Assessing Celebrity Endorsement Effects in China: A Consumer-Celebrity Relational Approach
Kineta Hung
Hong Kong Baptist University
Kimmy W. Chan
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Caleb H. Tse
University of Hong Kong
INTRODUCTION
The growing popularity of using sports and entertainment celebrities in brand advertising is evident in the marketplace. In both the United States and China, celebrity endorsement is a key executional strategy that continues to grow in popularity (Chan, Hung, Tse, and Tse, 2008). In the United States, one of four advertisements uses celebrities to gain brand awareness and preference (Stephens and Rice, 1998). In China, 40 percent of youth-product...