Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study how important brand belonging can be for sport clubs. Method: The method for the empirical research is based on qualitative interviews. The data then gets compared and connected with relevant brand and marketing theories. Findings: The paper finds out the perks and disadvantages the researched clubs gain from the strong brand names they hold, and further discussion for development based on theory is being made. / Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att studera hur betydelsefull tillhörigheten till ett starkt klubbvarumärke kan vara för idrottsföreningar. Metod – Metoden för den empiriska undersökningen består av kvalitativa intervjuer. Datan blir sedan jämförd och sammankopplad med relevanta teorier inom varumärkesutveckling och marknadsföring. Bidrag – Uppsatsen utreder fördelar och nackdelar de studerade idrottsföreningarna upplever med de starka varumärkesnamn de besitter. Vidare diskussion förs också kring utveckling av varumärkesanvändandet utifrån utvalda teorier.

<p>ABSTRACT</p><p>Title: Teenagers and their perception of fashion brands (Ungdomar och deras uppfattningar om modevarumärken)</p><p>Number of pages: 42</p><p>Author: Louise Kindblom</p><p>Tutor: Göran Svensson</p><p>Course: Media and communication studies C</p><p>Period: Autumn term 2007</p><p>University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala university</p><p>Purpose/Aim: To achieve a deeper level of knowledge and a better understanding of high school teenager`s perception of the three fashion brands Gucci. H&M and Canada Goose and too distinguish potential gender related differences in their perceptions.</p><p>Material/Method: A questionnaire about fashion brands delivered to three schools in the Stockholm area.</p><p>Main results: Teenagers perceptions of the three fashion brands Gucci, H&M and Canada Goose are more different than similar. This differences in teenagers perceptions are discernible in a comparison between the most usual and unusual associations that are related to each of the brands. Gucci is associated with success, wealth, excitement and uniqueness. H&M is for example seen as earth-bound and has in a comparison with the other brands reached the highest level of positive associations. Canada Goose is seen as dishonest, and has the highest level of negative associations. Gucci and H&M are the strongest brands. They are strong regarding different aspects. Canada Goose is the least strong fashion mark. There are differences in perceptions of gender but they are quite seldom very big even if there are exceptions from this rule. The differences are more subtle.</p><p>Keywords: fashion brands, teenagers, perceptions, strong brands, associations, image, Kellers pyramid</p>

ABSTRACT Title: Teenagers and their perception of fashion brands (Ungdomar och deras uppfattningar om modevarumärken) Number of pages: 42 Author: Louise Kindblom Tutor: Göran Svensson Course: Media and communication studies C Period: Autumn term 2007 University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala university Purpose/Aim: To achieve a deeper level of knowledge and a better understanding of high school teenager`s perception of the three fashion brands Gucci. H&amp;M and Canada Goose and too distinguish potential gender related differences in their perceptions. Material/Method: A questionnaire about fashion brands delivered to three schools in the Stockholm area. Main results: Teenagers perceptions of the three fashion brands Gucci, H&amp;M and Canada Goose are more different than similar. This differences in teenagers perceptions are discernible in a comparison between the most usual and unusual associations that are related to each of the brands. Gucci is associated with success, wealth, excitement and uniqueness. H&amp;M is for example seen as earth-bound and has in a comparison with the other brands reached the highest level of positive associations. Canada Goose is seen as dishonest, and has the highest level of negative associations. Gucci and H&amp;M are the strongest brands. They are strong regarding different aspects. Canada Goose is the least strong fashion mark. There are differences in perceptions of gender but they are quite seldom very big even if there are exceptions from this rule. The differences are more subtle. Keywords: fashion brands, teenagers, perceptions, strong brands, associations, image, Kellers pyramid

Purpose - With the social media's emergence in recent times, the main purpose of this study is to generate knowledge about social media communication’s impact on consumer-based brand equity, in terms of firm-created and user-generated social media communication. In order to make this possible, knowledge about customer’s perception about a specific brand is required. Furthermore, we are interested in explaining issues concerning how fashion companies can efficiently use social media, and the study’s intention is also to present recommendations of how companies can use social media as a marketing communication tool. Theory and hypothesis – This chapter deals with theory about consumer-based brand equity, where the different components of the model are presented. Also theory about social media, different social media applications and a social media strategy are described. Finally, firm- created and user-generated social media communications impact on brand equity are discussed, which leads to the study’s hypotheses. Methodology – The study has a triangulation consisting of both a qualitative and a quantitative part and has essentially a deductive approach. The study interviewed one expert in the fashion industry and one expert in the area of social media. An interview with the analysed company’s marketing manager was also made. The quantitative study was made on 624 respondents, which were all members of the company’s customer club. 97 of these 624 respondents were investigated in order to observe the impact of firm-created and user- generated social media communication on brand equity. Empirical findings and results – The findings in the study indicate that firm-created social media communication positively impact brand equity, while user-generated did not show to be significant. In this study it was shown that the majority of the respondents use social media, especially Facebook, and the content that most valuable was access to discounts and promotions as well as information about the brand and its products. Conclusion - Our study confirms the importance for companies to use social media as a marketing tool and it should be in all managers’ interest to make use of this channel. Also the importance of having high brand equity is highlighted and how the customer’s perceptions about a brand can be used as guidelines in order to increase brand equity.

