As emotional consumer-brand relationships have a high impact on consumer behavior, brand managers tend to create passionate brands, e.g. by using emotional advertising messages. Although the role of emotions is frequently discussed in marketing literature, the causalities of brand passion are...

Theorising the ethical consumer -- Analysing consumption : toward an integrated approach -- Ethical consumption and critical realism -- Ethical consumption as a reflexive life project -- Studying the ethical consumer -- Studying consumption : a realist approach -- Meeting the ethical consumers...