"Dr. Friestad and Dr. Wright’s article has made a significant impact on the discipline of consumer research. This honor is given infrequently and reflects the substantial contribution that these scholars have made to the field,” said Dr. Rajiv Vaidyanathan, Executive Director and Board member of ACR.
| 2017 | Morris B Holbrook and Elizabeth C Hirschman "The Experiential Aspects of Consumption: Consumer Fantasies, Feeling and Fun." |
| 2014 | Albert M. Muniz, Jr. and Thomas C. O'Guinn "Brand Community" (2001), JCR 27 (March) |
| 2011 | Susan Fournier "Consumers and Their Brands: Developing Relationship Theory in Consumer Research" (1998), JCR 24 (March) |
| 2008 | Joseph Alba and Wesley J. Hutchinson "Dimensions of Consumer Expertise" (1987), JCR 13 (March) |
| 2005 | Russell Belk "Possessions and the Extended Self" (1988), JCR 15 (September) |
| 2002 | Joel Huber, John Payne and Chris Puto "Adding Asymmetrically Dominated Alternatives: Violations of Regularity and the Similarity Hypothesis" (1982), JCR 9 (June) |