RESULTS
Through the whole analysis process, the individual brands surveyed were ignored. The main goal of the study was to identify the relationships among research con- structs as perceived in consumers’ minds. We conducted an analysis of the correlation matrix for the nine constructs across the brands (i.e., five for marketing mix activities, three for the dimensions of brand equity, and OBE). The factors obtained from such an analysis should reveal reli- able scales that are independent of one another (see Rum- mel 1970).