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Effectiveness of Sustainability Rating Scales in Dual‐Labeling: The Role of Eco‐Label Familiarity in Consumer Responses

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Eco‐labels and sustainability rating scales are widely used to communicate product sustainability, yet it remains unclear whether combining these signals enhances or undermines consumer responses. Drawing on signaling theory, this study examines how eco‐label familiarity and the presence of a sustainability rating scale jointly shape consumer ...
Sara Raubvogel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the Customer Journey in Second‐Hand Fashion Platforms: Implications for Luxury Brand Management

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 655-672, March 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Moral Licensing in Luxury: Why Prosocial Brand Image Outshines Coolness in Cause‐Related Marketing

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research examines how cause‐related marketing (CM) shapes consumer responses to luxury brands. We focus on the roles of CM‐driven prosocial brand image and brand coolness as parallel mediators in reducing guilt and enhancing purchase intentions.
Jiyoung Hwang
wiley   +1 more source

The Political Psychology Behind Consumer Decisions: The Complex Relationship Between Political Ideology and Political Consumerism

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Political consumerism (PC) refers to consumers boycotting or deliberately buying (“buycotting”) products or brands for political, moral, or ethical reasons. This paper presents three studies that consider the intricacies of the relationship between political ideology and political consumerism.
Lara J. Greening   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Luxury: Understanding Consumer Responses to Purpose‐Driven Brand Strategies

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the Burden of Choice: Development and Validation of a Choice Overload Scale

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Excessive choice imposes substantial cognitive demands on consumers, impair decision‐making, and generate negative consumer responses—a phenomenon widely known as the choice overload effect. Despite its conceptual prominence in consumer research and its enduring relevance in today's consumer markets, existing approaches to measuring choice ...
Jennifer Musial
wiley   +1 more source

From Confusion to Clarity: A Multi‐Stage Process Framework for Understanding Consumer Confusion

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper reconceptualizes consumer confusion as a multi‐stage temporal process rather than a static outcome, addressing theoretical fragmentation in existing antecedent‐consequence models. By integrating cognitive appraisal, contextual amplification, and adaptive coping within a unified framework, we explain how confusion unfolds rather than
Fatih Celik, Erdogan Koc
wiley   +1 more source

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