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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Pacific Brands is Australasia’s leading manufacturer and wholesaler of apparel and home and sporting consumer brands including Berlei‚ Bonds‚ Clarks‚ Dunlop‚ Everlast‚ Grosby‚ Holeproof‚ Hush Puppies‚ King Gee‚ Slazenger‚ Sleepmaker and Tontine. Pacific Brands has substantial scale with sale of $A1.5billion and 7000 employees‚ and was the second largest MBO completed in Australia at the time of completion. ‘Catalyst Investment Pty Ltd 2010 case study‚ Pacific Brands Nov 2001 to April 2004’ Globalisation
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Founded in 1907 by French chemist Eugene Schueller‚ who developed an improved and innovative hair dye called Aureole‚ L’Oreal has become a multi-brand‚ multi-billion dollar company in the last century. Today‚ L’Oreal boasts twenty-five global brands and claims €17 billion of consolidated sales in 2007 (L’Oreal). In addition to the L’Oreal brand‚ other popular brands include Garnier‚ Maybelline‚ Lancome‚ Georgio Armani‚ Ralph Lauren‚ Redken and Diesel (Adage). L’Oreal was ranked sixteenth in the U.S
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Brand Extensions are an important brand growth strategy The popularity of ‘Brand extensions’ rose since 1990s‚ with the increase in competition and the high costs of developing new brands (Chernatony & McDonald‚ 2002). This concept has been derived by marketers to optimize sales and profits by launching new or modified products under the parent brand name. In definition ‘Brand extension’ is using the leverage of a well-known brand name in one category to launch a new product in a different category
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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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Age‚ social class and print media readership among adolescents were related to . ‚ Awareness of Brands and Slogans Stephen K. Keiser Marketers have focused the thrust of many promotional efforts on adolescents. Frequently‚ the objective of these promotional efforts is increased awareness of the brands otTered tor sale by the sponsor oithe promotional etTort. In order to assure maximum return for the marketers ’efforts‚ it seems necessary to assess the degree to which the awareness objective
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Chapter 1 Related Theory Discussion 1.1 Brand: The American Marketing Association defines a brand as a "Name‚ term‚ design‚ symbol‚ or any other feature that identifies one seller ’s good or service as distinct from those of other sellers." A brand can take many forms‚ including a name‚ sign‚ symbol‚ color combination or slogan. For example‚ Coca Cola is the name of a brand make by a particular company. 1.2 Local brand: A local brand is a brand that is sold and marketed (distributed and
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Journal of Product & Brand Management Emerald Article: The relationship of consumer personality trait‚ brand personality and brand loyalty: an empirical study of toys and video games buyers Long-Yi Lin Article information: To cite this document: Long-Yi Lin‚ (2010)‚"The relationship of consumer personality trait‚ brand personality and brand loyalty: an empirical study of toys and video games buyers"‚ Journal of Product & Brand Management‚ Vol. 19 Iss: 1 pp. 4 - 17 Permanent link to this document:
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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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Case Study adidas The brand adidas has been selling sports apparel for 90 years and has been the official sponsor of the World Cup since 1970. It has more than 38‚000 employees throughout the world. Currently‚ one of its most outstanding products is the F-50 soccer shoe. It’s the world’s lightest‚ weighing 165g‚ and is worn by the most important players in the World Cup. A special version was made exclusively for the Argentinian player Lionel Messi‚ who was selected as the FIFA World Player
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