2. BRAND
• MEANING:
A BRAND is a name, term, design, symbol, or
other feature that distinguishes an organization
or product from its rivals in the eyes of the
customer.
4. FUNCTIONS OF BRAND
Functions of brand to consumers:
Identification of source of product
Assignment of responsibility to maker
Risk reducer
Search cost reducer
Promise/deal/bond with maker/product
Symbolic device
Signal of quality
5. Functions of brand to firms/business:
Simplify handling/tracing
Mean of legal protection
Signal of quality level
Source of competitive advantage
Source of financial returns
8. • MANUFACTURER’S BRAND:
When brand is named after the name of
manufacturer of the brand.
• MIDDLEMEN’S BRAND:
Under this, manufacturer doesn’t use any
brand for his product; instead, middlemen sell
the product under his name.
10. • LOCAL BRAND:
when brands are used for local market
• PROVINCIAL BRAND:
when one brand is used for a particular province or state
• REGIONAL BRAND:
when brand is used for a particular region
• NATIONAL BRAND:
when brand is used for selling the product throughout a particular
country
• INTERNATIONAL BRAND:
when brand is used for selling the product in international
markets
12. • FAMILY BRAND:
When a manufacturer uses a single brand for all his
products and in all market segments.
Example: all the products of Bajaj group
• PRODUCT LINE BRAND:
When the business or industrial houses use different
brand names for their different product lines.
For example: Dalda is used for Banaspati Ghee
product line
13. • INDIVIDUAL BRAND:
When individual product is marketed under
different brand names, produces by the same
manufacturer.
For Example: Hindustan Liver Limited bear different
brands for the different products in the same
product line i.e. Lux, Lifeboy, Rexona etc.
14. BRAND HIERARCHY
• MEANING:
A brand hierarchy is a means of summarizing the
branding strategy by displaying the number and
nature of common and distinctive brand elements
across the firm’s products, revealing the explicit
ordering of brand elements.
16. Corporate Branding
• It is the practice of using a company’s name
as a product brand name.
• Example: IBM, Heinz, Coca-Cola
17. Family Brand
• When a group of products are given the same
brand name. I.E. Different products of
company are marketed under one name.
• Example: AMUL--- Amul milk, Amul butter,
Amul cream
18. Individual Brand
• It is the marketing strategy of giving each
product in a portfolio its unique own brand
name.
• Example: Procter & Gamble--- Head &
Shoulders, Rejoice, Pantene Etc.
19. Modifiers
• It refers to word, phrase or clause that
functions as an adjective or adverb to qualify
the meaning of other word.
20. BRANDING
• MEANING:
The process involved in creating a unique name and
image for a product in the consumers' mind, mainly
through advertising campaigns with a consistent theme.
Branding aims to establish a significant and
differentiated presence in the market that attracts and
retains loyal customers.
22. • Integrated Branding:
Here, the retailer makes the decision regarding
what kind of product he wants
• Independent Branding:
Here, retailer is like the owner of the brand and
holds complete responsibility for its performance
• Line Branding:
The line responds to the concern of offering one
coherent response under a single name by
proposing many complementary products
23. • Range Branding:
It bestow a single brand name and promote
through a single promise a range of products
belonging to the same area of competence
• Umbrella Branding:
It is a parent brand that appears on a no. of
products that may each have separate brand
images
• Endorsement Branding:
It makes the product brand name more
significant and corporate brand name is related
to lesser status