Introduction
Building strong brand equity has many advantages, in addition to the fact that it creates strong bonds between consumers and their products; it gives competitive advantage to the firm and makes it less susceptible to be replaced in the market. It also makes the brand less elastic in terms of price change and makes it easier for the brand to grow.
In the pursuit of building strong brand equity, two main questions need to be answered:
1. What makes a brand strong?
2. How do you build a strong brand?
This paper is about a Customer-Based Brand Equity model which was developed in a logical, well-integrated way. The model had to be versatile and applicable to all possible kinds of brands and industry settings. Furthermore, the model
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Behavioral loyalty.
2. Attitudinal attachment.
3. Sense of community.
4. Active engagement.
Applications
The CBEE model can be used to interpret many trends by simply answering three broad questions:
1. Why do certain categories or markets seem not to have any strong brands?
Example: banks and airlines.
The CBBE model shows that in this category, services are very much alike and different firms have failed to create points-of-parity that will shift the advantage into their field.
On the other hand, Southwest Airlines reached Brand Resonance by designing and executing an outstanding marketing program that achieved the aspired Brand Meaning.
2. How do strong brands get into trouble?
Example: Kodak, Oldsmobile, Montgomery Wards, Revlon, Miller Lite, Levi’s and Kellogg’s.
All these brands underwent through market pitfalls and had reclining brand equity due to many reasons, including but not limited to: Competitors, changing in consumer loyalties and changes in the environment which lead to a rapid change in consumer brand loyalty.
3. What makes a great online brand?
Example: Yahoo, E*TRADE, eBay and Amazon.
These are examples of successful online brands which managed to achieve Brand Resonance by creating a sufficient level of brand awareness, in which other rising online brands have failed to
Common themes include different values and beliefs that make up loyalty, the value of collectivism is jointly linked between the three sources. As well, numerous perspectives castigate the ideas of egocentricity and self-interests towards oneself. Finally, all sources have a degree of call-to-action on influencing the audience to be influenced to agree with the speaker or artist of the particular assigned source. As an audience and interpreter of the assigned source, one is able to various forms of loyalties: Class, cultural, and civic loyalties. The criticism of selfishness was expressed in both sources two and three.
If you have a great brand, but present your content in a boring way, it’s no good. If you have great and engaging content, but a weak and forgettable brand, that’s no good either.” 2. Contact information is critical It is imperative that your contact information is easy
If a brand has a good reputation, customers and businesses, are more likely to purchase that brand. Examples include logos and packaging. (B2B and B2C Similarities and Differences , n.d.) These need to capture the attention of their customers because businesses have competition and therefore need to stand out.
Honestly, what is loyalty? One can’t even begin to define such a word. It’s one single seven letter word yet, it has a deep profound definition. As a matter of fact, typically one does not use loyalty until they are put to the test. Without a doubt, the test can be anything.
The sporting goods industry has a long history from the mid- 1800s until the early 1980s. Since then public ownership led to the expansion of footwear and apparel products in an exploding marketplace. This allowed the top 20 firms to have sales of at least $1 billion. (Lipsey, 2006) After 1980s, sports equipment manufacturing is estimated above a $70 billion industry and is continuously growing worldwide (statista.com, 2014). The production of sports equipment is one of the biggest and most profitable industries nowadays and it gathers all the attention of big brands with powerful marketing techniques which compete in global scale.
Genuinely, what is loyalty? One can’t even begin to interpret such a word. It’s one single seven letter word yet, it has a broad profound definition. As a matter of fact, typically one does not use loyalty until they are put to the test. Without a doubt, the test can be anything.
Brand can be established on different basis. Maybe quality or status. Therefore, companies use price-skimming strategies to reach their target markets and successfully establish their brands. But quality also matters. • Attract Status Conscious Consumers
Introduction The restaurant industry in the United States had annual sales of $ 631.8 billion and employs 12.9 million people in 2012. Even in times of recession there is little evidence that this industry has seen a decline especially in its fast food and quick service segment. But with a depressed economy with no immediate upward trend in the near future, majority of the customers indicated that they would either curtail their spending on eating or best maintain its current level which is certainly going to affect the future of many restaurants in the industry. Chipotle is part of the fast casual segment of the U.S industry with over 1,600 restaurants.
In addition companies need to deliver their products while keeping cost effectiveness in consideration. If they understand the perceived benefits of their target audience and are able to engage with them on a personal level, they can attain customer satisfaction and ultimately can have increased sales. In conclusion, conveying Unique Value proposition clearly to the customers could be a complete win/win for any business. Brand equity Formal Definition: The commercial value that derives from consumer perception of the brand name of a particular product or service, rather than from the product or service itself.
Since opportunity to target women was catered by Song, it shows how well they are consistent with external consistency. The threat of competitors declined as well because of their sound strategic implementations. Moreover, we can judge their external consistency by applying porter five forces model. Porter five forces model • Threat of new entrant: Threat of new entrant is quite low because of high capital requirement and lower margins in low-cost airline segment. In addition, market share in this segment is fragmented, which is why it not that easy to snatch market share from existing employees.
Brands are complex offerings that are conceived by organisations but ultimately resides in the consumers mind (De Chernatony, 2010). A brand thus signals to the customers the source of the products and services and protects both the competitor who would attempt to provide products and services that appear similar or identical (Aaker, 2004). Brands provides the basis upon which consumer can identify and bond with a product or service or group of products and services (Weilbacher, 1995). A brand is a specific uniqueness associated with a product or services that enables the consumers connect with it by easy identification through the name, slogan, design, logo, symbols, etc. of the organisation that produces the products or
Causes According to Amin & Noor (2013), the E-consumers generally refer to the purchaser of goods and services over electronic systems such as Internet and other computer networks. This new group of consumers is increasing in number over the years as on-line shopping become a trend and manifestation of modern life style. Based from the Paynter & Lim (2001), E-commerce would provide consumers with benefits such as interactive communications, fast delivery, and more customization that would only be available for consumers through online shopping. Product information in the Internet is more compact and it ranges from various sites.
Models are generalizations of processes, patterns and systems of human interactions and experience. Models can be seen and used in our everyday life. They make life easier in a way – they help us in understanding concepts that can be related to all the parts in our lives. The good thing with models is that they can provide a very clear explanation of a certain concept, because they leave out the things that might make the explanation more complex. This gives us general rules that are widely used.
Note that there are similarities between listed quality traits that appear in multiple lists: desire to lead, physical