Comparison on ads or not? Influence of Referent on Advertising Effectiveness

This study explores how consumers distinguish different products and how to achieve advertising effectiveness. An experiment of 2(high/low ideal brands)x2(with/without comparisons)=4 mixed designs was conducted to verify the advertising effect influenced by the present of comparisons on ads with respect to high/low ideal brands. 50 subjects per design and 200 effective samples were evaluated under descriptive statistics and two-way ANOVA test. The study concludes: the present of comparisons on ads ameliorates Brand Attitude and Advertising Attitude regardless of high/low ideal brand. However, Purchase Intention was not significantly influenced by comparisons on ads