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MWITA-BAO-2026-009 · Evidence A · P1

Category similarity changed evaluations for family-branded but not subbranded extensions, and parent-brand dilution appeared only after a negative experience with a similar family-branded extension; in Experiment 3, similar versus dissimilar family-brand ratings were 5.1 versus 4.3, while suggestive subbrands were statistically indistinguishable (5.1 versus 5.4, p>.20).

What this does not establish

Short laboratory evaluations of beverage extensions, with student-heavy samples and constructed names; not observed repeat purchase, sales, portfolio profit or market value.

Counterevidence & uncertainty

Subbranding protected against dilution in the focal design, but nonsuggestive or differently ordered subbrand components partially restored similarity effects; architecture execution matters.

What would change the reading

Track replication, revised records, denominators, confidence intervals, channel changes and realized behavioral or commercial outcomes.

Primary routes

  1. BAO-S009https://doi.org/10.1509/jmr.07.0418Open source record →

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