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Luxury companies are striving to improve their communication with customers while paying attention to online promotion and marketing activities. As companies interact with customers in luxury brand communities via various channels, they yield consumers higher value throughout the effective consumption process. In addition, this connection enhances customers’ understanding of the company, making it easier for companies to acquire empathy from customers. This study aims to analyze the value factors that affect luxury brand community members’ purchase intention and brand attitude. This study utilizes online survey results of four hundred prestige brand community users in China. The results reveal the positive effects of customer engagement on customer psychological empowerment and flow, the positive impacts of customer psychological empowerment and flow on community identity and brand attachment, the positive effects of community identity on purchase intentions, and the positive effects of brand attachment on purchase intentions and brand attitude. Furthermore, the results show that community types and fashion involvement partially moderate customer engagement. This study provides theoretical suggestions for relationship marketing in the luxury brand community environment. Last, this study presents practical implications that companies could utilize to create an emotional connection with their community members, resulting in an increase of customer support.

Abstract
I. Introduction
Ⅱ. Background
    1. Consumer engagement
    2. Customer psychological empowerment
    3. Flow
    4. Community identity
    5. Brand attachment
    6. Purchase intention
    7. Brand attitude
    8. Community types
    9. Fashion involvement
Ⅲ. Methods
    1. Research model
    2. Measures
    3. Sample and data collection procedures
Ⅳ. Results
    1. Preliminary analysis
    2. Hypothesis testing
    3. Multi-group analyses for community type andfashion involvement
Ⅴ. Conclusion and Implications
References

• Liu Danyang(이화여자대학교 의류산업학과)
• Hyojung Kim(이화여자대학교 의류산업학과) | 김효정
• Minjung Park(이화여자대학교 의류산업학과) | 박민정 Corresponding author