Buy Now – Pay Later. Credit:The Mainstay of the Retail Furniture Business?

Edwards, Clive

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“…Despite potential negative consequences, loans of different types are essential elements of modern economies (Wallace, 2018). In the UK, many businesses offer the 'buy now, pay later' option of purchasing goods; personal loans are available for house projects, car purchases or holidays, and debt is often described as 'a way of life,' with consumers often concerned about their credit score (Moore, 2016;Edwards, 2006;Hughes, 2018).…”

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How are we tempted into debt? Emotional appeals in loan advertisements in UK newspapers

Czarnecka

Mogaji

2020

IJBM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of emotional appeals in advertisements for loans and explored consumers’ perceptions of advertisements featuring such appeals in order to explore how emotional meanings are transferred to consumers via advertising. Design/methodology/approach Study 1 employed content analysis to examine the use of emotional appeals in loan advertisements. Over 2,900 editions of eight British newspapers were monitored for advertisements for loans containing emotional appeals. Study 2 employed 33 semi-structured interviews to explore consumers’ perceptions of emotional appeals in loan advertisements. Findings Loans were positioned as services providing relief, security and excitement. The use of negative emotional appeals such as guilt, fear and sorrow was sporadic. Loans that carried the most risk were advertised with positive emotional appeals the most frequently. Five dimensions of perceptions of emotional loan advertisements were conceptualised from the reported data in Study 2. Originality/value This is the first study in the UK to examine the use of emotional appeals in loan advertising and to explore consumers’ perceptions of loan advertisements featuring emotional appeals. The study identified five dimensions of perceptions of emotional appeals.

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