The interviewees were requested to discuss their most memorable celebrity endorsers and
the attributes of the celebrity that created such a deep impression.
A total of 22 memorable celebrity endorsers were reported. Of them, 15 were males and seven were females. In total, 20 of them were local Chinese and two were Japanese. Nearly all of them were media celebrities.
Media celebrities in this context refer to popular singers, actors and fashion
models.
Male viewers are more likely to recall a celebrity endorser of the same gender, but
female viewers are about equally likely to recall male or female celebrity endorsers.
Among the products involved in those memorable endorsements, the most frequently reported was
Broadway, a consumer electronics retail chain.
The second most mentioned brand was
PCCW, a local telecommunications provider.
The others were mainly food and beverage
brands.
Nearly all interviewees were able to recall the brand names in the commercials with
the most memorable celebrity endorser.