Brands as relationship facilitators in consumer markets

Veloutsou, C. (2009) Brands as relationship facilitators in consumer markets. Marketing Theory, 9(1), pp. 127-130. (doi: 10.1177/1470593108100068)

Abstract

This paper examines two types of relationships that consumers form around brands. First there are direct brand and consumer relationships, while the second are the links that a consumer develops with other consumers around brands. This includes brand communities, brand tribes and brand sub-cultures.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Veloutsou, Professor Cleopatra
• Authors: Veloutsou, C.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Management
• Journal Name: Marketing Theory
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• ISSN: 1470-5931
• ISSN (Online): 1741-301X