The impact of advertising appeals on impulse buying

Autor: Bilwa Deshpande, Debasis Pradhan, Bharadhwaj Sivakumaran, Teidorlang Lyngdoh
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Marketing Intelligence & Planning. 40:358-371
ISSN: 0263-4503
DOI: 10.1108/mip-11-2021-0390
Popis: PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the varying impact of advertising appeals on customers’ impulse buying (IB) for vice and virtue products.Design/methodology/approachThis research used two experiments varying humor/scarcity (high/low) and product category (vice versus virtue).FindingsHumor (scarcity) enhances IB of vice (virtue) products through anticipation of enjoyment (perception of uniqueness).Research limitations/implicationsThis research identifies a new antecedent of IB, advertising and additionally, a new moderator, product type (vice/virtue) in the ad appeal–IB relationship.Practical implicationsPractitioners managing vice (virtue) brands may use humor (scarcity) appeals to promote impulse buying.Originality/valueThis paper demonstrates that humor (scarcity) appeals enhance impulse buying of vice (virtue) products and shows the underlying mechanisms behind these effects.
Databáze: OpenAIRE