“…Brand love is an example of a high emotional, high functional relationship (Bairrada et al, 2018). The distinction between exchange relationships, in which benefits are provided to get something in return, versus communal relationships, characterized by prioritizing the relationship partner's needs, seems to align logically with this combination of dimensions (Aggarwal, 2004(Aggarwal, , 2009Herter et al, 2023). The combination of the strength and valence dimensions has also been used to classify brand relationship concepts: brand like, brand satisfaction (weak, positive); brand love, brand passion (strong, positive); brand dislike, brand avoidance (weak, negative); brand hate, brand divorce (strong, negative); and brand indifference (no strength) (Fetscherin et al, 2019;Fetscherin and Heinrich, 2014).…”