Factors affecting college students’ brand loyalty toward fast fashion: A consumer-based brand equity approach
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Jin Su, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the factors affecting consumer’s fast fashion brand loyalty by examining US college students’ perceptions and loyalty toward fast fashion.Design/methodology/approach: Using consumer-based brand equity approach, a research model which examines the factors affecting consumer’s brand loyalty in the fast fashion context was proposed. It was hypothesized that consumer’s perceptions of fast fashion, including brand awareness, perceived quality, perceived value, brand personality, organizational associations, and brand uniqueness, affect consumer brand loyalty. Based on the valid data from 419 US college students, this study employed structural equation modeling to investigate the factors affecting US college students’ brand loyalty toward fast fashion.Findings: Results reveal that for the US college students, brand awareness, perceived value, organizational associations, and brand uniqueness are the contributing factors to generating consumer’s loyalty toward fast fashion brands.Originality/value: Due to the fact that fast fashion has become a key feature of the global fashion industry over the last decade, there is phenomenal growth in the availability of fast fashion brands in the US markets. This study provides valuable insights about young consumers’ perceptions of fast fashion brands and the factors’ contributions to their brand loyalty.
Factors affecting college students’ brand loyalty toward fast fashion: A consumer-based brand equity approach
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Additional Information
- Publication
- International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, 46(1), 90-107.
- Language: English
- Date: 2018
- Keywords
- Fashion industry, Brand loyalty, Brand equity, Fast fashion, College students