Bachelor’s Thesis Autumn Semester 2007 Department of Business Studies Market Orientation as a Branding Strategy by Harriet Mellenius Supervisor: Olivia Kang ABSTRACT This paper studies the impact of market orientation strategy on brand awareness. Zara‚ a Spanish leading fashion retailer and an example of a brand using this strategy‚ is compared to three other multinational brands operating in Stockholm‚ Sweden‚ namely Topshop‚ Mango and United Colours of Benetton. The latter brands
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marks‚ numerical sequencing‚ used by Intel. To differentiate from competitors and solve the problem of market confusion among the product offerings‚ Intel developed an alternative branding strategy by focusing on building the company’s brand image instead of product-based brand strategy. Under the new branding strategy‚ Intel was established as a brand‚ a reliable and premium brand‚ ably transferring the equity of “386” and “486” microprocessor to Intel‚ the company and to distinguish Intel products
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In May 2002‚ Christina Gold joined Western Union as the chief executive officer. In early 2003‚ Gold has started implementing a new organizational structure‚ the aim of the restructure is to unify the company’s U.S operations with its international division. Instead of having a U.S. centric product line‚ it will change to a regional structure with three main division: Asia-Pacific‚ Europe‚ Africa‚ the Middle East and South Asia; and the Americas. Gold has also made it clear to the employees that
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The Coca Cola Company- Branding Strategies Coca-Cola is one of the most recognizable brands around the globe. The history of Coca-Cola began over a century ago since 1886. Today Coca-Cola sells products in over 300 countries world-wide‚ and has over 3‚000 different beverages. The brand is familiar to people all around the world‚ and is available in many different varieties. The company takes pride in the development of unique marketing strategies‚ which have allowed growth and access to various
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SWAROVSKI. Branding for luxury goods Group G. Members: Truong Anh Bao Nguyen Yunkyung Choo Lilit Nagapetyan CONTENT: 1 History 2 Concept 3 Brand Strategy 4 Marketing Mix 5 Positioning 6 Services 7 Target Consumer 8 CBBE Pyramid 9 SWOT analysis 10 Competitors 11 Recommendation 12 References 1. HISTORY: 1882 Daniel Swarovski (1862-1956) invents a revolutionary machine that allows crystals to be cut more precisely than with existing
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BRANDING DECISIONS IN RURAL MARKETING (Sonal Purohit‚ Kahkashan Qayyum) “The rural consumer is discerning and the rural market is vibrant. At the current rate of growth‚ it will soon out strip the urban market. The rural market is not sleeping any longer. We are.” So sad Mr. Adi Gogrej of Godrej industries. This makes it clear that the importance of rural market at present competition is to capture market share and consumer loyalty. India is shining then! India is Unique in many ways. A population
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Place Marketing The concept of place branding has emerged in recent years as a powerful instrument and it is becoming more popular all over the world. Place branding is important today because in the global marketplace of instant communication and growing democracy‚ the opinions of the people count as much as the opinions of the powers in charge. As a consequence of expanding globalization‚ the need for place branding is more important than ever. Having a positive brand is necessary to compete with
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Branding the Destination The tourism industry is a remarkable industry as it has brought positive effects in terms of intercultural exchange as well as economic growth to the tourism destination (UNWTO‚ 2011). The UNTWO (2007‚ p1) defines a destination as “the place visited that is central to the decision to take the trip”. The term ‘branding’ is often encountered in marketing classes however it does apply in the tourism aspect as well. It was more than two decades ago when Pritchard and Morgan
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As the new CEO of David Jones‚ it is recommended that Zahra reinforces internal branding‚ leadership capabilities and undertakes a re-evaluation of David Jones’ company culture and employee skills to restore organisational stability and a favourable public image. Reinforcing Internal Brand to Restore Image One of Zahra’s primary concerns should be to ameliorate the damage of McInnes’ actions on the integrity of the David Jones brand in the public eye. This is a critical organisational behaviour
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Marketing Communications and Branding Mobile phone design Introduction After careful market research of some of the different phone markets in today’s industry; the market that was the most interest to the writer was the disability phone market. Of all the mobile phones researched‚ none were found to have Braille included; only speaking activated commands - designed to send text messages as well as calling. The idea the writer proposes is a phone for the visually impaired which has a sole purpose
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