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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Multiple Choice 1. Ikea‚ the Swedish furniture chain‚ insists that all its stores carry the basic product line with little room for adaptation to local tastes. If research of the U.S. market showed that Americans preferred larger beds than their Swedish counterparts‚ which of the following strategies would be advisable to Ikea? a. standardization. b. new product development. c. adaptation. d. withdraw from market. e. lower prices to encourage
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Umbrella Brands The 1980s witnessed a revolution in the understanding of the working of the brands. Marketers depict brands as a reflection of customers’ own personalities‚ so that they can relate to their products well. In fact the distinguishing aspect of the modern marketing has been its focus upon the creation of differentiated brands and using them as weapons for launching multi-level attacks on competition. Market research has been used to help identify and develop bases of brand differentiation
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MARKETING STRATEGY‚ BRAND‚ AND BRAND POSITIONING ANALYSIS RINSO : A CASE STUDY PAPER MARKETING MANAGEMENT AS A MID TEST ASSIGNMENT MEINAWATI‚ YE 51B‚ 29114877 | STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY I hereby certify that I am the sole author of this paper and that no part of this paper has been published or submitted for publication. I certify that‚ to the best of my knowledge‚ my paper does not infringe upon anyone’s copyright nor violate any proprietary rights and that any ideas‚ techniques
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Challenges and Strategies of Matrix Organizations: Top-Level and Mid-Level Managers’ Perspectives Thomas Sy‚ College of Business Administration‚ California State University‚ Long Beach; Laura Sue D’Annunzio‚ A.T. Kearney Inc. U sing surveys‚ inter- views‚ and workshops with 294 toplevel and mid-level managers from seven major multinational corporations in six industries‚ we identified the top five contemporary challenges of the matrix organizational form: (1) misaligned goals
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Creating Brand Equity GENERAL CONCEPT QUESTIONS Multiple Choice 1. At the heart of a successful brand is ________‚ backed by creatively designed and executed marketing. a. price b. promotion c. a great product or service d. a great slogan e. a brand concept Answer: c Page: 273 Level of difficulty: Easy 2. The strategic branch management process involves four main steps. Which of the following would NOT be among those steps? a. Measuring consumer brand knowledge
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to increase brand equity for a product that is in the maturity phase of the PLC. The maturity phase is characterized by increase competition‚ established brand recognition and slowing sales growth. In this phase product differentiation and market dominance become more critical (Anderson & Zeithaml‚ 1984). Brand equity is a set of brand assets and liabilities linked to a brand‚ its name‚ and symbol that add or subtract from the value provided by a product (Cravens‚ 1997). When a product reaches its
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MARKETING ENGINEERING FOR EXCEL • CASE • VERSION 1.0.0 Case Pacific Brands: Segmenting Australian Brassiere Consumers By Arvind Rangaswamy 1. Before beginning any case‚ students should familiarize themselves with the model being used. Marketing Engineering for Excel comes with tutorials that demonstrate the capability of each model. The tutorial can be found under each model within the ME►XL menu after starting Excel. These tutorials are designed to work with our OfficeStar examples
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Matrix Organizational Structure: Advantages‚ Disadvantages & Examples A matrix organizational structure is one of the most complicated reporting structures a company can implement. Read on to learn why a company might implement a matrix structure‚ and the advantages and disadvantages for both company and staff. A matrix organizational structure is a company structure in which the reporting relationships are set up as a grid‚ or matrix‚ rather than in the traditional hierarchy. In other words
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