existence now beginning to fade? Investing.businessweek.com (2013) claims that “The Company was formerly known as Interstate Bakeries Corporation and changed its name to Hostess Brands‚ Inc. in November 2009. Hostess Brands‚ Inc. was founded in 1930 and is based in Irving‚ Texas. As of January 11‚ 2012‚ Hostess Brands‚ Inc. is in reorganization.” What is the cause of this crisis? How can such a favored treat fail? Well‚ it is not the treat that failed to succeed‚ but the workers and management
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it wants to go. RE-POSITIONING BRANDS As markets and customer needs evolve; brands can lose customers to new competitors. In addition‚ brands can become diluted as product or service offerings become commodities. When a brand loses meaning and relevance to target customer‚ a new brand promise should be defined so the brand can be repositioned. TYPES OF BRAND RE-POSITIONING Brand Re-positioning Brand re-positioning is changing the positioning of a brand. A particular positioning statement
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Customer Equity Company* In recent years packaging has developed well beyond its original function as merely a means of product protection and now plays a key marketing role in developing on shelf appeal‚ providing product information and establishing brand image and awareness. As packaging’s role in the marketing mix gains momentum‚ so research into this arena becomes increasingly important. Given the potential for packaging to successfully achieve marketing goals; does research into packaging truly
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BRAND PERSONALITY - THE RELATIONSHIP BASIS MODEL Some people may never aspire to have the personality of a competent leader but would like to have a relationship with one‚ especially if they need a banker or a lawyer. A trustworthy‚ dependable‚ conservative personality might be boring but might nonetheless reflect characteristics valued in a financial advisor‚ a lawn service‚ or even a car – consider the Volvo brand personality. The concept of a relationship between a brand and a person (analogous
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Brand extension & brand stretching The two options for doing this are usually called “brand extension” and “brand stretching”. Brand extension Brand extension is a strategy in which a firm launches a new or modified product with a well-developed image by using the established brand name in a same broad market. Organizations use this strategy to increase and leverage brand equity (definition: the net worth and long-term sustainability just from the renowned name). An example of a brand extension is Jello-gelatin
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positive image for a product. A firm can choose several positioning strategies‚ including strengthening the current position‚ repositioning or try to reposition the competition. (Hartline‚2005) Brand repositioning is one of the most effective ways for a firm to solve tough situation. A firm should reposition its brand under the following four circumstances: when the first position is wrong‚ when there is strong competition in the marketplace‚ when the target consumer is to be changed‚ and to rebuild a brand’s
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was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company and Frito-Lay‚ Inc. PepsiCo has since expanded from its namesake product Pepsi to a broader range of food and beverage brands‚ the largest of which include an acquisition of Tropicana in 1998 and a merger with Quaker Oats in 2001—which added the Gatorade brand to its portfolio. As of January 2012‚ 22 of PepsiCo’s product lines generated retail sales of more than $1 billion each‚ and the company’s products were distributed across more than
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The study was conducted on 361 Mobile phone subscriber for a period of 3 months. The data analysis was conducted in a three-stage process. First‚ reliability tests were performed. Upon satisfactory results‚ the factor analysis of the collected data was conducted followed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was performed to confirm the findings. SPSS Statistics 17.0 is used to conduct factor analysis and the validity of the model. Once the model was validated‚ SPSS Amos 18.0 is used to test
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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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Maybelline brands are carried by major Chinese mass-market retailer‚ according to the company’s website‚ reflecting the company’s commitment to “bringing beauty to women of all incomes and cultures.” Maybelline leveraged its relationship with L’Oréal‚ and capitalized on the latter’s position as a trendsetter. Maybelline‚ though‚ will still try to appeal to the mass market by offering quality cosmetics at competitive prices. i. Maybelline’s Brand Mission Maybelline’s brand is to give women
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