Journal of Consumer Marketing Emerald Article: Brand communities for mainstream brands: the example of the Yamaha R1 brand community Reto Felix Article information: To cite this document: Reto Felix‚ (2012)‚"Brand communities for mainstream brands: the example of the Yamaha R1 brand community"‚ Journal of Consumer Marketing‚ Vol. 29 Iss: 3 pp. 225 - 232 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/07363761211221756 Downloaded on: 08-10-2012 References: This document contains references
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Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India CASE STUDY 2 International Marketing 1. The political environment in India has proven to be critical to company performance for both PepsiCo and Coca- Cola India. What specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? Could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? If not‚ could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? There are several specific aspects of the political environment
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After years of globalization and brand building‚ Coca-Cola proudly pronounces its Mission Statement “At The Coca Cola Company we strive to refresh the world‚ inspire moments of optimism and happiness‚ create value and make a difference” (thecoca-colacompany.com). And its goals: “The basic proposition of our business is simple‚ solid and timeless. When we bring refreshment‚ value‚ joy and fun to our stakeholders‚ then we successfully nurture and protect our brands‚ particularly Coca-Cola. That is
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Marketing Communication: Research and Planning Spring exam 2012 Red Bull – The Anti-brand brand Question 1: Red Bull was launched in Austria in 1987‚ and in the 25 years that has passed since then‚ many things have happened that could and should affect the way Red Bull markets and brands its product as opposed to how it was done in the years after the launch. All though Red Bull was launched in 1987‚ it was not until 1992 that the company began expanding its distribution – first to other
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Brand Community Introduction During the last fifteen years‚ there are many popular subjects: relationship marketing and brand building‚etc.These hot subjects encourage interaction and speed up the incubation of new sources of disciplinary growth: Brand Relationship(the relationship between consumer and brand).In Brand Relationship theory sysytem‚more scholars focus on the relationship between consumer and brand‚ but Muniz and O’Guinn(2001) did more research on the relationship among consumers
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to target the right customers with the right product and message at the right time. Much of the failure in new product launches lies in the strategy planning. Strategy is the foundation for new product management and integrates all people and resource in organization. Failure plans may decrease that product’s effectiveness in doing so. New product strategy input components is important. Product failure when marketer fail to describes the market opportunity‚ profiles the target customers‚ indicates
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Products are mute: the brand is what gives them meaning and purpose‚ telling us how a product should read. A brand is both a prism and a magnifying glass through which products can be decoded. Brands play a critical role in developing customer relationships and determining firm performance which eventually leads to brand commitment.. A brand is the identity of a specific product‚ service‚ or business. The brand is a focal point for all the positive and negative impressions created by the buyer
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Problem Definition: The main problem faced by Yum! Brands Inc. is a lack of integration between the brands‚ which causes further operational and strategic issue for implementing the company’s current strategy of multibrand operations. This issues with multibranding have become increasingly acute with the international expansion‚ which is not possible unless the brands within Yum! learn to work together and to derive synergies from joint operations. Situation Analysis: The problem of integration
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Factors behind the brand switching in telecom industry The issue of Customer’s switching to other service providers have been the cause of intensive research from many years now and have given rise to many theories.Due to the increased competition in the telecommunication industry it has become extremely important for the companies to pay attention towards retaining of the customers.This research study particularly investigated the causes of customer switching behavior.A prolific way to gain the
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| Electronic Business Managment | Case Study The Failure of Boo.com | | | Brief Introduction Boo.com‚ which was founded by two Swedish entrepreneurs: Kajsa Leander‚ a fashion model‚ and Ernst Malmsten‚ launched during the end of 1999. It was an e-tailing site which positioned as fashion merchandise seller (B2C). Business Model Boo. Com mainly sold its products. The source of income was only the sales of its products online. There were no links to small boutiques where customers
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