This study investigates gender and proximity effects in cause-related marketing (CRM). Attitudes of a cross-sectional sample of adult consumers were analyzed. Females were more favorably inclined than males toward firms that employ cause-related marketing. The hypothesized proximity effect was nonsignificant.
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