Comprendre comment les consommateurs découvrent, adoptent et tissent une relation avec des marques suscite un intérêt croissant parmi les chercheurs en comportement du consommateur. Une relation étant constituée d’une série d’interactions, les interactions clés entre marque et...

Understanding how consumers discover, adopt and develop relationships with brands is of increasing interest in consumer research. A relationship being a series of interactions, key interactions between consumers and brands, especially the first one, because they can generate biases, cast their...

‘Executional greenwashing’ refers to the use of nature-evoking elements in advertisements to artificially enhance a brand’s ecological image. Based on classic models of persuasion, a first experiment reveals that evoking nature does mislead consumers, especially if they have low knowledge...

This research investigates the effect of substantive (verbal) and associative (visual and sound) execution factors on brand ecological image in case of greenwashing. Experimentation’s results show a positive effect of the semantic « more ecological ». They show a double effect of associative...

Depuis 1994, dans le but d’orienter le choix des consommateurs vers des véhicules plus respectueux de l’environnement, la Commission Européenne impose aux constructeurs automobiles d’afficher, de manière très visible, le taux d’émission de CO2 des véhicules sur les publicités....

L'une des grandes tendances en matière de communication publicitaire actuellement réside dans la mise en avant d'arguments écologiques, à savoir " toute revendication, indication ou présentation, sous quelque forme que ce soit, utilisée à titre principal ou accessoire dans une publicité,...

An organic label offers a market signal for producers of organic food products. In Western economies, the label has gained high recognition, but organic food still represents a small part of total food consumption, which raises questions about the label's efficacy. By considering organic labels...

This paper examines the ‘executional greenwashing’ effect, i.e. the use of nature-evoking elements in advertisements to artificially enhance a brand’s ecological image. Theoretical and regulatory implications are discussed.

Purpose – Using Keller's brand equity framework, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of the firm's environmental communication on brand equity, and specifically its impact on brand image, through the strength and favourability of brand environmental associations....