The brands included in the ranking list are based upon those brands most recognized by consumers. Some brands included in the study are not represented in the list since they did not generate a brand awareness score high enough to be included.
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Using this approach noted above, Lifestory Research calculates T scores for the brands in the study. A new feature of this year’s study is that all brand T scores, across all categories tracked in the American’s Most Trusted Study™, were based on all brands in the study. By using a category wide index allows home based brands to be compared across each category included in the consumer research study. An index score of 100 is average for all home brands included in the study. In the following table is the rank order of the brands. The rankings are based on the Net Trust Index Quotient Score.
Consumers trust those brands that match or exceed their expectations. When a brand performs as a consumer expects, their trust increases. This brand trust produces brand equity which produces value in both the future purchase behavior of consumers as well as their likelihood of expressing positive word of mouth comments to others. Given the importance of brand trust, companies have begun to ask – do consumers trust their brand?
The Lifestory Research America’s Most Trusted Study, in its fourth year, awards companies that provide services or products to customers in their home. Brands currently awarded the designation of America’s Most Trusted include: home builders, active adult resort home builders, cabinets, faucets, electric utilities, HVAC systems, kitchen appliance brands, laundry appliance brands, paint, and residential realtor organizations.
General Electric ranks highest in trust among cooktop appliance brands according to Lifestory Research America’s Most Trusted™ 2016 Cooktop-Range Brand Study. The study, based on 14,808 consumer opinions, tracks how trust impacts consumer’s evaluations of cooktop and range brands. Consumer opinions are collected over the course of the prior 12 months. To qualify to participate in the study, participants must have indicated that they were aware of specific brands. Participants completed several questions including motivational drivers, demographic characteristics, and brand equity measures. The brand measures include measures of brand awareness, quality, current brand in home, and trust.
In the Lifestory Research America’s Most Trusted Study, consumers are asked about their trust in home based brands. Trust is measured through the Lifestory Research Net Trust Quotient Score in which every brand can be divided into three categories: “advocates,” a customer who feels a significant trust toward the brand; “neutrals,” those who trust a specific brand, but do not see a specific brand as standing on the shoulders of other brands in regards to trust; and “antagonists,” who are skeptics with little, if any, trust in a specific brand.
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About America’s Most Trusted®
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