The humor appeal is extensively used in advertising, but its impact is not clearly understood in the context of luxury brand advertising. This research therefore examines the role humor appeal in luxury advertising plays in customers’ evaluation of the brand, advertisement, and purchase behaviors toward the firm. Specifically, this study proposes that the use of a humor appeal in luxury advertising has a favorable influence on perceived luxuriousness of the brand, attitude toward the advertisement, and purchase intention through coolness perception of the luxury brand. Furthermore, this study explores the moderating roles of brand positioning appeal (top-dog vs. underdog) and desire for distinction. This study is one of the few to examine the influence of humor appeal in luxury brand advertising, providing evidence for the applicability of humor appeal in luxury advertising. The study findings will help luxury brand managers make informed decisions about when and how to use humor in advertising to achieve desirable advertising outcomes.

This research aims to provide a conceptual framework to explore how consumers respond to genuinuity claims made by organisations and how it affects perceptions towards the brand. Further, this proposal explores the influence of brand familiarity and inferences of manipulative intent on consumer’s cognition of the genuine claim. The Affect Transfer Hypothesis, Dual Mediation Hypothesis, Independent Influence Hypothesis and Reciprocal Mediation Hypothesis Models are tested parallel to determine the most effective model in line with previous studies. A total of 12 studies have been designed, comparing across 4 different levels of genuinuity, and 3 different product categories (luxury car brands, luxury hotels & spa resorts). A self-administered survey will be used while collecting data using panel data and mall intercept to ensure the ecological validity of the study. The study contributes conceptually by proposing a conceptual definition for genuinuity appeals. It contributes methodologically in its development of a brand genuinuity scale. Finally, the study will contribute managerially by providing practitioners, policy makers and firms with new ways to distinguish themselves as genuine amongst the clutter of unsubstantiated claims and to change consumer’s perceptions of industries such as banks which are renowned for unsubstantiated claims.

This research aims to provide a conceptual framework to explore how consumers respond to genuinuity claims made by organisations and how it affects perceptions towards the brand. Further, this proposal explores the influence of brand familiarity and inferences of manipulative intent on consumer’s cognition of the genuine claim. The Affect Transfer Hypothesis, Dual Mediation Hypothesis, Independent Influence Hypothesis and Reciprocal Mediation Hypothesis Models are tested parallel to determine the most effective model in line with previous studies. A total of 12 studies have been designed, comparing across 4 different levels of genuinuity, and 3 different product categories (luxury car brands, luxury hotels & spa resorts). A self-administered survey will be used while collecting data using panel data and mall intercept to ensure the ecological validity of the study. The study contributes conceptually by proposing a conceptual definition for genuinuity appeals. It contributes methodologically in its development of a brand genuinuity scale. Finally, the study will contribute managerially by providing practitioners, policy makers and firms with new ways to distinguish themselves as genuine amongst the clutter of unsubstantiated claims and to change consumer’s perceptions of industries such as banks which are renowned for unsubstantiated claims.

Sex appeal advertising has been widely adopted in luxury fashion marketing and yet little attention has been paid to the impact of sex appeal on perceived luxury values. Using a 2(low/high degree of sex appeal) x 2(male/female ad endorser) x 2(male/female ad viewer) factorial design, this study finds that the use of a high degree of sex appeal in an advertisement significantly improves young consumers’ perceptions of the appearance, quality, uniqueness, and conspicuousness value of a luxury fashion brand. The impact of sex appeal on the self-identity, hedonic, materialistic or prestige value perceptions appear to be insignificant. Gender interacts with the degree of sex appeal on the appearance and quality value only. Implications for luxury brand marketers and advertisers are discussed.

Gender has been considered as a very important factor in influencing the effectiveness of sex appeal advertising, yet only biological sex (male or female) has been examined. Therefore, this paper aims to examine the role of gender identity (masculinity, femininity or androgynous) in how people respond to sexual appeals in advertising. By studying the influence of this variable, present research would help in building a more comprehensive picture of why people respond to sexual appeals as they do.

본 연구에서는 해외의 3D프린팅 기술을 활용한 혁신성 소구방법의 광고캠페인 사례를 고찰함으로써 고도화된 사회에서 혁신적 마케팅 커뮤니케이션에 대한 필요성 인식과 향후 3D프린팅과 같은 혁신기술과 광고마케팅 분야의 통섭적 사고에 대한 방향성을 제시하고자 하였다. 해외의 글로벌 기업 브랜드는 혁신기술을 받아들이고, 이를 통해 광고마케팅 분야와 결부 시켜 광고캠페인을 진행하며 소비자와 새로운 방식의 커뮤니케이션을 시도하고 있으나 우리나라에서는 관련 연구가 이루 어지거나 실질적으로 광고캠페인이 진행된 사례는 극히 드문 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 선행연구를 바탕으로 혁신성 의 속성을 ‘자기표현(assertiveness)’, ‘감성(sensibility)’, ‘타인과의 공유(sharing with others)’와 로저스(Rogers,2003)의 ‘시용가능성(trialability)’, ‘가시성(observability)’의 5가지로 정의하고, 수용자 경험 속성으로 ‘이용성(usability)’, ‘접근성 (accessibility)’, ‘복합성(complexity)’, ‘창조성(creativity)’을 도출하여 선행연구 및 로저스의 혁신성 이론을 토대로 설계한 분석모델을 통하여 해외 혁신성 소구방법의 광고캠페인 사례를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 일반적인 소구방법보다는 광고캠페인을 통한 자기표현의 경험 가치와 정서적 가치, 관계 형성과 시용가능성이 갖춰진 환경에서 새로움과 즐거움, 재미의 소구가 가능한 혁신성 소구방법이 진화한 소비자를 충족시킬 만한 요인으로 작용할 수 있으며, 혁신성의 속성이 높을 때 전반적으로 사용자 경험 속성도 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 이는 혁신성 소구방법의 광고캠페인은 대체적으로 혁신기술을 활용한 제작 과정 전반에 수용자의 체험이 가능하기 때문인 것으로 분석되었으며, 혁신성의 다섯 가지 속성과 수용자 경험의 네 가지 요소를 포괄적으로 활용하여 수용자들의 총체적 경험이 가능한 광고캠페인 프로세스를 구축한다면 혁신성 소구방법의 광고캠페인을 통한 수용자와의 커뮤니케이션을 보다 향상시킬 수 있을 것으로 보인다. 본 연구는 혁신성 소구방법의 광고캠페인 사례의 혁신성 속성 등 수용자의 경험에 영향을 미치는 무형의 요인을 연구함으로써 혁신적 마케팅 커뮤니케이션의 필요성에 대한 인식을 제고하고, 광고캠페인의 혁신성 소구방법과 수용자 경험의 관계를 이해하여 이와 관련된 연구의 기초가 되는 탐험적 연구로써 향후 새로운 광고 전략 수립의 단서를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.