<p>Den övergripande problematiken vi identifierat är relationen mellan starka varumärkenoch kundlojalitet i företag med flera olika produktvarumärken. Syftet med denna uppsats är att förstå om och hur företag med paraplyvarumärkesstrategier kan skapa och bibehålla lojala kunder. Vi vill överföra det övergripande teoretiska resonemanget inom varumärkesstrategi och inom lojalitetsstrategi på företag med paraplyvarumärkesstrategier. </p><p>Varumärket Axfood är ett exempel på ett företag som har flera olika produktvarumärken (Hemköp, Willy:s, Willy:s hemma med flera). Vi har vid genomförandet av studien valt att använda oss av Axfood som studieobjekt. Vi har intervjuat medarbetare och kunder till Axfood för att samla in relevant data. </p><p>Vi anser att det går att skapa lojala kunder för företag med paraplyvarumärkesstrategier. Det som avgör om det är möjligt är om de olika produktvarumärkena står för samma grundläggande kärnvärden. Produkterna kan skilja sig åt vad gäller typ av produkt eller karaktär, men vissa grundläggande variabler måste vara lika för att det ska vara möjligt att skapa lojalitet.</p> / <p>The comprehensive problems we acknowledged are the relationship between strong brands and customer loyalty in corporations with umbrella brand strategies. The purpose of this thesis is to understand if and how corporations with umbrella brand strategies can create and retain loyal customers. Our intention is to apply the theoretical framework of brand strategy and loyalty strategies on corporations with umbrella brand. </p><p>Axfood is one example of a corporation which hold a number of product brands (Hemköp, Willy:s, Willy:s hemma et cetera). In this study we have chosen to use Axfood as an object of study and we have interviewed employees and customers to collect relevant data. </p><p>Our conclusions are that it is possible to create loyal customers in corporations with umbrella brands. The crucial aspects are that the product brands support the same fundamental values. The products can differ considering type of product or characteristics but some fundamental values has to be equal to make it possible to create loyal customers.</p>

Den övergripande problematiken vi identifierat är relationen mellan starka varumärkenoch kundlojalitet i företag med flera olika produktvarumärken. Syftet med denna uppsats är att förstå om och hur företag med paraplyvarumärkesstrategier kan skapa och bibehålla lojala kunder. Vi vill överföra det övergripande teoretiska resonemanget inom varumärkesstrategi och inom lojalitetsstrategi på företag med paraplyvarumärkesstrategier. Varumärket Axfood är ett exempel på ett företag som har flera olika produktvarumärken (Hemköp, Willy:s, Willy:s hemma med flera). Vi har vid genomförandet av studien valt att använda oss av Axfood som studieobjekt. Vi har intervjuat medarbetare och kunder till Axfood för att samla in relevant data. Vi anser att det går att skapa lojala kunder för företag med paraplyvarumärkesstrategier. Det som avgör om det är möjligt är om de olika produktvarumärkena står för samma grundläggande kärnvärden. Produkterna kan skilja sig åt vad gäller typ av produkt eller karaktär, men vissa grundläggande variabler måste vara lika för att det ska vara möjligt att skapa lojalitet. / The comprehensive problems we acknowledged are the relationship between strong brands and customer loyalty in corporations with umbrella brand strategies. The purpose of this thesis is to understand if and how corporations with umbrella brand strategies can create and retain loyal customers. Our intention is to apply the theoretical framework of brand strategy and loyalty strategies on corporations with umbrella brand. Axfood is one example of a corporation which hold a number of product brands (Hemköp, Willy:s, Willy:s hemma et cetera). In this study we have chosen to use Axfood as an object of study and we have interviewed employees and customers to collect relevant data. Our conclusions are that it is possible to create loyal customers in corporations with umbrella brands. The crucial aspects are that the product brands support the same fundamental values. The products can differ considering type of product or characteristics but some fundamental values has to be equal to make it possible to create loyal customers.