...Grande Green marketing is a challenge that brands are finding increasingly hard to ignore. As awareness of climate change has risen, many marketers want to show a heightened commitment to reducing their environmental impact and offer consumers greener alternatives. Yet there is conflicting evidence about consumers' loyalty to green products and ill-advised campaigns can be accused of 'greenwash' (over-claiming the environmental benefits of a product, service or company policy to put the brand in a better light). Despite the risks, there are some essential elements to creating and maintaining an authentic green marketing strategy. This guide summarises these and provides information on more detailed related articles available on WARC Online. While these elements are not a quick fix, they provide a checklist for brands. Crucially, many key components of a green marketing strategy need to be in place before using these in external communications campaigns. What is green marketing? Green marketing is the promotion of goods, services and policies that claim to mitigate the environmental damage caused by human behaviour or, more rarely, produce an actual environmental benefit. Historically, green marketing formed part of corporate social responsibility agendas. In recent years, it has become a high profile part of external brand communications and strategy. This has taken the form of green-themed advertising messages, new product formulations, brand extensions and the provision of carbon...
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...1. Direction Vision Vision serves as the framework for Roadmap and guides every aspect of business by describing what the company needs to accomplish in order to continue achieving sustainable, quality growth. * People: Be a great place to work where people are inspired to be the best they can be. * Portfolio: Bring to the world a portfolio of quality beverage brands that anticipate and satisfy people's desires and needs. * Partners: Nurture a winning network of customers and suppliers, together we create mutual, enduring value. * Planet: Be a responsible citizen that makes a difference by helping build and support sustainable communities. * Profit: Maximize long-term return to shareowners while being mindful of overall responsibilities. * Productivity: Be a highly effective, lean and fast-moving organization. Mission Roadmap starts with mission, which is enduring. It declares purpose as a company and serves as the standard against which the company weighs actions and decisions. * To refresh the world... * To inspire moments of optimism and happiness... * To create value and make a difference. Goal Coca-Cola has zeroed in on the fact that storytelling has evolved from one-way to dynamic conversations in today’s hyper-connected world. With this in mind, it plans to create stories that add value and significance to people’s lives, and that get expressed through every possible connection. 2. Arenas Products Coca-Cola is a carbonated...
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...2011 CAUSE MARKETING Cause Marketing - "Do Well by Doing Good" Executive Summary Companies face challenge to “out advertise” or “out differentiate” its brand when markets are becoming almost undifferentiated. At this time, creating an emotional connection with the customers seems most difficult task at hand. In the market place where customer and societal expectations are changing rapidly requiring constant innovation of new ideas, products and services, strategy and social responsibility provide the shortest route to an organization’s success. Therefore, cause branding provides an effective alternative to enhance brand equity by associating brand with an appealing cause. This project explores effectiveness of cause related marketing strategy and tries to find the answer to the question “How it impact to brand building?” It gives brief introduction to the concept of cause branding, its definition and difference between cause marketing and corporate philanthropy and corporate sponsorships. Then, it tells about the inception of cause marketing, its evolution into cause branding and need for cause related marketing, collected primary data analysis and secondary data examples which benefited from this marketing strategy. Introduction Creating brand equity is the most powerful weapon in a company’s armor to beat the competition. In the fiercely competitive market place of today where customer and societal expectations are changing rapidly requiring constant innovation...
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...forces 6 3.3 Market Life cycle 7 3.4 Benchmarking 7 4.0 SWOT 8 5.0 Strategies 8 5.1 Generic Strategy 8 5.2 Growth strategy 9 5.3 Logistics and supplier strategy 9 6.0 STP 9 6.1 Segmentation 9 6.2 Targeting 9 6.3 Positioning 9 6.4 M-mix 9 6.5 Profile 10 7.0 2nd question 10 8.0 Conclusion 11 1.0 Intro 1.1 Problem proposal How to develop H&M position on Spanish market and eventually create future growth? 1.2 Strategic questions •What is the problem? Define the demand for high end clothing for woman; increase the number of stores and the sales of products within each of 6 brands. •Why are we doing this? To be at the forefront of both fashion and sustainability •Objectives and goals. To bring fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way, with retention of values. •Current performance and where we want to get. There are 6 brands, 3600 stores in 58 markets worldwide and online shopping in 21 countries. Expansion target is to boost the number of stores, each year by 10-15%. 2.0 Internal analysis 2.1 Strategic capability 2.1.1 Resources and Competences 1. Tangible resources: ○ 80% of directly operated stores and 20% of franchising, mostly in North Africa and Asia. ○ Logistic and distribution model which is focusing on rising the investment on longer lasting and raw materials. Energy efficiency and sustainable process of production are very important for this company as well as high quality and natural fibres, especially...
