The two most visited posts on my blog are College Chic: The Messenger Bag and Louis Vuitton and the Economic Crisis. The first one I can’t do much about. The second one‚ however‚ is less about LV’s actually economic performance and more about its image. To benefit those who Google “louis vuitton and the economic crisis” I give you here a more robust analyst report compiled late at night‚ while doing laundry‚ by yours truly for LV’s parent company‚ LVMH. It’s neither comprehensive nor perfect. It’s
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Miller Course Convenor Seminar 3 Customer based brand equity ‘Brand news’ Customer based brand equity/ FBBE Uncles ed (2010) Noor‚ Styles & Cowley Ch.2 Read Ch 14 Fournier Be prepared to discuss Fournier’s work; Advanced students will also discuss subsequent authors who cite Fournier’s seminal 1998 work Consumer relationships with brands Brand positioning Introduction to the Brand Audit Building new brands Individual project: literature and findings Dr Dale
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"Brand positioning is an attempt to create and maintain a unique representation of the brand in customer’s mind‚ a representation that is expected to stimulate choice of that brand" (Rossiter‚ 2005‚ p.42). Positioning‚ in fact‚ refers to how customers think about different brands in a market. Through brand positioning a company attempts to build a sustainable competitive advantage on product attributes in the consumer’s mind. Nevertheless‚ developing a successful positioning strategy is not easy
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MARUTI SUZUKI – BRAND POSITIONING By: Shweta Amin [ Market Research Analyst ] on February 13‚ 2011 1 Comment What comes to your mind first when u come across the term ‘MARUTI SUZUKI’‚ it always absolutely has to be Maruti 800‚ best known as ‘The Middle class car of India’. BRAND IMAGE:- MARUTI from as a brand itself is seldom looked at‚ as a luxury brand. Maruti as a brand is more linked with the SEC B rather than A. And over past many years Maruti Has maintained and up till certain extent
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Vodafone and Airtel- A study of the brand positioning of two brands from the same product category. VODAFONE Vodafone Essar‚ formerly known as Hutchison Essar is a cellular operator in India that covers 23 telecom circles in India based in Mumbai.Vodafone Essar is owned by Vodafone 67% and Essar Group 33%. It is the second largest mobile phone operator in terms of revenue behind Bharti Airtel‚ and third largest in terms of customers. Segmentation Vodafone segments its target users by Income
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Louis Vuitton Malletier v Dooney & Bourke Inc. In this famous case known as the “Battle of the Handbags” Louis Vuitton (LV) sues Dooney & Burke (D&B) for trademark infringement of its multicolore line. The Plaintiff‚ Louis Vuitton Malletier ‚is a French fashion house founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. The famous label is well known for its LV monogram‚ which is featured on most of its products. Louis Vuitton is considered as one of the world’s most valuable and prestigious brands. The LV monogram
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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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Clean Edge Razor Splitting Hairs in Product Positioning 1 Index 1. Synopsis ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 2. Situation Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………. 3 3. Alternative Evaluation………………………………………………………………………….. 4 4. Position Strategy‚ with explanation……………………………………………………… 5 5. Marketing mix………………………………………………………………………………………. 6 6. Expected Outcomes……………………………………………………………………………… 8 7. Appendices…………………………………………………………………………………………… 9 - 22 2 Synopsis: Based
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fashion. Some distinct factors which divide the market are as follows:- 1. Age a. 20-35 years b. 35-50 years c. 50 yr and above 2. Sex a. Male b. Female c. Unisex 3. Attitude/Orientation a. Sporty b. Jewelry c. Technology 4. Brands a. Omega b. Rolex c. Tag Heuer d. Breitling e. Cartier f. Gucci 5. Price a. 10-40k b. 40-100k c. 100k + 6. Display a. Analog b. Digital c. Dual 7. Strap a. Leather b. Metal c. Synthetic i)
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Brand Postioning: brand positioning means emphasizing on distinctive characteristic of a product that makes it different from competitor’s product and it appeals to the public. It is the sum of total that differentiates one brand from another. Root Strength: It is the original product‚ value or belief that made a brand great and on its basis brand is now growing. Brand root strength may be a format of a product‚ distinctive features in a product. For example Sony’s first commercial product was
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