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Cognitive and emotional processing of brand logo changesCognitive and emotional processing of brand logo changes A brand represents one of the most important assets to a company and it may be represented by its name, logo and slogan. With these elements, consumers recognize, remember and recall the brand. Over time and with growing competition, many companies decide to pursue innovations in their branding in order to rejuvenate themselves in some way (Müller et al., 2013;Tsai et al., 2015). According to Kapferer (2002), such rebranding is the strongest way to signify that something has changed in the company. However, as Hakala et al., (2011) point out, the challenge for marketers today is balancing the need to refresh the image of a company/product (such as through some type of rebranding) without diminishing the perceived heritage of the brand.Although this can be tricky, rebranding is common and even quite prevalent.Particularly, three main types of rebranding strategies include altering a brand's 1) name, 2) slogan and 3) logo (Lomax and Mador, 2006). Brand name changes are seen as more "revolutionary" while slogan or logo changes are seen as more "evolutionary" and as something all companies go through. Despite this more common practice of slogan and logo changes, research concerning rebranding has focused primarily on name changes as they are often seen as riskier and quite expensive (Horsky and Swyngedouw, 1987;Muzellec and Lambkin, 2006;Round and Roper, 2012;Kalaignanam and Bahadir, 2013;Collange, 2015).Research suggests that brand logos have an important effect on customer commitment, as well as on firm performance (Park et al., 2013). In the hospitality industry, Tsai et al. (2015) found evidence that rebranded hotels achieve a 6.31 per cent increase in occupancy. Not surprisingly, firms have demonstrated a willingness to pursue visual rejuvenation of their brands