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As private labels have developed and increased in recent years, customers’ options have grown. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore how customers reason when they choose a brand in a Swedish sportswear store, which offers both private labels and national brands. More specifically, the following attributes, private labels versus national brands, customer behavior, and store layout are considered in order to address a possible complexity in the brand choice. The empirical material was collected through twelve exit interviews outside Stadium stores in four cities, combined with four observations in four Stadium stores. The findings revealed that private labels and national brands seem to have similar product characteristics, which may cause complexity in customers’ brand choices. This thesis contributes with an insight into a new dynamic within the walls of a sportswear store and discusses what aspects influence customers’ brand choice.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-13T14:10:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 adrianaleite.pdf: 4599202 bytes, checksum: 49fac7ef4c4d20f3ac114f205900b5e5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-03-24 / The broad purpose of this work is to study some issues that serve to support the relationship among consumption, communication and identity. It seeks to understand the relations between communications and consumption, as from the formation of the identity of female consumers of national luxury articles, obtaining these relations inside the group itself. For that purpose, we will investigate some representations of consumptions of national brands by a social group of the elite, which can influence new tendencies and be followed by other social groups. We will look after the profile of this consumer and how his choices are made. The specific purpose of this work is to analyze the relations among communication, consumption and formation of identity, understood as a continuous social process, where the agents are actives in their choices. Therefore, this work proposes a study of the reception, which is inserted at the research line that studies the socio-cultural impacts of the communication oriented to the marke of the Communication and Consumption Practices Master Program of ESPM. In the process of investigation, we will conduct a bibliographical research, under a theoretical nature, in order to look for references that will help to build the object, enriching the reflections over the proposed relations and the analysis of the data to be collected in field researches. We will also conduct a research of secondary data over the fashion world. / O objetivo amplo desse trabalho é estudar algumas questões que servem de pano de fundo para a relação entre consumo, comunicação e identidade. Procura-se entender as relações de comunicação e consumo a partir da formação de identidade das mulheres consumidoras de artigos de luxo nacional, buscando estas relações junto ao próprio grupo. Para tanto, investigaremos algumas representações de consumo de grifes nacionais por um grupo social de elite que pode influenciar novas tendências e ser seguido por outros grupos sociais. Busca-se identificar o perfil deste consumidor e como suas escolhas são feitas. O objetivo específico é entender as relações entre comunicação, consumo e a formação da identidade entendidas num processo social continuado, em que os agentes são ativos em suas escolhas. Portanto, este trabalho propõe um estudo de recepção, que se insere na linha de pesquisa que trata dos impactos sócio-culturais da comunicação orientada para o mercado do Programa de Mestrado em Comunicação e Práticas de Consumo da ESPM. No processo de investigação, será realizada uma pesquisa bibliográfica, de cunho teórico, com o objetivo de buscar referencias que ajudarão a construir o objeto, enriquecendo as reflexões sobre as relações propostas e a análise de dados a serem coletados em pesquisa de campo. Também será realizado um levantamento de dados secundários sobre o mundo da moda.

Introduction: The importance of brands and the competition between private and national brands in different food categories increased in recent years. According to literature, except for packaging and price, there is virtually no difference between the contents of food products in the majority of private and national brands. Private brands are usually cheaper than national brands. Previous research indicated consumers’ preferences for private and national brand food products to differ between various products and in different regions. Objective: The aim of this study was thus to determine the relationship between consumers’ brand preferences for different food products, in relation to their demographics and psychographics in a South African context. Setting: A mall intercept, interviewer administered questionnaire was used as a quantitative method in this study in Potchefstroom in a South African context. Consumers’ preferences for private and national brand food products in different product categories were explored, using preference, psychographics and demographical questions simultaneously. Results: Respondents in this study preferred to purchase national brands in all products categories except for cooking oil. Considering eight psychographic factors that were extracted by exploratory factor analysis, two factors could be associated with positive reactions, while neutral reactions were evident for six factors. Respondents being indecisive on the majority of factors could be due to the fact that national brands were preferred for most products by respondents in the present study. Conclusions: Although brand preference depended on demographics and psychographics in previous research, the present study did not find significant relationships with psychographics when different products were used. Although a combination of demographic factors (mainly gender, education level, home language and employment status) could be useful in determining brand preference when used with specific products, home language and education level seem to be the most important factors. Therefore, brand preference depended on specific demographics for each product, while psychographic factors did not play a significant role. This implied that brand preference research should be product and region specific using specific demographic variables. / Thesis (M. Consumer Science)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.

