A relação entre a imagem da marca e a lealdade dos torcedores de clubes de futebol

Abstract

Loyalty has been a topic widely studied marketing, and is considered to vital to an organization, as loyal customers can contribute to an increase revenue. Thus, many managers seek to adopt strategies and actions of management brands targeting the loyalty of their customers. When it comes to brand management, there is a brand conveys an image, which, if realized, can strongly influence in purchasing decisions. Another important factor is to know the psychological commitment consumers, because a high commitment to a brand, it tends to make the consumers are more loyal to it. Traditionally these issues are part of discussions of marketing in various sectors here, the focus of study was the soccer one area that has drawn the attention of researchers and that still needs work more reliable scientific. In this sense, we sought to verify the relationship of image club with the loyalty of fans of soccer clubs. Through a survey with 319 supporters club of Porto Alegre and Recife, it was noticed that there is a relation on between the image of the club and the loyalty of fans. Through structural equation was possible to construct a new model, taking into account four aspects: the image of the club, psychological commitment, behavior and loyal supporter involvement with the soccer.