“…Personality of a brand such as sincerity, excitement, competence, sophistication, and ruggedness (Tran et al,2013), through a symbolic function (Bian and Moutinho, 2011), help a consumer to express his/her own self or specific dimensions of the self (Aaker,1997) and foster his/her identification (Stokburger-Sauer,2011). Eren-Erdogmus et al, (2015) added "uniqueness" as a brand personality dimension for Generation Y. Uniqueness refers to assert one's individual identity (Solomon et al,2006) and leads to acquisition, utilization, and disposition of consumer goods to show this differentiation (Eren-Erdogmus et al,2015). Self-concept motives of self-esteem and self-consistency motivate the congruence (Biel, 1997;Malhotra, 1988).…”