6 Arjun Murthy 13P01 2 Deepak Sasikumar 13P01 9 Robin Bansal 13P03 5 Tejas Shah 13P04 6 Vikas Guleria 13P05 6 Individuals level of concentration and engrossment in the brand Customers level of brand related inspiration and pride Customers level of energy exerted in interacting with a focal brand Consumer- perceived security and reliability in brand interactions and the belief that brand acts in consumers best interests Valuing an on-going relationship with a specific other party so as to warrant maximum efforts at maintaining it, that is, a desire to maintain the relationship Overall evaluation of an offering to date Applicable to customers direct brand interactions, which occur during first-hand, physical contact with the brand A curvilinear, rather than linear, relationship may be observed between customer brand engagement and customer loyalty for particular consumer segment(s) Experience a level of brand-related inertia Prevail in utilitarian product categories Dont exhibit a particular propensity to customer draining Tend to act as expected by leaving the organisation Relatively limited probability of brand-related fatigue Highly engaged customers Tend to defect from the organisation nevertheless More likely to continue their custom in the category (i.e. brand switching) Highly engaged, relatively loyal customers More prone to customer fatigue