COMPETENCIES "We can ’t achieve our strategic objectives without a work force of people who are immersed in the same commitment as management. Our only sustainable advantage is the quality of our workforce. We ’re building a national retail company by creating pride in--and a stake in--the outcome of our labor." --Howard Schultz Founder and CEO of Starbucks According to this statement‚ the human resource is the number one resource in Starbucks Corporation. Schultz believes that happy employees
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international luxury brand. Burberry designs‚ manufactures and licenses apparel and accessories for distribution through its own stores and network of prestige retailers worldwide. In early 1998‚ the new management team at Burberry set out its strategy to reposition and revitalise the brand‚ which resulted in significantly improved results and strengthened the base to build the business. With continuous growth since last five years‚ Burberry has faced new challenges of brand sustainability and positioning
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market‚ competing with the likes of D&G (from Dolce & Gabbana) and Miu Miu (from Prada). It was also seen as a way to counteract the unprecedented diffusion of the main denim D-Diesel line which might jeopardize the exclusivity and status of the brand. Furthermore‚ StyleLab would allow Diesel’s cherished designers to express their creativity by experimenting with new cuts and fabrics. Renzo Rosso‚ Diesel’s president and founder‚ was confident that the right decisions had been made about the name
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Consumer Perceptions of Store Brands Presented By: Chris Frimel Jeffrey Fox L. Renee Graves Dustin Huffman Introduction Consumer perception heavily influences consumption and spending behavior. As consumers search for ways to stretch their tight budgets‚ many factors motivate these behaviors. Such factors include loyalty‚ convenience‚ quality‚ quantity‚ usages‚ product placement‚ and many others. Of these factors‚ price‚ quality‚ and convenience are most sought after when consumers
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reproduced without written permission from the author. Brand awareness and brand image Chuck Chakrapani Building brand equity To build brand equity‚ we need to start with the building blocks of brand equity. They include brand awareness‚ and brand image or the associations that a brand evokes. Brand awareness Brand awareness has two components: breadth and depth. Let us first consider depth . While a consumer may be aware of many brands‚ all brands are not equal in terms of awareness. The depth of
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flagship) * additional serives - cafe‚ nail salon‚ etc * established brand image and market position (in the UK) (Jiji) * variety of collections to appeal to a broader range of customers (current and potential) * over 300 stores in UK and 100 overseas - increased competitive edge on the international retail market * Charity work w/ PETA‚ Breast Cancer‚ TRAID & Starlight - providing a strong brand image and establishes a trustful relationship with its stakeholders * Great
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Page 1 of 8 ANZMAC 2009 Vertical Brand Extensibility: A Conceptual Framework Nicolas Pontes‚ Monash University‚ nicolas.pontes@buseco.monash.edu.au Colin Jevons‚ Monash University‚ colin.jevons@buseco.monash.edu.au Abstract Brand extension have been discussed to a great extent during the past two decades‚ however‚ most of the work has focused horizontal extensions and little attention has been payed to vertical brand extension. To fulfil this imbalance of existing knowledge‚ in this article
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Brand Equity A brand represents a “name‚ term‚ sign‚ symbol‚ or design‚ or a combination of them intended to identify the goods and services of one seller or group of sellers and to differentiate them from those of competition.” Without a recognizable brand‚ a product is but a mere commodity. It’s more than just a name‚ term‚ symbol‚ etc. – a brand is everything that one company’s particular offering stands for in comparison to other brands in a cate-gory of competitive products. As the value
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Group Brand Audit Project Your group assignment is to pick a brand from the list of brands(attached) and conduct a thorough brand audit. Each group must study and analyze a different brand. Brands will be assigned on a "first come‚ first serve" basis. Post your group’s choice of brand and gp number on the “questions for Prof/TA” board so that everyone can see your group’s choice. This way‚ the other gps will know which brands are already taken on a first come first serve basis. Once your
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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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