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Brand loyalty is defined as the systemic purchase of a same Brand in different instances of purchase and the discrimination of stimulates as a capability of individuals to differentiate a stimulus from a group with similar characteristics. This research evaluates the role of discrimination of brands/products from consumers with differential histories of consumption of a product of massive consumption according to the different options of a category. The results allow concluding that discrimination is not a condition needed to Brand Loyalty, in this ordering of ideas the fact that the consumer can differentiate a brand, this being for the attributes of the product or the symbolic characteristics of the brand, does not guarantee the purchase or exclusive consumption of the same. The results were analyzed to the light of the marketing and psychological theories of consumptions and its implications in both fields of knowledge.

Sandra Tobón, Corporación de Colombia IDEAS Bogotá

Administradora de Empresas y Magíster en Psicología por la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá.

Coordinadora del Programa de Administración de Empresas, Corporación de Colombia IDEAS, Bogotá.

Andrés M. Pérez Acosta, Universidad del Rosario

Andrés M. Pérez-Acosta es psicólogo (Grado de Honor, 1996) de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia y doctor en psicología (Tesis Sobresaliente Cum Laude por Unanimidad, 2001) por la Universidad de Sevilla (España), bajo la dirección de Santiago Benjumea Rodríguez y José I. Navarro Guzmán. Obtuvo su doctorado gracias a la beca Mutis de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional. Efectuó estancias postdoctorales en Estados Unidos (con Mauricio R. Papini en Texas Christian University, 2007) y Chile (con Edgar H. Vogel en la Universidad de Talca, 2008). Actualmente es Profesor Titular del Programa de Psicología, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario (Bogotá). Su programa de investigación es la psicología básica y aplicada del aprendizaje asociativo, dentro del cual desarrolla actualmente el Observatorio del Comportamiento de Automedicación. Profesor Visitante de la Universidad de São Paulo, Brasil (2015; anfitrión: José Lino Oliveira Bueno).
Tobón, S., & Pérez Acosta, A. M. (2016). The Role of Discrimination of Stimuli in the Loyalty Towards a Product of Massive Consumption. Revista Universidad Y Empresa, 18(31), 85–101. https://doi.org/10.12804/rev.univ.empresa.31.2016.04

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