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Marketing researchers at RSM have revealed that despite the pervasive use of English in marketing communications around the world, using a foreign language elicits weaker emotional reactions than using the consumers’ native language. Stefano Puntoni explains: "There are valid reasons to advertise in a foreign language. To keep costs down for a global campaign, for example, or to build an international image. But the emotional intensity will be blunted."