Introduction: The importance of brands and the competition between private and national brands in different food categories increased in recent years. According to literature, except for packaging and price, there is virtually no difference between the contents of food products in the majority of private and national brands. Private brands are usually cheaper than national brands. Previous research indicated consumers’ preferences for private and national brand food products to differ between various products and in different regions. Objective: The aim of this study was thus to determine the relationship between consumers’ brand preferences for different food products, in relation to their demographics and psychographics in a South African context. Setting: A mall intercept, interviewer administered questionnaire was used as a quantitative method in this study in Potchefstroom in a South African context. Consumers’ preferences for private and national brand food products in different product categories were explored, using preference, psychographics and demographical questions simultaneously. Results: Respondents in this study preferred to purchase national brands in all products categories except for cooking oil. Considering eight psychographic factors that were extracted by exploratory factor analysis, two factors could be associated with positive reactions, while neutral reactions were evident for six factors. Respondents being indecisive on the majority of factors could be due to the fact that national brands were preferred for most products by respondents in the present study. Conclusions: Although brand preference depended on demographics and psychographics in previous research, the present study did not find significant relationships with psychographics when different products were used. Although a combination of demographic factors (mainly gender, education level, home language and employment status) could be useful in determining brand preference when used with specific products, home language and education level seem to be the most important factors. Therefore, brand preference depended on specific demographics for each product, while psychographic factors did not play a significant role. This implied that brand preference research should be product and region specific using specific demographic variables. / Thesis (M. Consumer Science)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 FGV_EAESP_MCD_master_thesis_Olegario_Araujo_23_03_18.pdf: 1414422 bytes, checksum: 434b8d8205dce32e92e2acfbc9249916 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-27 / Emerging markets are considered relevant for international manufacturers and retailers to grow their turnovers. In order to achieve their goals, manufacturers and retailers are executing different initiatives to attract new customers such as in-store promotions. However, both in the US and here in Brazil, the results of these actions are questioned. Retailers are also investing in their Private Labels (PLs), which can alter the competitive dynamics within the categories. In the United States and Europe, studies were conducted to assess in-store promotions, impulses and responses in short-term and long-term sales for National Brands (NBs) and also Private Labels (PLs). The research question of this study was to evaluate if in Brazil, an emerging market, the attractiveness of Weighted Distribution, Price and Promotions of National Brands and Private Labels provide similar responses to the impulses. In order to evaluate if the impulses provide long-term residual effects for National Brands (NBs) and Private Labels (PLs), Vectors of Auto Regression (VAR) model was used in a continuous panel of self-service food stores in Greater São Paulo, which is the main metropolitan region of Brazil. The databases by categories (powdered coffee, biscuit, and ready-to-serve fruit juice) contained information of 25 months (November 2013 to November 2015) for each variable (Weighted Distribution, Price and Promotions), by NBs and PLs. The result of this study points out that there is a difference in responses to the impulses (distribution, price, and promotions) between NBs and PLs. National Brands (NBs) showed a greater number of situations with positive residual effects on long-term sales. However, the long-term response on sales occurred only for less than the half of the total potential situations. In other words, more than half of the total potential situations give an absence of statistical significance. The study indicates that there are retailers developing differentiated actions with Private Labels and obtaining, in their sales, positive long-term residual effects. Although modestly, this study contributes to the retail literature by using an econometric model (VAR) to analyze the impulse in some in-store attractiveness variables their long-term sales response to NBs and PLs in an emerging market. In short, the main contribution from the observations of the analyzed categories is that it is possible to Private Label compete without price sensibility and also