“There's this underground movement that says that when we're exposed to brands, it's not this positive thing. That's what we wanted to study from a consumer perspective is what happens when consumers are exposed to brands and what are the consequences of that brand exposure."
OTTO’S RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT BEING EXPOSED TO MULTIPLE BRAND LOGOS WHEN SHOPPING CAN ACT AS A DECISION CATALYST, FINE-TUNING THE PROCESS AND REDUCING DECISION-MAKING HESITANCY.
The main finding that when consumers are exposed to brands, it makes decision making easier because it prompts a cognitive readiness…kind of like stretching before a run. So if you're going to go searching for a pen, it's going to be easier to pick which pen you want to buy when you're in a space where there's brands around you like a grocery store versus if you went to a stockroom and or a warehouse. And it doesn't need to be brands that are actually related to the product.
FOR BUSINESSES, THIS INSIGHT EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIMING CUSTOMERS FOR A MORE SATISFYING SHOPPING EXPERIENCE, CONTRIBUTING TO OVERALL BUSINESS SUCCESS.
So if your consumer is shopping in a particularly modern space where there's not a lot of brand logos, they're going to be more likely to go with an expert recommendation. So you might train your salespeople differently to be more likely to make a recommendation.
THE BUSINESS REVIEW IS A PRODUCTION OF LIVINGSTON AND MCKAY AND THE HANKAMER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
