There has been a growing interest in applying concepts and strategies of brand management in the political sphere. However, it has been argued that the phenomenon of political brand image has been given little attention. Therefore the purpose of this study is to explore the political brand image of the Sweden Democrats from voters’ perspective. The choice of exploring the Sweden Democrats opposed to other parties is that it has tried to rebrand itself from its previous racist ideologies and from being a single-party issue party. The study is based on different theories about brand image. Three dimensions will be used, brand awareness, perceived brand quality and brand associations, in order to cover the phenomenon political brand image. This study is conducted as a qualitative case study with a realistic approach. The analysis and findings show that participants still have perceptions related to the party’s history and that it still to a large extent is perceived as a single-issue party. However, it has also appeared that the Sweden Democrats to some extent are on the right way to stop being associated with racism. Limitations within this study are, time restriction and lack of knowledge whether participants sympathize with the Sweden Democrats or not. The practical implication is that this study could be of use both of the Sweden Democrats and other parties who seek to explore political brand image. The original value of the study is that it acknowledges the three dimensions when exploring political brand image.

La crise du disque se manifeste par une baisse conséquente du revenu des artistes. C’est pourquoi, les concerts apparaissent comme une source de revenu importante. Dans ce contexte, le placement de produits durant les concerts est une pratique qui tend à se développer. Ces constats nous ont conduit à formuler la problématique de recherche suivante : quelles sont les opportunités de placement de produits dans les concerts de musique (technique où le public n’a pas forcément conscience de la tentative de persuasion) et quel est l’impact du placement de produits sur l'image de marque ?La revue de la littérature présente trois processus de persuasion expliquant l’efficacité du placement : le concept de congruence entre l’artiste et la marque (Russell, 1998), l’intéressement perçu de l’artiste (Friestad et Wright, 1994) et l’endossement de personnalité (Mac Cracken, 1989). De plus, le cadre théorique de la servuction (Eglier et Langeard, 1987) a permis de mettre en lumière l’importance des interactions entre le personnel en contact et le consommateur. Il nous a permis de proposer une typologie du placement de produits (selon le niveau de participation de l’artiste et du public).La méthodologie de la recherche se décline en trois phases. La première phase est de nature qualitative par le biais d’entretiens semi-directifs. Ces entretiens menés auprès d’artistes de renoms, d’organisateurs de concerts et de responsables d’agences de communication ont permis d’analyser les pratiques de placement de produits d’une part et d’évaluer les motivations et les freins des professionnels vis-à-vis de cette technique d’autre part. La deuxième phase est de nature quantitative. L’efficacité de quatre techniques de placement sur l’image de marque a été comparée au moyen d’une expérimentation. Quatre concerts ont été organisés dans des conditions aussi proches que possibles de la réalité. Les résultats démontrent la supériorité du placement interactif (forte participation de l’artiste et du public au placement) en termes d’image de marque. Enfin, la troisième phase a consisté en une étude quantitative ad hoc durant un concert d’un groupe à forte notoriété utilisant la technique du placement interactif. Les résultats confirment l’influence du placement produits sur l’image de marque.En synthèse, cette thèse décrit les opportunités offertes par les concerts de musiques en termes de placement de produits. Le dispositif méthodologique permet d’évaluer l’efficacité de quatre techniques de placement sur l’image de marque et démontre l’intérêt du placement interactif. Enfin, elle contribue à mettre en lumière le rôle de l’attitude vis-à-vis de l’artiste et de la congruence entre la marque et l’artiste. Les limites de ce travail et les nombreuses voies de recherches offertes par ce champ encore peu étudié sont présentées en conclusion. / Product placement is becoming an increasingly significant communication tool in cultural products. Product placement is traditionally studied in the field of films, but music concerts are also an attractive medium. Indeed, the crisis of the music industry leads the artists to find another way to other sources of financing. Our research takes into account the influence of this technique in connection with congruence, personality endorsement and how the audience copes when they recognize the persuasion attempt. Moreover, we considered the effect of product placement on brand image, because it is one of the most important goals according to the firms which want to use the technique of product placement. We aim to better understand the ins and outs of product placements in music concerts thanks to three studies. The first one is qualitative. We interviewed various artists, companies which deal with product placement, concert music producers and a legwoman. The second one is quantitative, and compares 4 types of product placements thanks to an in situ study. The last one is also quantitative and is linked with the previous study. It aims to focus on interactive product placement in which the interaction between the artist and the audience becomes the medium for new forms of product placement. We are not able to demonstrate significant results of interactive product placement on brand image but there is a trend showing that interactive product placement leads to a better brand image compared with the other kinds of placements. Subsequently, we underline the complex role of congruence. Moreover when the audience identifies the persuasion attempt, it does not influence negatively the brand image contrary to what the Persuasion Knowledge Model indicates. In return, product placement efficiency on brand image is linked with endorsement. Indeed the attitude towards the artist has a positive influence on brand image. The research concerning product placements in music concerts is still in its early stages but this kind of sponsorship offers promising opportunities for brands and artists alike.

