Brand switching is when a consumer or group of consumers
switches their preferences from one brand of a certain type of product to
another. This brand switching may be temporary, (example: if Pepsi be not
available at the shop a consumer may buy Coke as his next preference) or it may
be longer lasting, perhaps for example in the case of products that last longer
or from which switching away is harder.
Sometimes
Brand switching is known as Brand jumping,
is the process of choosing to switch from routine use of one product or brand to steady usage of a different but similar
product. Much of the advertising process is aimed at encouraging brand switching among
consumers.
Convincing
consumers to switch brands is sometimes a difficult task. It is not unusual for
customers to build up a great deal of brand loyalty due to such factors as
quality, price, and availability. To encourage switching
brands, advertisers will often target these three areas as part of the strategy
of encouraging brand switching.
Price is
often an important factor to consumers who are tight budgets. For this reason,
advertisers will often use a price comparison model to entice long time users
of one brand to try a new one. The idea is to
convince the end user that it is possible to purchase the same amount of
product while spending less money.
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