Positioning Strategies in Business Markets An executive summary for managers and executive readers can be found at the end of this article Positioning strategies in business markets Stavros P. Kalafatis Markos H. Tsogas Charles Blankson Professor of Business Marketing‚ Kingston Business School‚ Kingston-upon-Thames‚ Surrey‚ UK Senior Lecturer‚ Kingston Business School‚ Kingston-upon-Thames‚ Surrey‚ UK Assistant Professor‚ Grand Valley State University‚ Allendale‚ Michigan‚ USA Keywords
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1. Brand Communication The primary objective of the retailer is to maximize their store’s profit and an attempt to maximize the profits for each product category. To fulfill this objective and the shift in the power from manufacturers to retail chains have made it necessary for retailers to communicate their brand. It is quite common to regard advertising as a major factor in leveraging brand equity (Achenbaum‚ 1989; Lindsay‚ 1990). “The brand is separate from the functional product; being
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MAZDA: POSITIONING A PRODUCT LINE I TEGRATED MARKETI G COMMU ICATIO (MKTG 6140) Case Summary • Lack focus in marketing and advertising plan. • Weak positioning‚ focus on value for money only. • Introduced new marketing strategy. • New slogan – “Get In. Be Moved” for Protégé (1999). • New approach used to cater new target market. • Introduced new slogan – “Zoom-Zoom” (make fun to drive for adults). • New model - MAZDASPEED Protegé‚ Protegé5 and MAZDA6. 2 I TEGRATED MARKETI G COMMU ICATIO
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TEAM COMPOSITION & BRAND ALLOCATION FOR BRAND AUDIT REPORT (BAR) Name Eleonore Magnin Tanguy Le Fahler Rachna Karwasra Anastasia Craig Mahmut Özdericioğlu Selcuk Sayhan Mustafa Sahin Yermen Gorkem Cakirhan Mete Kemer Bengisu Gurbuz Ekin Nurcan Eris Burak Orhan Arifioglu Zeynep Sencelebi Elif Kara Kübra Kavuk Esra Özer Hazel Merve Aydın İdil Eda Çoker Laura Zane Yasmina Ben Amor Goksu Seref Ryota Idesako Juliette Waymel Malbosc Leo Team No 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4
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4‚ pp. 223-233‚ Apr 2012 (ISSN 2220-3796) Brand Elements Lead to Brand Equity: Differentiate or Die Mosarrat Farhana University of Dhaka‚ Bangladesh mosarrat_58@yahoo.com Abstract: The aim of this paper is to discuss brand elements and to explore its contribution to brand equity based on some relevant research reviews and some examples of prominent brands where brand elements have played a significant role to reach consumer’s head and heart. Brand is a combination of name‚ symbol or design‚ which
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STP model is the heart of strategic marketing where S stands for segmenting‚ T stands for targeting and P stands for positioning (Qiang & Xiumin‚ 2013‚ p. 221). Market segmentation is the process of grouping customers in the markets with similar needs and traits into smaller‚ homogenous groups (Armstrong & Kotler‚ 2000; Boone & Kurtz‚ 1999; Brooksbank‚ 1994; Dibb et al.‚ 2006; Ennew‚ 1993; Jobber‚ 2007; Lamb et al.‚ 2004 cited in Fang‚ 2012‚ p. 141). This enables firms to serve customers in the
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of a targeted market. 3. Discuss what is meant by positioning using two example of a business positioned in differing market sectors Marketing consists of a range of techniques designed to sell a product/service. It focuses on customers and their needs‚ firms generally undertake research aimed at finding out about their customer’s requirements. A well planned marketing campaign involves a range of methods including; market positioning‚ Market planning‚ identification of target markets and
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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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What do brand means to you? What are your favorites brand and why? 2. Why are brands important? What functions do they perform that makes them so important to marketers? 3. What do you thing has the strongest brand and why? 4. Can you think yourself as a brand? What do you do to brand yourself? 5. What do you think of the new branding challenges and opportunities that are listed from brand builder’s point of view? Can you think of any other issues? 6. What is brand mantra? List
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Brand Positioning Brand Positioning Positioning is owning a piece of consumer’s mind‚ Positioning is not what you do to a product It’s what you do to the mind of the prospect You position the product in the prospect’s mind ‘It’s incorrect to call it Product Positioning’ – Ries & Trout Brand Positioning is owning a piece of customer’s mind. It’s not what a marketer does to its brand but how it is perceived in the mind of the customer. For this‚ a brand has to be distinctive‚ relevant
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