Halmstad University School of Business and Engineering Master Dissertation in International Marketing Master Dissertation in Strategic Management and Leadership The Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities in Brand Extension Authors: Chen Si Jia 891028-4986 Gu Jing 880711-T284 Supervisor: Gabriel Awuah Date of Submission: 31 May‚ 2012 Acknowledgements We would like to firstly thank our supervisor‚ Professor Gabriel Awuah‚ for his constant support and inspiring advices during
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was founded in 1916 as an aircraft-engine manufac- turer and produced engines during World War I and World War II. It evolved into a motorcycle and automobile maker by the mid-20th century‚ and today it is an internationally respected company and brand with €53 billion (about $76 billion) in revenues in 2008. BMW’s logo is one of the most distinct and globally recognized ever created. The signature BMW roundel looks like a spinning propeller blade set against a blue sky background—originally thought
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original formula. While licensing agreements also aimed to specify how the Heineken brand should be marketed‚ Heineken could not influence how a licensee marketed its own brands. At the end of 1993‚ Heineken‚ being the market leader in Netherlands‚ was viewed as a mainstream brand. Outside the Netherlands‚ however‚ Heineken had consistently been marketed as a premium brand. Sales volume was declining and the brand image needed some revitalization. In January 1994‚ senior managers at Heineken headquarters
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| Brand Personality | | | | Brand Personality Just like human beings‚ a brand soon assumes a personality. It is a set of characteristics associated with a brand. Drawing analogy with human personality‚ brand personality is unique‚ distinctive and enduring and provides the brand a differentiation from competitive offerings. It is built by the overall experience of the consumer with the brand ‚ which inturn is affected by the expected value from the brand. There are many forces that
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Brand Analysis 1. What product/brand have you selected? - I have selected Maybelline Volum’ Express mascara for my product to analyze. Purchase Decisions 2. What is the thought process that you go through when you purchase that brand? - When I purchase this particular mascara‚ I begin to look at all of the different types of mascara that they have… I think to myself‚ do I want the length‚ waterproof or not waterproof. Then I begin to look at the prices. 3. Is this a high involvement decision
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Brand Personality ► Brand personality is what distinguishes one brand from another or a particular brand from a product. is easier to intuitively understand brand personality rather than define it ► It Brand personality of DABUR ► Strong heritage ► Herbal or ayurvedic benefit ► Healthy ► Nurturing ► Consumers find it easy to deal with brands that have strong personality because it is easier to remember them. ► Ex : Parle G the largest selling biscuit in the low price segment
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BOOK REVIEW OF POSITIONING: The Battle of your Mind BY: Jack Trout and Al Ries Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind is a book that shows one how to use powerful and innovative techniques to capture the biggest market share and become a household name‚ build one’s strategy around the competitor’s weaknesses‚ use the present position to its best advantage‚ choose the best name for the product‚ determine when and why less is more‚ and analyze trends that can affect one’s positioning. The book provides
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BRAND CANNIBALIZATION: EAT OR BE EATEN With increasing commoditization of brands‚ differentiation is hard to come in every industry. Consumers are now flooded with options‚ single company having several brands in same product category. Positioning‚ targeting‚ segmenting can serve as strategies no more. Rather it is the basic hygiene which any company needs to follow if it needs to sustain in the race for market share. So‚ what should a marketer adopt as a strategy? There are unconventional
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Strategi chicken rice shop WITH chicken rice being almost a national meal in this country‚ The Chicken Rice Shop (TCRS) knew it was in for some tough competition when it opened its first outlet in 2000. Nine years later‚ the chain is still around and growing‚ and enjoying the benefits of a brand that has become familiar with chicken rice-crazy Malaysians. Gaik Wong‚ a 37-year veteran of the food industry and formerly chief operating officer and executive director of Kentucky Fried Chicken
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Brand Architecture • Brand architecture is the structure of brands within an organizational entity. • It is the way in which the brands within a company’s portfolio are related to‚ and differentiated from‚ one another. Brand Architecture • There are three key levels of branding: • Corporate brand‚ umbrella brand‚ and family brand - Examples include Godrej‚ Samsung‚ LG‚ Sony • Endorsed brands‚ Dual ‚ and sub-brands - For example‚ Nestle KitKat‚ Cadbury Dairy Milk • Individual product
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