Building blocks of brand loyalty have been appealing to marketers for decades. The search for the 'one-fits-all strategy' has unintentionally impaired the exploration of the deeper phenomenological processes consumers engage in. Consumer loyalty for brands includes various degrees (Aaker 1996;...

In the last decade, the wide use of the Internet, particularly through the proliferation of broadband, has dramatically changed the behaviour and lifestyle of many people. China, as a fast-growing emerging economy with a different shopping culture, different ideology, very large population,...

Secured bank was established as a private commercial bank in the mid 1950's with currently over $40 billion in assets. It is now the third largest bank in Turkey with over 10.2 millions customers, 489 branches, and 2000 ATMs. Since 1999, a call centre and an Internet transaction site are...

An ever lasting urge to uncover "the strategy" of building brand loyalty has been motivating marketers for decades. However, simply establishing the same discovered "template" for al l products and brands has been the pursued agenda, without any further interest in examining the deeper...

Socially constructed marketing imageries (e.g. e-atmospherics) help consumers while making choices and decisions. Still, human and retailing technologies interactions are rarely evaluated from a social practice perspective. This paper explores the potential impact of socially constructed...