This study investigates the joint of dynamism and regulatory focus and shapes consumer behavior. Building on research on dynamic logos and regulatory focus, the study examines whether promotion‑focused slogans align more naturally with high‑dynami...
This study investigates the joint of dynamism and regulatory focus and shapes consumer behavior. Building on research on dynamic logos and regulatory focus, the study examines whether promotion‑focused slogans align more naturally with high‑dynamic logos, whereas prevention‑focused slogans align more naturally with low‑dynamic logos. Furthermore, we figure out whether such fit enhances brand attitude, purchase intention, and processing fluency. A 2 (logo dynamism: high vs. low) × 2 (regulatory focus: promotion vs. prevention) between‑subjects experiment was conducted in the context of financial investment products, and participants evaluated a hypothetical brand’s logo and slogan. The results show no significant interaction between logo dynamism and regulatory focus, indicating that the match between visual motion cues and message framing did not systematically influence consumer evaluations. However, low‑dynamic logos consistently produced higher purchase intentions and processing fluency than high‑dynamic logos across regulatory focus conditions, with brand attitudes showing the same directional pattern. These findings suggest that in trust‑based industries such as finance, visually stable and less dynamic logos may dominate over message framing as cues for reliability and ease of processing. The study highlights the need for future research to examine category‑specific boundary conditions under which visual logo properties overshadow or interact with verbal regulatory‑focused messages.