With social media transforming how customers interact with brands, this study explores the consumer –brand relationship in UK energy sector which has a reputation for lack of trust by customers. Using user-generated contents on Facebook pages of the ‘big six' UK energy companies, the study...

The paper analyzes how online brand experience can be measured and determines its impact on brand loyalty. Similar to offline brand experience, online brand experience is broken down into sensory, affective, cognitive, behavioral and relational elements of brand experience. Although online brand...

Social media has emerged as a key source of understanding customer satisfaction, which is used by investors in their investment decision. Nonetheless, whether and how social media metrics on customer attitude toward the company has not been thoroughly examined. This study develops a new index of...

Besides official social pages of organizations, the anonymous online consumer communities are emerging phenomena. Participating these communities may affect the relationship between consumers and brands. Focusing on the higher education context, where consumers and brands have strong...