Re-examining of consumers' responses toward social media advertising and purchase intention toward luxury products from 2013 to 2018: A retrospective commentary

The purpose of this retrospective commentary is to re-examine what we know about consumers' response toward social media advertising and purchase intention toward luxury products, as well as review how researchers have cited this article. This commentary is organized as follows. First, it discusses the unique contributions of our article that causes its high impact in the literature. Second, it examines the topic of social media and luxury brands from today's perspective. Third, we offer our interpretation of the use in the literature of our study and categorize the literature into three areas: luxury brand marketing and consumer engagement in social media; beliefs, attitudes, and behavioral responses toward social media advertising; and the state of knowledge on luxury brands and fashion advertising. Lastly, this commentary offers ideas in luxury brand advertising and marketing research and new trends in luxury brand digital strategies through social media.