than 2700 stores in 48 markets and a strong employee base of approximately 94000 (MarketLine Case Study‚ 2012). H&M Group also includes independent brands i.e. COS‚ Cheap Monday‚ Monki and Weekday. For the sake of simplicity‚ this report will look only at the brand H&M. The target customers of H&M are mostly price sensitive and belong to the age bracket 15-35 years. The key competitors with whom H&M shares these customers are Primark‚ Zara‚ Next and Benetton. In 2011‚ the online retail
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Introduction Brand awareness means the extent to which a brand associated with a particular product is documented by potential and existing customers either positively or negatively. Creation of brand awareness is the primary goal of advertising at the beginning of any product’s life cycle in target markets. In fact‚ brand awareness has influence on buying behavior of a buyer. All of these calculations are‚ at best‚ approximations. A more complete understanding of the brand can occur if multiple
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Factors behind the brand switching in telecom industry The issue of Customer’s switching to other service providers have been the cause of intensive research from many years now and have given rise to many theories.Due to the increased competition in the telecommunication industry it has become extremely important for the companies to pay attention towards retaining of the customers.This research study particularly investigated the causes of customer switching behavior.A prolific way to gain the
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MARKET :- 7 Figure 2: Market share based on Brand(2012) 8 Figure 3: Smart Phone v/s Feature Phone sales 2006-11 8 Figure 4: Mobile Phone Brand Share 2008-2011 9 Figure 5: India v/s Global YOY Growth Of Smartphone Sale(2008-11) 9 3. KEY PLAYERS IN SMARPHONE SEGMENT :- 10 4. 4Ps OF MARKETING :- 18 Figure 6: Sales based on Distribution Format 19 Figure 6: Graph of Sales based On Distribution Format 19 5. FUTURE PLANS & ANALYSIS :- 20 Figure 7 : INDIA v/S GLOBAL MARKET 21
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Porsche –True to Brand? 1. Issues on Porsche’s brand equity in related to entering Sport-Utility Vehicle(SUV) market a. Concerns on brand equity with SUV category There are two main concerns related to Porsche’s expansion to SUV category. First is whether entering in to SUV market would be a smart move in brand equity’s point of view. And the other concern how a choice of production location might affect Porsche brand. The case identifies three uncertainty which would be elaborated in the following
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place their brands and products in movies or in TV series to subtly get consumers to notice their brands‚ this is called brand placement. Two products which I have noticed in movies are Apple iMacs in the Twilight movie Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) and Manolo Blahnik shoes in the Sex and the City Movie (2008). These were both big blockbuster hits which many people viewed and obsessed over. They both star very famous celebrities who play desirable characters. In the movies both the brands are clearly
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Problem 4: H&M and Burberry’s non-current assets Question 1 (a) Ratio of land‚ buildings and equipment to sales H&M: (420+222+7134) / 78346 = 9.9% Burberry: (58.2+99.2) / 995.4 = 15.8% (b) Ratio of depreciation to sales H&M: (14+1750) / 78346 = 2.25% Burberry: (1.9+27)/ 995.4 = 2.9% The above ratios can be used to measure the efficiency of a firm’s investment policy. Burberry has a higher land‚ buildings and equipment to sales ratio as well as a higher depreciation to sales ratio.
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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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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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AN ANALYSIS OF BRAND SWITCHING BEHAVIOUR SUBMITTED BY ABSTRACT: A proposed integrative approach measured consumer response to various incentives to switch brands. The response measure consisted of both actual behavior (i.e.‚ switching behavior) and an evaluative measure‚ which underlies the behavior. Self-perception theory was utilized to assess consumer switching behavior in response to intrinsic versus extrinsic motives. The integrative approach
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