Titel: Här idag- borta imorgon. En kvalitativ fallstudie om vilka möjligheter och risker pop-up butiker kan medföra för ett varumärkes image och identitet.   Författare: Amanda Andersson och Frida Andersson   Handledare: Leif Rytting Examinator: Kaisa Lund Kurs: Kandidatuppsats 15hp. Företagsekonomi III - Marknadsföring. Detaljhandel och Service Management, Linnéuniversitetet, VT 2019. Syfte och forskningsfrågor Syftet med studien är att undersöka på vilket sätt pop-up butiker kan stärka ett varumärkes image och identitet samt vilka risker konceptet kan medföra ur ett varumärkesperspektiv inom detaljhandeln.   Forskningsfrågor: ·     Varför väljer Företag att öppna pop-up butiker? ·    Vilka möjligheter och risker finns det med att öppna pop-up butiker utifrån ett varumärkesperspektiv? ·     På vilket sätt kan pop-up butiker bidra till att stärka befintliga relationer mellan varumärken och konsumenter? Metod I studien tillämpades en kvalitativ fallstudie av inredningssektorn. Det empiriska materialet baseras på åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer av personer med kunskap om pop-up butiker.       Slutsatser Pop-up butiker kan stärka ett varumärkes och identitet image genom att det ger varumärket en fysisk närvaro där de får chansen att förtydliga sitt varumärke. Den största risken ligger i om var pop-up butikerna inte följer varumärkets övriga helhet samt om varumärken öppnar överallt vilket kan urvattna varumärket. / Title: Here today- gone tomorrow. A qualitative study about the opportunities and risks the affect of pop-up stores have on a brands image and identity. Authors: Amanda Andersson och Frida Andersson Tutor: Leif Rytting Examiner: Kaisa Lund Subject: Bachelor thesis 15 credits. Business administration III - Marketing. Retail and Service Management, Linnaeus University, Spring 2019. Purpose and research question The purpose of this study is to investigate in which way brands can strengthen their image and identity and the risks the concept can entail from a brand perspective.   Research questions ·    Why do companies open pop-up stores? ·    What are the opportunities and risks for opening a pop-up store from a brand perspective? ·    In what way can pop-up stores help strengthen existing relationships between a brand and customer?   Method This study is based on a qualitative case study in the furnishing industry. The empirical material are based on eight semi structured interviews with people with knowledge about pop-up stores.      Conclusion/Findings Pop-up stores can strengthen a brands image and identity by giving the brand a physical attendance to explicate the brand. The risk is if the brands pop-up stores doesn’t follow the themes with the other channels, or if they open pop-up stores everywhere can result in  brand overexposure.

A brand has to communicate to its customers in a consistent way to achieve a strong position and to distinguish from competitors on today’s market. Many companies operate and offer their products and services on the current market in physical and virtual environments. Therefore the issue to communicate in a consistent appearance within all channels is an increasing challenge. This thesis work studies the matter of how companiesare working with brand consistency in their business in physical and virtual environments. This was done to analyze the consequences of the problem when a brand isinconsistent in its messages to the customer and in its operations. For this work the qualitative research method and a case study have been chosen. The case study includes observations of three physical Stadium stores, located in the centre of Gothenburg, Sweden and Stadium’s website. This was chosen to analyze this matter in real life in both environments. The theoretical framework consists of two main areas: These are branding and relationship marketing, which support this research. Brand includes the theories of brand identity and brand image, and relationship marketing comprises the theories of customer loyalty, brand communities and additional value. These areas have been used throughout the whole work as tools to research the issue of brand consistency. The empirical data has also been recorded according to these areas. As the conclusion, the findings of the thesis work have shown that brand consistency builds an important part in a company’s communication channels. For the case of Stadium it can be stated that it has positive approaches in working with brand consistency but also points out parts that are lacking and indicating inconsistency. / Program: Magisterutbildning i Fashion Management

