BRAND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AND THE ROLE OF BRAND ACQUISITIONS A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Interdepartmental Program in Business Administration (Marketing) by Yana Kuzmina B.S.‚ Moscow State Technical University (Russia)‚ 2001 M.B.A.‚ Southeast Missouri State University‚ 2004 August‚ 2009 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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people say brand‚ the brands that come to mind straight away would be Coca-Cola‚ Nike or even Versace. The dictionary defines a brand as ‘a kind or variety of something distinguished by some distinctive characteristic’. However‚ in marketing terms it is defined as ‘a name‚ term‚ sign‚ symbol or design‚ or a combination of these‚ intended to identify the goods or services of one seller or group of sellers of a product or service’ (Kotler‚ Brown‚ Adam‚ Burton‚ Armstrong‚ 2007). A brand can be defined
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Samsung.com History Samsung has a very long history dating back to the 1940s. . Firstly‚ Samsung Store was founded by Lee Byung Chull in 1938 as a small company. This is the beginning point of a worldwide known brand‚ Samsung. Korean War is the turning point for this small company. After the war‚ Samsung Company was developed in many different fields and this brought prosperity. During its history‚ Samsung was supported by many people and associations and sometimes
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Retailer Founded: 1995 Staff: 651 Average Age: 26 Male/ Female: 5% / 95% Earning £35‚000+: 6% AWARDS Cosmopolitan ’s Woman Achiever Award Entrepreneur of the Year Best Lingerie Retailer Award 2000-2011’ BRRAVISSIMO- A BRAND Bravissimo is a British retailer specialising in lingerie‚ swimwear‚ clothing‚ nightwear and bras for bigger breasted women of cup sizes D to KK. Catering for women who are usually called curvy‚ though their lingerie chain‚ which sells online‚ by
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Consumer Behaviour Brand Personality: Red Bull Red bull has become one of the largest most profitable companies on the planet. One might ask how an energy drink company could become so big. The answer to that question is through an effective brand personality. Red bull began as a company in Thailand‚ and once entrepreneurs realized the potential opportunity it exploded. As of recently‚ Red Bull has gotten its name into just about every sport there is. Their niche is extreme sports and events
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maximise pleasure and minimise pain. Preference utilitarianism‚ on the other hand‚ is the view that what is good for a person and what is good overall is determined entirely by people’s preferences. In what follows‚ I will argue that Preference utilitarianism is not more plausible than Hedonistic utilitarianism. Hare‚ a preference utilitarian‚ view is that human logic applies to moral assertions and that moral judgements can be made in terms of people’s preferences. According to Hare‚ there are two
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the top of the global brands with an estimate value of &78 billion. IBM has closely behind with 71$ billion. Despite those two businesses have totally different of business nature‚ these two firms have a significant common characteristic which is the value of their brand is extremely high. However‚ the value of branding isn’t only reveal in those two firms but the entire market has the common factors which are the most successful firm always has a high value of their brand. Branding is one of the
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STRATEGIC BRAND MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT Birmingham University Business School Msc Marketing 1205306 TA-CHENG LIU Words: 2992 Question: Brands need to be managed over time. This involves ‘Toscani’sToscani’s’. With reference to academic theory outline how brands have reinforced and revitalized themselves. You should illustrate your points with examples This paper aims to discuss that organizations how to use strategic actions to enhance brand and revitalize brand equity in strong competition
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What is a Brand ? Brands were originally developed as labels of ownership: name‚ term‚ design‚ and symbol. However‚ today it is what they do for people that matters much more‚ how they reflect and engage them‚ how they define their aspiration and enable them to do more. Powerful brands can drive success in competitive and financial markets‚ and indeed become the organization’s most valuable assets. A brand is name‚ term‚ sign‚ symbol‚ design‚ or a combination of the above to identify the goods
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INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………... IMPORTANCE AND NEED OF BRAND EXTENSION……………………... ANSOFF’S GROWTH SHARE MATRIX……………………………………... TYPES OF BRAND EXTENSION……………………………………………… ADVANTAGES & DISADVATAGES OF BRAND EXTENSION…………… EXAMPLES FROM CORPORATE……………………………………………. CONCLUSION…………………………………………….................................. REFRENCES……………………………………………………………………… 3 4 5 7 9 14 16 17 INTRODUCTION Definition: Brand extension is a marketing strategy in which a firm marketing
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