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Book SynopsisUnique and timely, this
Research Handbook on Luxury Branding explores and takes stock of the current body of knowledge on luxury branding, as well as offering direction for future research and management in the field.
Featuring contributions from an international team of top-level researchers, this Handbook offers analysis and discussion of the profound changes that are affecting the luxury industry, and that will continue to shape its future. Chapters consider the socioeconomic, psychological, technological and political shifts in consumers' desires, practices and purchases of luxury products, taking a multi-method, cross-disciplinary approach that offers both offers concrete research avenues and outlines future management challenges.
This comprehensive Handbook will be critical reading for students of marketing, branding and advertising looking for an overview of the field of luxury branding research, as well as proving useful to scholars both as a reference tool and to help generate their own research ideas. It will also provide practical guidance to managers of luxury brands.
Contributors include: F. Bardhi, A. Basu Monga, L.S. Beitelspacher, R. Belk, S. Crener, S. Czellar, D. Dahlhoff, D. Dubois, G.M. Eckhardt, D. Goor, D. Grewal, H. Hagtvedt, K. Hung, A. Keinan, R.V. Kozinets, G. Laurent, L. Malär, F. Morhart, M. Pandelaere, V.M. Patrick, A.L. Roggeveen, E. Samsioe, B. Schmitt, E. Schweiger, L.J. Shrum, A.T. Stephen, D.K. Tse, L.M. Visconti, Y. Wang, K. Wilcox, J.L. Zaichkowsky, J. Zhang
Trade Review'Previously limited to the wealthiest, luxury is now a central phenomenon of our modern societies. Luxury brands reflect the diffusion of materialism across social classes and generations, the extent of social competition and self-branding and the aestheticization of desire. As a result, luxury branding is now studied by researchers from around the world and different angles. It is high time that a handbook brought these researchers together, summarized current research and paved the way for future research. Well done!' --Jean-Noël Kapferer, INSEEC U. Luxury Research Center, France
Table of ContentsContents: Foreword xviii Sandor Czellar, David Dubois and Gilles Laurent List of abbreviations xxxi PART I EVOLVING NATURE OF LUXURY 1 The changing notions of materialism and status in an increasingly dematerialized world 2 Russell Belk 2 Liquid luxury 22 Fleura Bardhi, Giana M. Eckhardt and Emma Samsioe PART II LUXURY CONSUMPTION FUNCTIONS 3 Evolutionary function of luxury consumption 44 Yajin Wang 4 Fulfilling identity motives through luxury consumption 57 Mario Pandelaere and L.J. Shrum 5 Fulfilling social needs through luxury consumption 75 David Dubois PART III LUXURY BRAND MANAGEMENT 6 Luxury brand consumption in emerging economies: review and implications 93 Kineta Hung and David K. Tse 7 Building and growing luxury brands: strategies for pursuing growth while maintaining brand coherence 117 Vanessa M. Patrick and Alokparna (Sonia) Basu Monga 8 Pricing luxury goods: more art than science 138 Denise Dahlhoff and Z. John Zhang 9 Managing the luxury shopping experience: implications for retail channels 150 Elisa Schweiger, Dhruv Grewal, Anne L. Roggeveen and Lauren Skinner Beitelspacher PART IV LUXURY BRAND CULTURE 10 Art and aesthetics 171 Henrik Hagtvedt 11 Authenticity in luxury branding 190 Felicitas Morhart and Lucia Malär 12 Sensuality and experience 208 Bernd Schmitt PART V LUXURY BRAND COMMUNICATION 13 Communicating luxury brands through stories 225 Luca M. Visconti 14 Social media and luxury 248 Andrew T. Stephen PART VI MORALITY ISSUES OF LUXURY 15 The evolution of counterfeit luxury consumption 265 Keith Wilcox and Judith Lynne Zaichkowsky 16 #Luxe: influencers, selfies, and the marketizing of morality 282 Robert V. Kozinets 17 Luxury and environmental responsibility 300 Anat Keinan, Sandrine Crener and Dafna Goor Index 323
