Brand Awareness
Brand awareness refers to the extent to which customers are able to recall or recognize a brand . Brand awareness is a key consideration in consumer behavior, advertising management, brand management, and strategy development. The consumer's ability to recognize or recall a brand is central to purchasing decision-making. Purchasing cannot proceed unless a consumer is first aware of a product category and a brand within that category. Awareness does not necessarily mean that the consumer must be able to recall a specific brand name, but he or she must be able to recall sufficient distinguishing features for purchasing to proceed. For instance, if a consumer asks her friend to buy her some gum in a "blue pack", the friend would be expected to know which gum to buy, even though neither friend can recall the precise brand name at the time. Different types of brand awareness have been identified, namely brand recall and brand recognition . Key researchers argu