Saudi Arabia has been taking various initiatives (such as improving women's rights for reduced dependency on male guardians, and creating training opportunities for skills improvement among Saudi locals) for creating an integrated community with diverse cultures and lifestyles as a part of...

In luxury brand management, experiences are essential. However, most of what we know about designing customer experiences originates from work developed with and/or for mass brands. Luxury brands are conceptually different and require a specific approach to brand management. Using a grounded...

Luxury brands and the Internet communication media seem to be inconsistent at first sight. On the one hand, luxury brands have to maintain the control of their elitism and their image; on the other hand, Internet is defined as a mass media of communication that is basically not selective....

Businesses constantly strive to provide added value and brand equity to gain a competitive advantage, particularly in the contemporary hospitality industry. It is widely accepted that a luxury experience brand enhances the value of a luxury resort hotels industry. Since the 1980s, the concept of...

The luxury brand Burberry faced strong backlash in recent years for burning unsold products. There are several viewpoints on this. Some argue that it is important to burn unsold product to ensure the exclusivity and rarity of the brand. This may also help in preventing counterfeit and illegal...

This paper aims to conceptualise consumer's luxury brand attachment by developing and validating a psychometric scale through 5 studies. Study 1 generates and selects potential scale items through literature review, thesaurus search and expert surveys. Study 2 reduces the items and assesses the...