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...PASSIONATELY REfREShINg A ThIRSTY WORLd 2011 Annual Review Inspired by the world’s greatest brand and driven by a talented and passionate team of more than 700,000 system associates, we are operating from a position of strength. Together with our bottling partners, we are executing against a solid, focused vision. 2 5 6 8 12 14 16 18 20 Letter to Shareowners Selected Financial Data 2011 Highlights 125th Anniversary Per Capita Consumption Refreshing Our System Refreshing Our Business Through Innovation Refreshing Our Portfolio Refreshing Our Approach to Consumer Engagement 22 24 28 30 32 33 34 35 Refreshing the Communities We Serve 2011 Operating Group Highlights Business Profile Management Board of Directors Shareowner Information Company Statements 2020 Vision A LETTER fROm OuR ChAIRmAN ANd ChIEf ExECuTIvE OffICER dear fellow Shareowners: In 2011, I was honored to represent The Coca‑Cola Company all over the world, in humble villages and great, bustling cities. Wherever I traveled, I spent time in stores, restaurants, shops and homes—the places where people buy and enjoy Coca‑Cola. With every visit, I learned something new about our business: what we are doing well and what we can—and must—do even better. Again and again, as I listened to consumers, customers, bottling partners, associates and shareowners like you, one thought kept coming back to me: I wish all of you could see this business the way I do. That is quite a wish, I know. But, if you had been with me this...
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...Best Global Brands 2013 Table of Contents JEZ Leadership is evolving. It must now be shared. CEOs, CMOs, and consumers all have the power to drive brand value. Brands are where business strategy meets reality. GINNI The New Rules of Brand Leadership 2 From Information to Intelligence 82 Sector Leadership Best Global Brands 2013 10 86 BISH Methodology Creative Leadership 70 120 Contributors China’s New Brand Leaders 74 126 Corporate Citizenship 2.0 78 MARK CHIEKO The New Rules of Brand Leadership By Jez Frampton In our globalized, hyperconnected age, one question persists in boardrooms, corner offices, business schools, and conferences all over the world: What is leadership and how has it changed in the 21st century? Driven by rapid technological advancement, the digitization of nearly everything, and the ever more intricate interdependencies of the global market, the business landscape has transformed over the past two decades. Operating in a bewildering new environment in which little is certain, the pace is quicker and the dynamics more complex. Those who lead today’s brands can no longer rely on once immutable truths or principles of leadership honored in times past. It is a new world. And as purchasing increasingly shifts from a physical experience to a virtual one and transaction-based interactions between brands and consumers shift to relationship-based interactions, new skills and sensibilities are needed. Leadership roles...
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...STRONG BRANDS How Brand Strategy and Brand Communication Contribute to Build Brand Equity THE CASE OF NAVIGATOR Student: Daniela Yasenova Baeva Supervisor: Professor Doctor Arnaldo Fernandes Matos Coelho May, 2011 Master Thesis in Marketing STRONG BRANDS – How Brand Strategy and Brand Communication Contribute to Build Brand Equity: THE CASE OF NAVIGATOR 1 ABSTRACT In a world of global competition that we are living nowadays, brands are each time more used by companies as a strategy to create value and differentiation and this way to be one step ahead of their rivals. A "brand" is the result of the recognition and the personal attachment that forms in the hearts and minds of the customers through their accumulated experience with that “brand”. These experiences contribute to increased consumer trust and loyalty and allow building strong relationships with the “brand”. By this way, “brands” promote the increase of shareholder value and establish a long-term advantage in the marketplace for organisations. Companies recognise that strong brands are and have been historically associated with accelerated revenue growth and improved returns to shareholders. That is why, each time more organisations focus their strategies on building powerful brands as they represent competitive advantage and they are a key success factor in creating value to the customer and at the same time value to the company. In this regard, this study intends to show how effective brand strategy...
