Understanding athlete brand life cycle

Ali Hasaan, Rui Biscaia, Stephen Ross

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to present a framework to aid understanding athlete brand life cycle and how to extend it. A thorough review of the literature was conducted to create the proposed framework. Five stages were identified including brand introduction, brand growth, brand maturity, brand decline and brand reinvention, as well as athlete capital that may occur for some athletes. This study extends prior research by providing an initial idea on how to develop and manage an athlete brand life cycle throughout his/her career.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)181-205
Number of pages25
JournalSport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics
Volume24
Issue number2
Early online date4 Jun 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jan 2021

Bibliographical note

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics on 04/06/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17430437.2019.1624722

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Keywords

  • Athletes
  • fans
  • life cycle
  • sport brand

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies

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