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Spillover Effects Of Ingredient Branded Strategies On Brand Choice: A Field Study, Swaminathan Vanitha, Srinivas K. Reddy, Sara Loughran Dommer

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Ingredient branding, or the use of two or more brand names on a single product, is widely seen as providing significant benefits in terms of increased product differentiation and greater market share. The association between two brand names can both enhance and dilute the brand equity of the host brand name and the ingredient brand name. This research examines the behavioral spillover effects associated with cobranded strategies across segments of consumers that vary in their prior brand commitment or loyalty. Different from previous research, this paper uses A.C. Nielsen scanner panel data to investigate the behavioral spillover effects of ingredient …