Every age has its glories... and failures: Using FsQCA to assess how a brand’s founding date affects attitudes towards it
This research addresses a rather ordinary managerial problem whose answer is often—and wrongly—built from common sense: Should I mention my brand’s date of establishment on my logotype and more generally communicate it, especially when it is old? A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis shows that communicating the establishment date does not always lead to a positive attitude of the consumer towards the brand. The presence of the establishment date on the logotype can even be harmful for some brands.