If Size Isn't Everything…What Else Matters

The paper notes the existence of 'double jeopardy' - that goods/brands purchased by few people are also usually liked less (by those fewer people) than those purchased by a larger number.

If Size Isn't Everything... What Else Matters?

Mark Kingsbury Research International

Introduction

Big brands nearly always do better than small brands yet this is a factor which is rarely taken into account within the analysis of a brand's status. This paper reviews the evidence that size is important. It then moves on to explain a methodology for establishing the size effect on a brand so that, once this has been accounted for, we can identify additional aspects of a brand's nature which will drive its future success.

The big brand effect impacts on the share and loyalty pattern for...

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