positioning PL above the average price of the category/segment. The results also suggest that there is an opportunity to review the modus operandi of in-store promotion to get better results. / Mercados emergentes são importantes para as receitas totais de fabricantes e varejistas internacionais. Estudos de companhias globais de pesquisa, que atuam no Brasil, apontam que os investimentos em ações promocionais no ponto-de-venda, pelas Marcas de Fabricantes, aumentaram, mas há questionamentos quanto ao retorno destas iniciativas. Os varejistas também têm investido em Marcas Próprias. Nos Estados Unidos e Europa há vários estudos sobre o estímulos dentro do ponto-de-venda para as Marcas dos Fabricantes e Marcas Próprias e o impacto nas vendas no curto e longo prazo. O objetivo central deste estudo é avaliar se, em um mercado emergente, o nivel de atratividade das ações realizadas pelas Marcas de Fabricantes e Marcas Próprias dentro das lojas proporcionam respostas similares de curto e longo prazo aos impulsos realizados. Para analisar os efeitos destes impulsos foi utilizado o modelo de Vetores de Auto Regressão (VAR) em um painel continuo de lojas de autosserviço alimentar, na principal região metropolitana do Brasil, a Grande São Paulo. As bases de dados por categoria (Café em Pó, Biscoito e Suco Pronto para Consumo), continham informações de 25 meses (novembro de 2013 à novembro de 2015), com dados de distribuição ponderada, preço e promoções, O resultado deste estudo aponta que há diferenças entre Marcas de Fabricantes e Marcas Próprias nas respostas de longo prazo aos estímulos promocionais. Embora as Marcas de Fabricantes tenham apresentado um maior número de situações com efeitos residuais positivos nas vendas de longo prazo do que as Marcas Próprias, apenas menos da metade das situações apresentaram resultados de longo prazo. O estudo também sinaliza que há varejistas desenvolvendo ações diferenciadas com Marcas Próprias e obtendo, em suas vendas, efeitos residuais positivos de longo prazo, na mesma intensidade das Marcas de Fabricantes. Embora de forma modesta, esta pesquisa contribui para a literatura ao utilizar um modelo econométrico (VAR) para analisar os impulsos aplicados em distribuição, preço e promoção das Marcas dos Fabricantes e das Marcas Próprias em um mercado emergente. A principal contribuição deste estudo, a partir das categorias analisadas, é que a Marca Própria, não necessariamente, precisa atuar apenas com um posicionamento de preço baixo e/ou reduzir preços para competir dentro da categoria ou segmento no qual está inserida. Além disto, o estudo também sugere que as há espaço para rever as práticas promocionais ou até operacionais, considerando o baixo retorno proporcionado para Marcas de Fabricantes e Marcas Próprias.

in English This study of the Institut Français (IF) and the Russian centre of science and culture (RCSC) is significant because it reveals different models of functioning for a cultural centre in an international global context. The main purpose of the paper was to analyse the differences between the two cultural centres (IF and RCSC) and figure out in which way these differences influence the development of the cultural centres abroad. According to our main goal we operate within conceptual and theoretical framework: the national culture and soft power (as reasons of the development of national cultural centres), the globalization (as a condition of their development), the nation branding (as the result of their functioning). Moreover, this paper supports the hypotheses that national cultural centres abroad define their cultural strategies whilst facing the realities of other countries and that the roles of managers of cultural centres are fundamental. This work is divided into three main chapters. The first explains why the IF and RCSC centres were created by analysing the history of their transformations. We examine the reasons for the increasing amount of national cultural centres to provide the most efficient soft power. The second chapter addresses the question of where they are located. We...

Inledning: En distributionskedja fungerar genom att förädla en råvara till färdig produkt genom råvaruleverantörer, producenter, leverantörer, återförsäljare och konsumenter. I den klassiska distributionskedjan är det i regel leverantörerna som hanterar den slutgiltliga förpackningen och står för det varumärke konsumenten ser i butik. Denna marknad har under senare tid upplevt en stor förändring i form av återförsäljarnas egna märkesvaror (EMV). Dessa varor är tillverkade för att vara så lika marknadsledaren som möjligt och står ofta dessutom direkt bredvid dem i butikshyllan. I regel kostar de lite mindre men upplevs ha liknande värde och kvalitet. Marknadsandelarna för dessa egna märkesvaror har de senaste åren ökat stort och förväntas öka ännu mer. Återförsäljarna tillverkar inte dessa egna märkesvaror själva - de produceras av leverantörerna. Då denna marknad är mättad förlorar leverantörerna marknadsandelar då dessa produkter tar plats på marknaden. Denna studie vill gå till