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...Best Global Brands 2013 Table of Contents JEZ Leadership is evolving. It must now be shared. CEOs, CMOs, and consumers all have the power to drive brand value. Brands are where business strategy meets reality. GINNI The New Rules of Brand Leadership 2 From Information to Intelligence 82 Best Global Brands 2013 Sector Leadership 86 BISH 10 Creative Leadership 70 Methodology 120 China’s New Brand Leaders 74 Contributors 126 Corporate Citizenship 2.0 78 MARK CHIEKO The New Rules of Brand Leadership By Jez Frampton In our globalized, hyperconnected age, one question persists in boardrooms, corner offices, business schools, and conferences all over the world: What is leadership and how has it changed in the 21st century? Driven by rapid technological advancement, the digitization of nearly everything, and the ever more intricate interdependencies of the global market, the business landscape has transformed over the past two decades. Operating in a bewildering new environment in which little is certain, the pace is quicker and the dynamics more complex. Those who lead today’s brands can no longer rely on once immutable truths or principles of leadership honored in times past. It is a new world. And as purchasing increasingly shifts from a physical experience to a virtual one and transaction-based interactions between brands and consumers shift to relationship-based interactions, new skills and sensibilities are needed. Leadership...
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...rapid pace of change and intense competitive pressure in today’s marketplace demand that brands continuously innovate and reinvent themselves to maintain their relevance and market position. In this context, brand repositioning and other revitalization strategies have become a business imperative for battling brand erosion. The appeal of brand repositioning is further heightened by the rising costs and high risk associated with launching a new brand. Brand repositioning has received little attention in the marketing literature and has mostly been treated as a variation of brand positioning. Biel, for example, has defined brand positioning as “building (or rebuilding) an image for a brand”. The goal of positioning and repositioning strategies relates to the management of consumers’ perceptions. However, positioning focuses on the creation of band association – consumers’ perceptions of the attributes that differentiate the brand from competitive offers – while repositioning also implies managing existing brand associations. The unique challenge of a repositioning strategy thus lies in rejuvenating the brand image to make it relevant in an evolving environment, while honoring the brand equity heritage. Repositioning can be required as the market changes and new opportunities occur. Through repositioning the company can reach customers they never intended to reach in the first place. If a brand has been established at the market for some time and wish to change their image they...
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...I Company Background: Unilever is the parent company of the Skippy brand peanut butter. Unilever is a multi-national company with over 174,000 employees and operates in over 100 countries. Unilever has an annual advertising budget of over $77 million dollars, however it does not break down the budget per business segment. Total sales for Unilever is over $59 billion USD during fiscal year 2008. (Reed Elsevier Inc) II. Brief Introduction: Skippy was founded in 1933, 10 years after the product was initially developed by Joseph Rosefield. Skippy's Peanut Butter is manufactured in a single 158,000 sq ft plant in Little Rock, Arkansas. They produce over 10 million cases of Skippy per year and have a total of 72 different SKU's produced for global consumption. They use over 1.2 billion peanuts a day and each 18 oz jar contains 853 full peanuts. (Food & Drug Packaging, 2004) Sales data for Unilever saw overall growth in this business segment in 2008 of 7.9%. Peanut butter sale is included in the Savory, dressings and spreads product area by Unilever and accounted for sales of over $14 billion Euros. (Annual Report and Account 2008, 2008) Skippy is a marketing based organization. The products they develop and market are geared towards meeting customer needs and attempting to differentiate themselves from their competition. Examples of this would include reformulating the Skippy Peanut Butter to have a more "peanutty" taste (Skippy Peanut Butter, 2009) and also developing...
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...KEA's Global Strategy Swedish company IKEA was the world's largest furniture retailer since the early 1990s. It sold inexpensive furniture of Scandinavian design. The company operated in 55 countries with a workforce of 76,000 (the company referred to its workforce as its 'co-workers'). IKEA offered nearly 12,000 items to the home furnishings market worldwide. It sold a wide range of products including furniture, accessories, bathrooms and kitchens at 186 retail stores in 30 countries across Europe, North America, Southeast Asia, Middle East and Australia. IKEA enjoyed high brand equity. | | In 2003, Manhattan US-based Interbrand, a marketing research and consultancy firm, valued the 'IKEA' brand at $6.92 billion and ranked IKEA 43rd on its list of the top 100 most valuable global brands, ahead of Nestle, Harley-Davidson, and Apple.3 | Analysts attributed IKEA's success to its skill in combining good product design and superior quality with an affordable price. IKEA's low-pricing strategy was aimed at young people. For several decades, IKEA had looked for international markets, which were culturally as close as possible to the Scandinavian market. The basic assumption behind IKEA's global strategy was 'one-design-suits-all.' Anders Dahlvig, the CEO of IKEA, had once said, "Whether we are in China, Russia, Manhattan, or London, people buy the same things. We don't adapt to local markets." | IKEA had, in fact, been quite successful with its 'one-design-suits-all' global...
