3.4 Celebrity endorsers
Using a celebrity endorser can facilitate the building of a relationship between generation Y consumers and the brand because endorsers can represent similarities between themselves and the brand, and themselves and the consumer (Braunstein and Zhang,2005). Celebrities are people whose name and image captures the awareness and attention of consumers (Stevens et al., 2003). The definition of a celebrity endorser is someone well known in the public arena that uses their fame to promote a product or service (McCracken,1989). A celebrity endorser is easier to identify with than the brand itself, because she/he is more tangible and identifiable. Utilizing a celebrity endorser allows the marketer to attach personality characteristics to the brand to show congruency between the brand and the generation Y consumer or who they want to be (Noble et al., 2009).