Evaluation of Advertising Messages Used by Tag Heuer

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4.3 Evaluation of Advertising Messages Used by Tag Heuer 500 TAG Heuer, the fourth of largest luxury and sport performance wrist watch brand in the world also produces other high-end and high-precision timepieces and owns Swiss Avant-Garde since 1860 (TAG Heuer, 2012). As one of the most popular and effective ways in advertising, celebrity endorsement brings the numerous benefits to the retailers and companies (Levine, 2003). From the statistics for 2006, there are two to three billion dollars spent on celebrity advertising in US (Darin, Lucreria and Nick, 2009). TAG actively uses celebrity endorsement. Due to the characteristics of watch and the support for the sports and racing cars, TAG does not only find movie stars but also famous athletes to do the endorsement of their advertising messages (Amos, Holmes and Strutton, 2008). For example, Maria Sharapova, a famous tennis player and only the 3rd youngest and first ever Russian player to win Wimbledon endorses TAG. Combining beauty with talent, Sharapova is a good endorser to do the promotion of TAG Heuer Formula 1 Lady Ceramics watches to the targets women somewhere in the 15-35 age brackets who may aspire to be like Maria Sharapova. The message in the advertisement is that TAG Heuer Carrera Diamond watch will make you like Maria Sharapova that is successful, strong and beautiful. The advertising message coming from Sharapova grabs audience’s attention and gives Tag a better chance of communicating its message to consumers (Choi and Rifon, 2007). In addition, use of celebrity builds the image of the customers for TAG and creates brand personality for Tag (Agrawal and Kamakura, 1995). Other than Sharapova, famous actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Leonardo Di Caprio, Cameron Diaz and athletes and races such as Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Steve McQueen endorse the brand TAG. Another, Swiss watchmaker

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