TY - BOOK AU - Tak, Preeti AU - Pareek, Ashish TI - Consumer attitude towards luxury brands: : an empirical study PY - 2016/// CY - Hydrabad PB - I UP Publication KW - Fashion KW - Consciousness KW - India KW - Consumers -- Attitudes KW - Brand Name KW - Products KW - Consumers KW - Regression Analysis N1 - The buying pattern among Indian consumers has witnessed dramatic change over the past decade. Higher income has enhanced consumer buying power. As a result, consumers are readily adopting global luxury brands at a much faster pace. Indian consumers are attracted towards acquiring luxury brands and purchasing these brands has become a prestige symbol. Luxury brands are helpful in communicating one's uniqueness, fashion style and individuality in social circles. This study analyzes the impact of dimensions of consumers’ need for uniqueness and fashion consciousness on the attitude towards luxury brands. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. To test the hypotheses, correlation and regression analyses were employed. The findings suggest that the dimensions of consumers’ need for uniqueness and fashion consciousness positively influence their attitude towards luxury brands. The paper concludes with a discussion on the future directions of study ER -