A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Angular or rounded? The effect of the shape of green brand logos on consumer perception
Authors: Liu Meiting, Wei Hua
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication year: 2021
Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production
Article number: 123801
Volume: 279
DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123801(external)
Extant research in green marketing mainly focuses on the factors and
outcomes of green consumption, but little examined the design of green
brand logos. Based on the theories of embodied cognition, we examined
the effect of the shape (angular or rounded) of brand logos on
consumers’ green perception and the functional mechanism underlying this
association via two studies. The results indicated that rounded logos
are considered more appropriate for green brands than angular logos. The
shape of brand logos influences consumers’ green perception through the
multiple mediations of gender perception and warm perception.