OR = 1·83, 95 % CI 1·31, 2·56; P < 0·001) or sports celebrity endorsement (OR = 2·37, 95 % CI 1·70, 3·32; P < 0·001). Sports celebrity endorsements also enhanced parent's perceptions of typical consumers of the product, perceptions of product healthiness and quality, as well as purchase intentions.ConclusionsNutrient claims and sports celebrity endorsements tip consumer preferences towards EDNP products bearing such promotions, especially among the majority who do not read the NIP. As parents largely determine what foods are available to children at home, it is critical that initiatives aimed at reducing the persuasive impact of food marketing include this target group.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 122-136
Author(s):  
Supreet Kaur ◽  
Ankit Garg

In present era, there has been a change in consumer’s attitude towards lifestyle. Consumers give importance to brands to ensure better standard of living. Today consumers are not only educated but also selective while purchasing products. Everyday consumers are exposed to number of voices over the radio and TV and images in newspapers, magazines, hoardings, and websites. Therefore, every marketer tries to steal at least fraction of a person’s time to inform him/her of the amazing and different attributes of the product at hand and for this purpose marketers use celebrity endorsement as an effective marketing strategy to fit their products in the minds of consumers. The practice of celebrity endorsements has proliferated over time and perceived as a winning formula for product marketing and brand building. This paper is an effort to analyze the impact of celebrity endorsements on buying behaviour of the college students. Questionnaire survey was used to collect the data by using convenience sampling.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Arman Hj Ahmad ◽  
Izian Idris ◽  
Cordelia Mason ◽  
Shenn Kuan Chow

Introduction: The power of young celebrities and brand image in influencing young consumers are becoming more relevant in the marketing and advertising of products and services of the plethora of brands we have in the twenty-first century. Businesses and brands use young celebrities to endorse their products to appeal more towards younger consumers. This research investigates the impact of young celebrity endorsements in social media advertisements and brand image towards the purchase intention of young consumers.Methodology: The theoretical framework from Shimp’s TEARS Model of celebrity endorsement is derived from 4 research studies and the variables were tested using 5-point Likert scale on a sample of 282 respondents who are young consumers, aged between 13 to 18 years old. All respondents were recruited using stratified sampling technique and data were analyzed using SmartPLS. The results derived from the data analyses conducted highlights eight main findings.Results: From the TEARS Model, similarity and respect has an influence on celebrity endorsement in social media whereas expertise, physical attractiveness and trustworthiness do not influence celebrity endorsement in social media. Brand image and celebrity endorsement in social media also found to be significant antecedents for the purchase intention. These findings will provide insights to marketer of businesses who requires to understand the attributes of young celebrity endorsements on social media advertisements that will appeal to young consumer. In this technological era, businesses build their brand image via investing in advertising; especially in social media advertising and celebrity endorsements.Recommendations: Following the current findings of the insignificance of expertise, physical attractiveness, and trustworthiness of the celebrity endorsers towards young consumers; marketers should look into similarity and respect qualities of their young celebrity endorsers if they would like to appeal their brands and products to pique the interests of young consumer which now become one of the major group of consumers in the world.


2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 1097-1110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-An Huang ◽  
Ian Phau ◽  
Chad Lin ◽  
Hsien-Jui Chung ◽  
Koong Hao-Chiang Lin

In this article the authors examine the effects of allocentrism and consumer ethnocentrism (CET) on intentions to purchase domestic versus imported products, focusing on the current phenomenon of the “Korean Wave” in Taiwan. Results based on data collected from 433 mall intercept interviews in Taiwan indicate that there is a strong positive relationship between allocentrism toward parents and CET. However, a significantly negative relationship between allocentrism toward friends and CET was also found. It was also found that friends' in-group attitude toward Korean television dramas has a mediating effect of allocentrism toward friends on CET and CET on intention to buy Korean products. In this study, it was found that CET played a mediating role between allocentrism toward parents and friends and purchase intention. This ethnocentric effect was attributed to parental and friends' in-groups which significantly enhanced and reduced, respectively, the impact of intergroup discrimination, making national identification a less obvious and important social category. These findings have significant implications for domestic and foreign marketers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
Zarith Delaila Abd Aziz ◽  
Zarith Thuraya Abd Aziz

Consumers in Malaysia have witnessed the use of  smartphone expand dramatically and companies hire celebrity as their brand endorser to promote the smartphones. Substantial dollars has been spent on celebrity endorsement as marketing tactics. Hence, it is importance to understand it success. The objectives of this study is to examine the extent at which university students have been impacted by celebrity endorsements on their purchase intention of smartphones. Quantitative method and survey were used to captured 119 data from respondents. The results revealed that celebrity attractiveness has the greatest impact on the purchase intention of smartphones meanwhile celebrity trustworthiness shows the lowest impact on students. The results of this study provides an exclusive viewpoint concerning students’ purchase intention on smartphones and assists marketing practitioners to better understand the use of celebrity endorsement.


1995 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 56-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagdish Agrawal ◽  
Wagner A. Kamakura

Celebrity endorsement has become a prevalent form of advertising in the United States. Despite extensive literature on the effects of celebrity endorsements on consumers’ brand attitudes and purchase intentions, little is known about the economic value of these endorsements. Research on this topic has typically focused on theories explaining how celebrity endorsements influence consumers’ attitudes and intentions. The authors assess the impact of celebrity endorsement contracts on the expected profitability of a firm by using event study methodology. Their approach assumes that the announcement of a celebrity endorsement contract, usually widely publicized in the business press, is used as information by market analysts to evaluate the potential profitability of endorsement expenditures, thereby affecting the firm's expected return. Announcements of 110 celebrity endorsement contracts were analyzed. Results indicate that, on average, the impact of these announcements on stock returns is positive and suggest that celebrity endorsement contracts are generally viewed as a worthwhile investment in advertising.


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