H & M Co-Branding: A Case Study

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Nowadays, the companies have gained many of techniques to work with their target audiences and motivate consumers to spend money on their services or products. This study is focused on co-branding as a strategy, which seems to be a win/win proposition for both actors participating the process and can help to sales drive, develop brand images or even save marketing/advertising costs (Kim, Lee, & Lee, 2007). First, is important to define this phenomenon. Co-branding is a marketing tool, which pairs two or more branded products (constituent brands) to form a separate and unique product (composite brand) in a marketing context, such as in advertisements, product placements and distribution outlets (Park et al., 1996 & Grossman, 1997). As usually co-branding strategies rely on brand equity, it is important to pair a less known brand with a favourable existing one to create an advantageous attitudes toward a new product or category. This assumption can be supported by Washburn et al. (2000), who said that marketers use this popular technique of co-branding in …show more content…

H&M has over 3500 stores all around the world with more than 100 000 employees (The H&M group, 2014) and takes the second place as a largest apparel retailer in the world just behind Inditex SA (Industry Ranking. Major Global Specialty Share Retailers of Private Label Apparel (SPA), 2014). This brand targets young fashion-conscious middle-income men and women between 15 and 34 years old. H&M’s slogan perfectly reflects the expectations of company’s target audience: ‘fashion and quality at the best price’. This fast-fashion brand has been participated co-branding campaigns several times: Karl Lagerfeld, Marni, Roberto Cavalli, Versace, Isabel Marant are in the list. Compared to other price-conscious retailers that deal with designers’ collaborations, H&M seems to give the most freedom to designers they work

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