Background: For decades, gender representation in advertising has occupied the attention of researchers, where especially advertising that depicts women sexually has been well examined. However, relatively few research works have investigated the sexualization and objectification of men in advertising, although it is starting to change. Research Purpose: The purpose of this research is to analyze Swedish male's perspectives of male representations in fashion advertising, specifically, sexualized, and objectified male representations and its effects on brand image. Methodology: For this study, a qualitative research method with a deductive approach was applied. The data collection was conducted through semi-structured interviews, using a topic guide based on the proposed analytical framework by Edell & Burke. 17 stimulus in the form of advertisements were chosen from internationally well-known brands as well as Swedish brands within the time frame of the last ten years, from 2013-2019. 17 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with Swedish male adults between the ages of 25-57 were conducted. Findings: The findings, in relation to RQ1, showed that the aspects emphasized by Swedish male adults in discussing sexually objectifying images of men in advertising are: “lack of reality”, “body focus and lack of purpose”, “lack of new-thinking” and “lack of inclusion and self-identity with brands”. The findings, in relation to RQ2 showed that the men’s negative feelings, judgements, beliefs and attitudes about and towards most of the brands and advertisements resulted in a negative or ambivalent brand image. An exception to this was the men’s positive feelings, judgements, beliefs and attitudes towards the American Eagle and Dressman which resulted in mostly a positive brand image. Conclusion: In conclusion, the findings of this thesis confirms firstly that the aspects emphasized by Swedish male adults in discussing sexually objectifying images of men in advertising are: “lack of of reality”, “body focus and lack of purpose”, “lack of new thinking” and “lack of inclusion and self-identity with brands”. Secondly, Swedish men’s attitudes towards sexually and objectified males in fashion advertisements resulted in a positive, negative, or alternatively, an ambivalent brand image being created, depending on the context the brand image was analyzed from. Theoretical Contributions: This thesis contributes in several ways theoretically to literature on the topic of advertising, gender stereotyping and sexualizatiom in relation to the advertising of males. Firstly, it highlights a modern phenomena which has been overlooked in previous research. Secondly, it contributes to new areas of consumer attitudes, in this case Swedish male adults, which has not previously been thoroughly investigated. Lastly, this thesis contributes with updated, descriptive as well as specific information on the phenomena and ultimately creating and generating a better understanding of the phenomena: sexualized and objectified men in fashion advertising and the effects it has on brand image.

根據過去國內外做過的研究調查結果顯示，對於台灣製的 買主和消費者 的認知有相當大的差距。往往買主對於 的產品評價較高，但消費者對台 灣製產品的印象卻普A甚至有些消費者認為台灣產品反而比不上中國大陸 所ㄚ~。造成買主和消費者間認知落差的主因，是因為台熔ㄚ~有很多是屬 於沒有國際市場行銷能力的企業主所A一些品質不錯擁有國外買主下單的 產品在國際市場上韭N掛上國外知名品牌，消費者根本就不知道這些產品a 的台灣製產品。慦漱尷R方法屬於多變量統計分析的應用。由地主國形i看 出日本國家形象在企業規模、團隊精神與研發能力顜痚篨蒛敿禤a形象； 同樣由中日兩國產品形象分析也貌熔ㄚ~形象除了定價一項比我國產品定 價高外，其餘H都比我國要來得好。其次由品牌態度及其變動分析可O者所 形成的品牌態度會因地主國國家形象或產品形象P品牌態度。另外由干擾 變數產品知識分析得知知識水A消費者所形成的品牌態度也有所不同。而 由品牌知名R中可知，品牌知名度愈高消費者對其品牌的信心愈強磥獐t商 應朝提高品牌知名度以及針對目標顧客群加以j與產品定位。

