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ABSTRACT Consumers' increasing environmental concerns are prompting a shift in fashion consumption, fueling the remarkable growth of the second‐hand market. Over the last decade, this trend has spurred the emergence of a plethora of online platforms dedicated to the resale of pre‐loved fashion items.
Gabriele Murtas, Giuseppe Pedeliento
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Sustainable Luxury: Understanding Consumer Responses to Purpose‐Driven Brand Strategies
ABSTRACT The study examines the dilemma faced by consumers in balancing the concepts of sustainability and luxury in the context of self‐gifting. The research is based on the Affect‐Behavior‐Cognition (ABC) framework and the Consumer‐Brand Identification (CBI) theory, which seeks to understand how the perceived sustainability–luxury fit and brand ...
Subhajit Pahari +3 more
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This study integrates social identity, acculturation, self-discrepancy, and compensatory consumption theories to investigate how bicultural individuals use luxury consumption to cope with perceived discrimination.
Tuan Nhat Cao, Sinh Hoang Nguyen
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Subtle indulgences: motivations behind inconspicuous consumption of luxury apparel [PDF]
PurposeWith the ever-increasing phenomenon of mass luxury, many luxury consumers are shifting from loud displays of logos on their clothes towards more subtle clothing that truly echoes their individualities.
Rishi Raj Sharma, Shriya Shingari
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ABSTRACT This research provides comprehensive insight into the influence of aesthetic liking on product preference across different types of durable product categories by uncovering the underlying process. Distinguishing a direct expressive influence of aesthetic liking and an indirect influence as a quality signal, referring to signaling theory, we ...
Mariëlle E. H. Creusen +2 more
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ABSTRACT While personality traits often influence individuals' willingness to engage in prosocial and pro‐environmental behaviours, psychological entitlement tends to undermine such actions. Although extensive research has highlighted the negative social consequences of entitlement, including its impact on pro‐environmental behaviours, its potential to
Alexandra Polyakova
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ABSTRACT Online fan communities are important peripheral arenas for sports consumption. However, the psychological and social mechanisms that sustain engagement across these digital spaces are not sufficiently understood. This study thus investigates how Orientation Toward Sporting Events (OSE) drives fan page engagement and, subsequently, satisfaction.
Hamid Shaker +3 more
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Contemporary brand communication surrounding truffle consumption conveys a complex system of meanings, where sustainability, closeness to nature, luxury, and hedonism coexist.
Zsuzsanna Jámbori, Éva Bendárik
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Rethinking Consumer Behavior Through Phygital Episodes
ABSTRACT Consumption unfolds in fused encounters where physical presence and digital mediation co‐occur, which, in turn, reshapes how consumers search, evaluate, purchase, and relate to brands. Consumer behavior research, however, still parses these encounters into channels, touchpoints, and stages that can be studied and managed apart.
Wenny Candra Mandagie, Weng Marc Lim
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All Quiet on the Luxury Front: How and When Sustainability Labels Influence Purchase Behavior
ABSTRACT As luxury brands launch sustainability initiatives and products, they face significant challenges, including the need to effectively communicate their practices to consumers. The current research draws on semiotics theory to explore how and when distinct types of sustainability labels, indexical and iconic, enhance brand authenticity ...
Shelly Rathee +2 more
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