botten med hur leverantörerna hanterar denna trend för att fortsätta vara lönsamma och vara en del av distributionskedjan. Syfte: Studien syftar till att utforska leverantörers möjligheter, risker och strategiska beslut i hänseende till en organisations plats och styrka i distributionskedjan. Metod: Detta är en kvalitativ studie som utgår från leverantörens perspektiv. Empirin har samlats in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med nyckelpersoner hos leverantörsorganisationer som är engagerade i EMV-produktion. Slutsats: EMV erbjuder leverantörerna många möjligheter till tillväxt och utökad konkurrensstyrka, men till en sämre marginal och kostnadsstruktur vilket kan ha förödande konsekvenser. EMV utmanar den klassiska synen på distributionskedjan och konkurrensstrategier. / Introduction: A classic distribution chain consists of a raw material supplier, manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer and consumer. In this chain it's usually the manufacturers that delivers the branded product which ends up in the store shelf. This market has in recent times had a great change in the form of the retailers own brands (PL). These products are made to be similar to the market leader, and they are often placed right next to them on the store shelf. As a rule they have a slightly lower price but the similar quality. These products have risen in popularity and they are expected to rise even more. The retailers however do not manufacture their own products - that is the manufacturer's job. Considering the market is completely mature, this implicates that whenever a new product enters, it does this on the cost of someone else. This study wants to examine how the manufacturers work to keep their place in the distribution chain. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the manufacturer's opportunities, risks and strategic possibilities regarding their place in the distribution chain. Methodology: This is a qualitative study from the suppliers perspective. The data is collected through semi-structured interviews with key personalities from within the organizations who are engaged with private label production. Conclusions: EMV offer the manufacturers many possibilities for growth and strength, but at the cost of lower margins. PL challenges the classic view of the distribution chain and strategies of competition.

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因應時代的改變，構成國家實力的資源也跟著改變。不同於自然資源、軍事力量、經濟或科技實力等有形的力量，文化資源以價值觀念為核心，是經濟發展的要素之一，也是柔性權力發展的重要基礎。創意產業，是目前全球新興的產業，透過創意產業對於外交上的幫助能強化國家的柔性力量，為國家塑造良好形象，並促進國家經濟利益。 本文以「創意產業作為俄國一項柔性權力」的角度為出發點，思考電影與文化觀光中所體現出的俄國價值與俄國文化，結合文化創意產業創新的概念，如何提升並發揮作用影響國家品牌形象。 透過國家品牌指數及相關國際指標可以得知，俄國成功藉由電影與文化觀光對外國公眾展現文化吸引力，傳達文化精神並提升國家品牌形象。因此，本文研究發現有以下幾點：第一，俄國創意產業作為一種柔性權力，以俄羅斯文化為因子散播並影響著世界。第二，文化吸引力為俄羅斯重要資產。俄羅斯的電影及文化觀光的文化吸引力使得外國公眾能受到吸引而心生嚮往，產生認同感；第三，國家扮演創意產業發展的關鍵推手。藉由俄國政府的主導，使得俄國創意產業能順利與國際接軌，發揮柔性力量；第四，柔性權力可建構出國家品牌形象，讓外國公眾對於俄國的印象不再只有軍事與核武等剛性力量，俄羅斯文化在國際上也具有不容小覷的影響力。 / In respond to the era of changes, the resources that constitute a nation's strength change accordingly. Unlike tangible forces such as natural resources, military power, economic or scientific technological strength, etc., cultural resources have sense of value as its core, and is one of the elements in economic development and also the important basis for the development of soft power. The creative industry is currently an emerging industry around the globe. Through the creative industry, the diplomatic assistance can help strengthen the country's soft power by adding a good image of the country and promoting national economic interests. This paper uses the perspective of "Creative industry as one of Russia’s soft power" as the starting point to reflect on how Russian values and culture expressed in film and cultural tourism, combined with the concepts of the innovation in cultural creative industry, can enhance and influence its national brand image. Through Nation Brands Index and the relevant international indexes we can have learned that Russia successfully exhibits its cultural attraction to the foreign public through cinema and culture, conveys its cultural spirit and enhances its national brand image. Therefore, this paper is meant to study and discover the following: First, Russia’s creative industry is used as a soft power to spread Russian culture as a factor and influence the world; Secondly, cultural attraction is an important asset for Russian. The cultural attraction of Russian films and culture tourism can attract the foreign public and create a sense of longing and a sense of identity; Thirdly, the country plays a key force behind the development of the creative industry. Being led by the Russian government, the Russian creative industry can thereby successfully connect with its international counterparts and bring soft power into play; Fourthly, the soft power can construct a nation’s brand image. It gives the foreign public an impression of Russia not only about hard power like military and nuclear weapon etc.; Russian culture also has influences, which are not to be underestimated internationally.