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The overlooked component in the consumption of counterfeit luxury brands studies: Materialism: A literature review

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Trinh, V.
Phau, Ian
Date
2011
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Conference Paper

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Trinh, Viet-Dung and Phau, Ian. 2011. The overlooked component in the consumption of counterfeit luxury brands studies: Materialism: A literature review, in Chang, YL and Wang, T. and Chang, S. and Chiu, YP and Chen, H (ed), Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Marketing Studies (ICMS 2011), Sep 9-11 2011, pp. 1-11. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Academy of Taiwan Information Systems Research.
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Proceedings of marketing studies: International conference on marketing studies 2011
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2011 International Conference on Marketing Studies (ICMS 2011)
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Trade in counterfeit luxury brands is perceived as a challenging issue to the luxury industry. This paper seeks to explore an often overlooked component of consumer behavior in the consumption of counterfeit luxury brands - materialism. An extensive and critical literature review was conducted that included contributions from different streams of management and marketing research. While materialism played an essential role in influencing purchase intention of consumer consumption of luxury brands, little is known about its role in consumption of counterfeit luxury brands. Moreover, the concept of materialism can be further dimensionalised pertaining to the motivation of indulging in counterfeits purchase. By further investigation of the role of materialism in the consumption of counterfeit luxury brands, this paper also opens an agenda of directions worthy of research which will have academic, managerial and social policy significance.