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- Title
The Maggi Noodles Ban: Perceived Quality, Emotional Trust and Customer Loyalty During and Post Controversy.
- Authors
Shaikh, Javed; Parikh, Jinal
- Abstract
It is significant to study the impact of controversy on consumer perceptions and emotions during and post controversy. The paper examines whether the controversy-led brand perceived quality and associations had any impact on brand trust and loyalty of instant noodle brand Maggi in India. The techniques used in this study include two parts, primary and secondary research. The secondary research concentrates on the impact of brand controversy on consumers' emotions and quality perceptions and also how Nestle India tackled numerous consumer affairs during and post controversy to establish brand at a pre-controversy level. The primary research investigates the role of brand perceived quality and brand associations in building brand loyalty through brand trust as a mediator during controversy. The findings reveal that even during and post controversy, relationship between brand trust and brand loyalty remains intact because of consumers' emotional trust attached with the brand for more than three decades in India. However, during and post controversy, consumers' attitudinal and behavioral brand loyalty dropped as far as negative quality perceptions were concerned due to the fact that lead and MSG were found in Maggi samples. While considering the paucity of research associated with food brand controversy, this study not only identifies the glitches confronted by the brand, but also recommends crisis response communication strategies as a form of guidelines to avoid such damage to any food brand in future. With the help of attribution theory, we suggest strategies for managerial implications.
- Subjects
INDIA; CUSTOMER loyalty; MADISON Square Garden Co.; PERCEIVED quality; BRAND loyalty; BRAND name products; EMOTION recognition
- Publication
IUP Journal of Brand Management, 2020, Vol 17, Issue 4, p8
- ISSN
0972-9097
- Publication type
Article