Fans who travel far to sporting events may be more valuable to sponsoring brands than previously thought. A research model tested against a cycling field study shows that “faraway” fans are more knowledgeable about the sport than locals, identify more strongly as a fan of the sport and have greater event attachment, potentially increasing their desire to support sponsoring brands.
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As counterintuitive as it sounds, this study shows that companies in environmentally unfriendly industries are perceived as more trustworthy when they use negatively framed messaging focused on reducing the damaging impact of their production processes, rather than on positively framed messages that tout benefits. Building such trust, in turn, elicits favorable consumer intentions and behaviors.
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This December 1 Cognition Council event expanded on previous ARF Cognition Council research on these issues, building on the presentations and discussion at the October 14 Cognition Council event (Part 1). The event included brief recaps of the Part 1 presentations.
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Consumers’ short- and long-term memory and recognition of brands that co-appear in television programs is affected differently when the juxtaposed products are either in the same or different categories, and when the brands are either familiar or unfamiliar, new research shows. The findings are intended to help strengthen product placement strategies and decisions around choosing the right co-appearing partners.
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