Brand Positioning and Market Segmentation Brand positioning is an important strategy for achieving differential advantage. Essentially‚ positioning reflects “the place” a product occupies in a market or segments. GAP has a wide range of products that are reflected in multi-segments. Initially‚ as a specialty clothing retailer‚ GAP segmented the market using price as the sole criterion. GAP strategically decided to serve three major segments‚ which can be seen from price differences among GAP’s
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Case Study-MTV‚ building brand resonance Fangzi Zhan UFID: 6158-9959 1. The brand images of MTV are youth‚ culture‚ music‚ and informational. The brand associations of MTV are fun‚ edgy fashion trends‚ creative‚ youthful‚ contest. MTV keeps their brand message consistent‚ which creates powerful image among its viewers‚ especially young viewers. Many famous artists can attribute their fame to MTV‚ because audiences expect MTV to represent and broadcast shows that are trendy and edgy. Many
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Brand Management Midterm Study Guide January 23‚ 2013 * Inter Brand’s Valuation Approach * The increasing recognition of the value of intangibles came with the continuous increase in the gap between companies’ book values and their stock market valuations‚ as well as sharp increases in premiums above the stock market value that were paid in mergers and acquisitions in the late 1980s. * The brand is a special intangible that in many businesses is the most important asset. This
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26‚ Nos. 11–12‚ October 2010‚ 1037–1056 Do brand names in a foreign language lead to different brand perceptions? Laura Salciuviene‚ Lancaster University‚ UK Pervez N. Ghauri‚ Kings College London‚ UK Ruth Salomea Streder‚ Lewis-Global Public Relations‚ UK Claudio De Mattos‚ Manchester Business School‚ UK Abstract This study examines the effects of brand names in a foreign language‚ country of origin‚ and the incongruence between the two on brand perceptions of services. Employing congruity and
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Introduction: Brand personality is the attribution of human traits and characteristics to the brand name‚ so as to relate the personality of brand with a prospective customer and thereby increase the brand equity. I have structured my assignment in the following manner: In part one I would define and examine the concept of brand personality and the specific human traits that can be associated with a particular brand. Second part will include the association and evaluation of traits with my
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Individual Assignment 3 - OSIM: Building a Global Brand 1)What is the meaning of the brand identity of OSIM? Brand identity of OSIM refers to how OSIM wants its consumers and potential consumers to view OSIM and its products. OSIM wants to improve the quality of life of its customers through the use of OSIM’s products and view OSIM as a leading global brand. What are the different aspects of this identity? OSIM’s brand identity‚ includes its name‚ trademark‚ communications‚ and visual appearance
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Brand extension success factors Problem definition and objectives In a highly competitive environment‚ organizations are convinced that the launch of new products in order to stratify the need of consumers can lead to an increase the success of a company. The strategy of launching new products can be successful but it remains some risks. Indeed‚ the launching from 30 to 35 % of new products has failed. Because of some factors like the high level of advertisement costs and the increasing competition
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relevant to brands‚ their measurement and contribution to branding theory and practice have not been examined. This article describes the development and validation of a two-dimensional scale measuring masculine and feminine brand personality that is discriminant with regard to existing brand personality dimensions and scales measuring masculinity and femininity as human personality traits. This scale is applied to show that (1) spokespeople in advertising shape masculine and feminine brand personality
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to the perfume market is DKNY Pure. As a competitor intending to introduce a similar product into the luxury fashion brand perfume market‚ consumer behaviour has important implications for the design of a successful marketing strategy. This paper will outline which key factors marketers should attempt to influence in the design of a marketing strategy to introduce a new luxury brand perfume to the market. Through the use of product positioning‚ identifying buying groups and the target market‚ extensive
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Market Forces April 2008 Vol. 4 No. MARKETING MIX & BRAND RESEARCH MARKETING MIX AND THE BRAND REPUTATION OF NOKIA SYED EHTESHAM ALI College of Management Sciences PAF-Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology E-mail: s_ehtesham_ali@hotmail.com Abstract Pakistan’s mobile phone market is growing very fast. The most selling brand in the market is Nokia. A hypothesis was developed that the reputation of a brand is a source of demand and the competitively superior quality image justifies
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