SWOT analysis of McDonald’s Hong Kong Strengths 1. Financial Investment: McDonald’s spends a lot of money for marketing promotion and branding. For example‚ McDonald’s will invite celebrities as the spokesman (Eason Chan) and spokeswoman (Joey Yung) for different promotion. McDonald’s launch large marketing campaigns from time to time to keep customer engaged. For example‚ the Monopoly Game in 2011. 2. Location coverage: McDonald’s restaurants locate basically every shopping mall and
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interfaces. The company’s product strategy is based around this‚ with iTunes‚ the iPhone with it’s touch screen "gestures" that are re-used on the iPad‚ and the Apple Apps store all playing key roles. The Apple Brand Personality Apple has a branding strategy that focuses on the emotions. The Apple brand personality is about lifestyle; imagination; liberty regained; innovation; passion; hopes‚ dreams and aspirations; and power-to-the-people through technology. The Apple brand personality is also
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McDonalds: Brazil and China Introduction In 1940‚ Dick and Mac McDonald open a Bar-B-Q drive in restaurant in San Bernardino‚ California. In1948‚ they close down to change what they sold. They now sold 9 items: 15¢ hamburgers‚ cheeseburgers‚ potato chips‚ coffee‚ milk‚ soft drinks‚ and a slice of pie. In 1949‚ their world famous fries replace potato chips. As stated on McDonald’s website in 1954‚ Ray Kroc sells the brothers multi-mixers‚ becomes their franchising agent‚ and in
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Executive Summary Branding has become one of the most powerful tools in the marketing strategy. A brand is the symbolic embodiment of all the information connected with a product or service and it usually includes a name‚ logo‚ and other visual elements such as images or symbols. People still use brands as a cue in their purchasing decisions. More and more often the term branding is used in connection to countries‚ which likes companies compete with each other and try to brand themselves using marketing
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2010). McDonald’s retails more than 32.000 restaurants in 118 countries. According to the company reports these restaurants serve approximately 50 million burgers each day. McDonald’s is one of the world’s most well-known and valuable brands. McDonalds serves the world some of its choice after foods such as The Big Mac‚ McChicken Sandwich and Chicken McNuggets. This is one area that differentiates the company from other fast-food restaurants. The attitude of the organization towards work and standards
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aspect‚ sometimes referred to as the brand image‚ is a symbolic construct created within the minds of people‚ consisting of all the information and expectations associated with a product‚ service or the company(ies) providing them. People engaged in branding seek to develop or align the expectations behind the brand experience‚
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htm BFJ 106‚3 CASE STUDY 228 Online branding: the case of McDonald’s Jennifer Rowley School for Business and Regional Development‚ University of Wales‚ Bangor‚ UK Keywords Internet‚ Corporate branding‚ Customer relations‚ Marketing communication Abstract This article explores the approaches to the delivery of brand messages through a Web site‚ taking one of the leading brands‚ McDonald’s‚ as a case study. The role of brands and branding in the new economy that is characterised by digitisation
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1 Sony Sony is the kind of company that constantly launches so many great products that engineers and designers for competing companies must get little rest at night. The Sony is primarily focused on the Electronics (such as AV/IT products & components) and Game (such as PlayStation) and Entertainment (such as motion pictures and music). 2 Sony History Sony was founded in 1946 by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita. The two complemented each other with a unique blend of product innovation and marketing
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Strategies for branding development 1. What is product and what is brand 2. Why is branding important 3. How do we build successful brands 4. How do we manage Brands 1. In order to properly evaluate brands and branding theories‚ we should explain the difference between products and brands. A Product is a physical good‚ service‚ idea‚ person‚ or place that is capable of offering tangible and intangible attributes that individuals or organisations regard as so necessary‚ worthwhile or satisfying
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Branding Pricing and Distribution Presented to Presented by May 20‚ 2012 Abstract The company chosen and used for this paper is a mobile transport company that caters specifically to senior citizens. This particular paper will explain in detail domestic and global product branding strategy‚ optimum pricing strategy and a distribution channel analysis that identifies the wholesaler‚ distributor‚ and retailer relationships including e-Commerce. Discussions within the paper will also include
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