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...developing an effective promotional strategy. The nine steps are figuring out who your company is, deciding on the product, deciding on who we want to attract, what are you trying to accomplish with your strategy, getting the message to the target market, how are you going to say it, how will you present it, taking the message to the audience and determining the effectiveness of the strategy. When determining the promotional identity of our company, we need to determine who the company is. When the company wants to be successful in this, the company’s image and identity must match because some consumers may not image how you see your company. ABSOLUT already has a good brand identity which is why the company is so successful. The second part is deciding who we want to attract for our new product. ABSOLUT is a big brand name and there are many different types of customers. The customers range from people who want to just drink casually at home to the bar in the big city that sells alcohol at their bar or club. In order to attract the target customers, we must market in the right places which will make the strategy the most effective. Once the target market is decided on, we need to figure out what the company is trying to accomplish with this plan. With this promotional strategy, ABSOLUT hopes to reach out to their loyal customers and also new potential customers...
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...From wikipedia: Brand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Brand (disambiguation). "Marque" redirects here. For other uses, see Marque (disambiguation). [pic] [pic] The Coca-Cola logo is an example of a widely-recognized trademark representing a global brand. |Marketing | |Key concepts | |Product marketing · Pricing | |Distribution · Service · Retail | |Brand management | |Account-based marketing | |Ethics · Effectiveness · Research | |Segmentation · Strategy · Activation | |Management · Dominance | |Promotional content | |Advertising · Branding · Underwriting | |Direct marketing · Personal sales | |Product placement · Publicity | |Sales promotion · Sex in advertising | |Loyalty marketing · SMS marketing | |Premiums · Prizes ...
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...[pic][pic] Consumer Behaviour Introduction to the brand Dove is a personal care brand owned by Unilever. Dove products are manufactured in the Netherlands, United States, Germany, Ireland and Brazil. The Dove trademark and brand name is currently owned by Unilever. Dove's logo is a silhouette profile of a dove, the colour of which often varies. Dove's products include: antiperspirants/deodorants, body washes, beauty bars, lotions/moisturizers, hair care and facial care products. Dove soap was launched in the United States in 1957, years after Unilever acquired soap factory De Duif (Dutch: The Dove) in The Netherlands, from which the English brand name Dove is derived. Dove has been positioned throughout its history without referring to it as "soap", but as a "beauty bar" with one-fourth cleansing cream. Dove has a great consumer following and has established itself as a premium Soap or rather a beauty bar in the market as well as in the minds of the consumer. [pic] Target Audience The target audience for Dove is basically • Women who want to care for their skin • Who want to look and feel their personal best • Aged 30 – 50 • Beginning to feel the effects of dry skin It has been observed that the core target audience of dove are women who are home makers or are working professionals Mostly they are the middle aged women who want beautiful skin and are not swayed by the fairness which other soaps...
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...gives the larger players a stronger hold as industry leaders (CNBC.com, 2010). However, even these companies, along with all of the others within the soft drink industry face barriers associated with the changing nature and desires of its buyers, geographic and nationalistic trends and tastes and decreasing market share available. Brand identity is a very powerful force within the soft drink industry. It takes an extensive period of time to develop a brand that has recognition and customer loyalty. A well recognized brand will foster customer loyalty and create the opportunity for real market share growth, price flexibility, and above average profitability. It is no surprise that the most recognizable brands within the global economy hold the lion-share of the soft drink market. 29.9% of the market (CNBC.com, 2010). This duopoly holds a stranglehold on the market which is a fierce detractor for entrants. Currently, the biggest threat of entry faced by major competitors within the soft drink industry may be from private label manufacturers (CNBC.com, 2010). Industry leaders Coca-Cola and Pepsi are continually challenged to increase brand loyalty in their core products so that consumers label products. For a new entrant to compete effectively, it would have to be willing to expend the excessive amounts required toward capital investment in order to...
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