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JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Volume 64, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102780
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Art infusion; Advertising; Pro-environmental luxury; Luxury; Sustainability; Brand
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This research explores the impact of art infusion on brand attitudes in advertising, especially regarding pro-environmental luxury brands. The findings show that art infusion can bridge the perceived gap between luxury and sustainability, leading to more favorable attitudes towards sustainable luxury brands. Art infusion may offer a solution to the incongruity traditionally associated with luxury and sustainability.
Underpinned by art infusion theory, this present research examines the effect of art infusion on brand attitudes under different brand conditions (i.e. pro-environmental luxury brands and luxury brands) in advertising. Across two experimental studies, this research offers empirical evidence to a moderated mediation model, such that when an advertisement features an artwork (vs. no-artwork), consumers will perceive lower levels of incompatibility between luxury and sustainability, leading to a more favorable brand attitude toward the proenvironmental luxury brand. However, such differences will not occur among consumers evaluating an ordinary luxury brand. The findings of this research broaden the current body of knowledge related to the art infusion effect and provide important implications for marketers in their advertising strategy. Furthermore, these findings suggest that art infusion may be the solution to the dilemma facing sustainable luxury brands since luxury and sustainability are often perceived as incongruent concepts.
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