Brand cultural symbolism and advertising language influence brand liking among biculturals.
For brands that have high cultural symbolism, English-only ads are as appealing as bilingual ads.
Less culturally symbolic brands can appeal to biculturals via bilingual advertising.
Bicultural identity integration (BII) mediates the effects of brand cultural symbolism and ad language.
Among biculturals with high levels of BII, bilingual advertising elicits higher brand liking, for less symbolic brands.