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Conceptualizing and measuring brand salience
Abstract
Historically, brand salience has been considered synonymous with the brand being ‘top of mind’ (mentioned first) when the product category is used to cue retrieval from memory. In this article we argue that this conceptualization (and associated measure) is too narrow. We show that there is value in distinguishing salience from the concepts of awareness and attitude by conceptualizing brand salience as the brand’s propensity to be noticed or come to mind in buying situations. Brand salience reflects the quantity and quality of the network of memory structures buyers’ hold about the brands. This article offers guidelines to facilitate research on the role of brand salience in brand choice and buyer behaviour that are an important progression from the evaluation (attitude) focus of contemporary marketing theory.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Romaniuk, J., & Sharp, B.
- Affiliations
- University of South Australia (AU)
- Venue
- Marketing Theory
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2004-12
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 327-342
- ISSN
- 1470-5931 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-301X
- OpenAlex
- W2004211681
- Cited by
- 213
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Marketing Theory (publishedVersion)
- Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Marketing and Advertising Strategies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
- Keywords
- brand salience, top of mind, brand awareness, brand attitude, brand choice, consumer behavior, memory structure
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