<p>Syftet med studien var att beskriva överensstämmelsen mellan elevernas uppfattning och Carlforsska gymnasiets menade budskap med ”The Carlforsska experience”. Eleverna i detta fall var elever som gick i årskurs åtta på Skiljeboskolan i Västerås. För att beskriva överensstämmelsen gjordes en fallstudie där empiri insamlades genom intervjuer, där det togs reda på om vilka skillnader och likheter som fanns mellan elevernas uppfattning och den varumärkesidentitet som Carlforsska gymnasiet ville förmedla med ”The Carlforsska experience”. Studien visade att reklamfilmen ”The Carlforsska experience” på många punkter uppfattades av mottagarna på det vis som Carlforsska gymnasiet ämnade.</p><p>Studien är avsedd för uppdragsgivaren Carlforsska gymnasiet i Västerås, men även för reklambyrån NPP som fick uppdraget att skapa reklamfilmen <em>”The Carlforsska experience”</em>. Studien är också menad för Mälardalens högskola samt de som har intresse för ämnet marknadsföring.</p>

Syftet med studien var att beskriva överensstämmelsen mellan elevernas uppfattning och Carlforsska gymnasiets menade budskap med ”The Carlforsska experience”. Eleverna i detta fall var elever som gick i årskurs åtta på Skiljeboskolan i Västerås. För att beskriva överensstämmelsen gjordes en fallstudie där empiri insamlades genom intervjuer, där det togs reda på om vilka skillnader och likheter som fanns mellan elevernas uppfattning och den varumärkesidentitet som Carlforsska gymnasiet ville förmedla med ”The Carlforsska experience”. Studien visade att reklamfilmen ”The Carlforsska experience” på många punkter uppfattades av mottagarna på det vis som Carlforsska gymnasiet ämnade. Studien är avsedd för uppdragsgivaren Carlforsska gymnasiet i Västerås, men även för reklambyrån NPP som fick uppdraget att skapa reklamfilmen ”The Carlforsska experience”. Studien är också menad för Mälardalens högskola samt de som har intresse för ämnet marknadsföring.

In recent years, the successful expansions of Swedish fashion companies have mainly relied on their ability to turn fashion into brands. However, when companies grow it seems to be difficult to maintain the original brand identity as well as to establish a unique brand image in the minds of the consumers. With regard to this matter the purpose of our thesis was to investigate the brand image of Acne Jeans. Our ambition was to examine to what extent the brand image coincided with the brand identity and if brand associations differed between different consumer segments. In order to fulfil our purpose, we have conducted a questionnaire study of a sample of 130 students at Stockholm University. The findings of our study show that the brand image of Acne Jeans did not coincide with the brand identity regarding the aspects of individuality and innovativeness. We further concluded that there were several differences between the associations of those in possession of Acne apparel and those who did not own any Acne items. Finally, the associations of early adopters were investigated. The result indicated that the brand associations in this group did not deviate from the general opinion of the total sample.

The premise of this thesis is to conduct a research regarding the connection of brand image, brand identity, brand positioning with brand adapting management. The significant purpose of this thesis is for better understanding how a Chinese auto corporation can effectively manage and adapt an acquired foreign brand in Chinese market. In order to reach this purpose, a case study of Geely/Volvo’s acquisition has been carried out which entailed company visit (Volvo Brand Experience Center), interviews with Volvo brand specialists, Volvo dealer and Chinese market expert. The Theoretical Framework describes the general concepts of brand, brand management, company acquisition and three brand adapting concepts of brand image, brand identity and brand positioning. The Empirical Data Collection deals with the Volvo’s brand identity and value proposition, Chinese customers’ perceptions on Volvo brand image and Geely’s brand positioning strategy on Volvo. The Analysis related the theory framework with the empirical results. It discussed and analyzed how Geely can adapt Volvo in Chinese automotive market through dealing with Volvo’s core values, brand image and brand positioning. The Conclusion summarized the Chinese auto corporation needs to concern on three factors for adapting an acquired brand: value proposition of acquired brand, Chinese customers’ perceptions on acquired brand image and brand positioning strategy. Finally our recommendation presents the limitations of this study, suggestions for future research in this field, and managerial implications for the case company.