Lauren Labrecque

Lauren Labrecque is a Professor of Marketing and the Director of Ph.D. Programs and Research at the University of Rhode Island. Her primary research interests include sensory marketing (focus on color) and digital marketing (including digital empowerment, consumer privacy, social media engagement, and parasocial interactions). Her research has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals including Journal of Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Interactive Marketing, Psychology & Marketing, andMarketing Letters. Dr. Labrecque serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Interactive Marketing, Psychology & Marketing, Journal of Business Research, and Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor, Marketing, University of Rhode Island

Education

  • 2010 
    University of Massachusetts Amherst, Ph.D.

Publications

  • 2024
    Are B2B data breaches concerning? Consequences of buyer's or firm's data loss on buyer and supplier related outcomes, Industrial Marketing Management
  • 2024
    Color Me Effective: the Impact of Color Saturation on Perceptions of Potency and Product Efficacy, Journal of Marketing
  • 2024
    Not all sunshine and rainbows: exploring the dark side of AI in interactive marketing, Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing
  • 2024
    The design communication assessment scale (DCAS): Assessing and adjusting the effectiveness of product design communications, Journal of Marketing Research
  • 2023
    Celebrities as brand shields: The role of parasocial relationships in dampening negative consequences from brand transgressions, Journal of Advertising
  • 2023
    Are data breaches the new norm? Exploring data breach trends, consumer sentiment, and responses to security invasions, Journal of Consumer Affairs
  • 2022
    Value creation (vs value destruction) as an unintended consequence of negative comments on [innocuous] brand social media posts, Journal of Interactive Marketing
  • 2022
    Small sounds, big impact: Sonic logos and their effect on consumer attitudes, emotions, brands and advertising placement, Journal of Product & Brand Management
  • 2021
    Effects of sequential sensory cues on food taste perception: cross‐modal interplay between visual and olfactory stimuli, Journal of Consumer Psychology
  • 2021
    When data security goes wrong: Examining the impact of stress, social contract violation, and data type on consumer coping responses following a data breach, Journal of Business Research
  • 2020
    Color research in marketing: Theoretical and technical considerations for conducting rigorous and impactful color research, Psychology & Marketing
  • 2020
    Celebrity endorsement in social media contexts: understanding the role of parasocial interactions and the need to belong, Journal of Consumer Marketing
  • 2020
    Like, Comment, or Share? Self-presentation vs. brand relationships as drivers of social media engagement choices, Marketing Letters
  • 2020
    The impact of pronoun choices on consumer engagement actions: Exploring top global brands' social media communications, Psychology & Marketing
  • 2020
    Stimulating the senses: An introduction to part two of the special issue on sensory marketing., Psychology & Marketing
  • 2018
    A new information lens: The self-concept and exchange context as a means to understand information sensitivity of anonymous and personal identifying information, Journal of Interactive Marketing
  • 2017
    Graves, gifts, and the bereaved consumer: A restorative perspective of gift exchange, Consumption Markets & Culture
  • 2016
    “Digital buddies”: Parasocial interactions in social media, Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing
  • 2014
    Fostering consumer–brand relationships in social media environments: The role of parasocial interaction, Journal of interactive marketing
  • 2014
    Making choices while smelling, tasting, and listening: the role of sensory (Dis) similarity when sequentially sampling products, Journal of Marketing
  • 2013
    The marketers’ prismatic palette: A review of color research and future directions, Psychology & Marketing
  • 2013
    An integrated marketing communications perspective on social media metrics, International Journal of Integrated Marketing Communications
  • 2013
    A multicultural service sensitivity exercise for marketing students, Journal of Marketing Education
  • 2013
    To be or not to be different: Exploration of norms and benefits of color differentiation in the marketplace, Marketing Letters
  • 2013
    Consumer power: Evolution in the digital age, Journal of Interactive Marketing
  • 2012
    Exciting red and competent blue: the importance of color in marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
  • 2011
    The assimilative and contrastive effects of word-of-mouth volume: An experimental examination of online consumer ratings, Journal of Retailing
  • 2011
    Online personal branding: Processes, challenges, and implications, Journal of Interactive Marketing
  • 2011
    Exploring social motivations for brand loyalty: Conformity versus escapism, Journal of Brand Management
  • 2011
    The impact of the amount of available information on decision delay: The role of common features, Marketing Letters
  • 2009
    Toward an understanding of the online consumer's risky behavior and protection practices, Journal of Consumer Affairs

Contact Lauren for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision