DOI: 10.4018/IJAL.2017070102
International Journal of Applied Logistics
Volume 7 • Issue 2 • July-December 2017
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The Impact of Lifestyle and Attitude
Functions on Luxury Goods on Emotional
Attachment Towards Luxury Brands
Mohammad Kashani, Business and Marketing Department, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Alireza Aslani, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad R. Esfdani, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Seyed Reza Seyed Javadin, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this article is to investigate the effect of individuals’ life on the consumers’ emotional
attachment to the luxury products. The mediation role of individuals’ attitudes has been investigated
for the relationship between lifestyle and emotional attachment. First, the respondents have been
divided into four categories that relate to their lifestyle - concerning their income and desire for social
status. Then, the authors deal with the investigation of lifestyle effect on the emotional attachment
to the luxury products. The attitude of different age groups has been investigated by the mediation
role of the lifestyle and emotional attachment. Finally, elements have been investigated including
the accurate recognition of brand by the aristocratic class, communicative and non-communicative
motives in different lifestyles, and the relation between price and brand prominence. The findings show
that the individual’s lifestyle influences on the emotional attachment to the luxury products, as well
as the existing attitudes in different age groups mediate the relation between lifestyle and emotional
attachment to the luxury brand. The aristocratic class accurately recognise the signs of luxury brands.
Also, the motives of communicative and non-communicative individuals are expressed in a variety
of styles. Finally, a connection between price and brand prominence is discussed.
KEywoRdS
Emotional Attachment, Individuals Attitude, Lifestyle, Luxury Product, Product Brand
1. INTRodUCTIoN
Over a range of markets, the brands concentrate their investments in many activities, because they
want to achieve to the widest possible range of consumers. However, the luxury brands try to create
a concentrated experience among consumers. For example, concerning the carried out studies by
Rolan Berger consultants (Consultants, 2014) the young consumers when consuming of luxury
products have increasingly have a developing and positive attitude (Gil, 2012). These groups of
consumers have a fast purchase intention when faced with the luxury brands, and they also spend
more for buying these products than the other products (Halpert, 2014). Commercial brands define
their consumers as a mass and then persuade them buy their products; for luxury brands it is reversed,
and the consumers follow luxury brands (Brun, 2013). In other words, increasing the number of brand
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