Brand is the part of economy. It is an expression of unrepeatibility. Distinguish product from commodity as well as from other competing products or services. At present marketing managers have to solve many problems that are in connection with decreasing importance of brand in the eyes of consumers. They think that all brands from various producers are similar, they have the same quality and don't make differences. It names as brand erosion. We have to provide consumers some added value, built competitive advantage and differ our brand from other brands to find specific place in the mind of consumers. Brand has to be unique and interesting. Czech detergents market consist of range offer of variouse detergents. We can find there various producers abroad and home. It features with high fragmentation and customer can buy there various products from various producers long time tradion, non branded products and private labels.

Nestlé belongs to leading food and beverages companies in the world for almost 140 years. Throughout the time of its existence it expanded geographically and broadened its product portfolio. Nowadays, Nestlé delivers its products to 130 markets worldwide and manages a wide portfolio of both food and nonfood products. To the success of Nestlé company contribute high-quality products based on long-term research and development, as well as accurate planning and strategic management decisions about launching new brands into the market and precise planning of brand expansion into international markets. The objective of this diploma thesis is to analyse strategies, which Nestlé company uses for successful managing of international, regional and local brands.

<p>This study concerns retail brands in the food retail industry and focuses on premium products. The research is investigating how ICA can best use premium products to increase their profitability. The study is thus based on their brand ICA Selection and investigates three sub purposes concerning the customers’ perception of the products, their purchase behavior and their willingness to pay a price premium.</p><p> </p><p>To investigate, theory concerning brand resources was utilized, involving both brand equity and brand management. To measure brand equity, the authors adapted a customer mind set and utilized Aaker’s framework and the specific industry developments made by Anselmsson, Johansson and Persson. Accordingly, this theory is based on five brand equity attributes: perceived quality, brand associations, loyalty, awareness and uniqueness. These attributes were thereafter developed to explain food premium products. The brand management theory used was Kapferer’s brand management strategies, in order to assess ICA’s strategic advantages and disadvantages.</p><p> </p><p>The research was quantitative and the authors utilized a visit self completion questionnaire, in order to describe and investigate the purpose. The questionnaire was handed out according to a systematic sampling method, to customers at the 4 different concept ICA stores in Umeå.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the findings, the authors concluded that in order to increase the profitability of ICAs food premium products, the following strategies should be considered. First, the customer awareness of ICA Selection must be increased and the customers must be educated about the benefits of the product. Moreover, the premium brand should aim to provide value for money, high intrinsic product quality (i.e. taste, ingredients etc) and an improved store image. These factors will help defend the price premium.  Furthermore, to attract buyers, the brand has to have a high enough brand status and a sufficiently attractive and functional packaging. This research has therefore concluded how to efficiently allocate the resources and obtain an increased customer satisfaction. This may in turn increase the profitability of ICA Selection. However, it is of course important to also take into account the external environment, such as the recession and competition, when deciding on the brand strategy.</p>

This study concerns retail brands in the food retail industry and focuses on premium products. The research is investigating how ICA can best use premium products to increase their profitability. The study is thus based on their brand ICA Selection and investigates three sub purposes concerning the customers’ perception of the products, their purchase behavior and their willingness to pay a price premium.   To investigate, theory concerning brand resources was utilized, involving both brand equity and brand management. To measure brand equity, the authors adapted a customer mind set and utilized Aaker’s framework and the specific industry developments made by Anselmsson, Johansson and Persson. Accordingly, this theory is based on five brand equity attributes: perceived quality, brand associations, loyalty, awareness and uniqueness. These attributes were thereafter developed to explain food premium products. The brand management theory used was Kapferer’s brand management strategies, in order to assess ICA’s strategic advantages and disadvantages.   The research was quantitative and the authors utilized a visit self completion questionnaire, in order to describe and investigate the purpose. The questionnaire was handed out according to a systematic sampling method, to customers at the 4 different concept ICA stores in Umeå.   Based on the findings, the authors concluded that in order to increase the profitability of ICAs food premium products, the following strategies should be considered. First, the customer awareness of ICA Selection must be increased and the customers must be educated about the benefits of the product. Moreover, the premium brand should aim to provide value for money, high intrinsic product quality (i.e. taste, ingredients etc) and an improved store image. These factors will help defend the price premium.  Furthermore, to attract buyers, the brand has to have a high enough brand status and a sufficiently attractive and functional packaging. This research has therefore concluded how to efficiently allocate the resources and obtain an increased customer satisfaction. This may in turn increase the profitability of ICA Selection. However, it is of course important to also take into account the external environment, such as the recession and competition, when deciding on the brand strategy.

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the association between two market environment factors (industry and nature of market) during the usage of the slogan as part of the corporate visual identity (CVI) of a multinational firm in the domestic market and adjustments of the slogan when firms enter a foreign market. Moreover, this thesis tries to broaden the knowledge about the slogan as an extrinsic brand of origin (BO) cue (in terms of the language). Methodology &amp; Approach: Applying a deductive approach, a mixed method research has been chosen as research strategy, combining methods of both quantitative (content analysis via websites, N=329) and qualitative (semi-structured interviews, N=3) research strategies. Findings: Less than half of the observed sample (42.6%) uses a slogan as a tool for marketing and branding. The industry is significantly associated with the decision whether a company should use a slogan in their CVI. Furthermore, the factors industry and the market (B2B or B2C) are significantly associated with the decision of a slogan adjustment when firms internationalize. Besides that, the concept of country of origin (COO) does not play a significant role in the context of a slogan strategy as many firms mainly adjust the slogan to the foreign language when entering the foreign market. Qualitative interviews revealed that the COO concept depends on the country image and the industry. Moreover, a great share of English slogans in the primal state was found during the content analysis, which have been identified as more unlikely to be adjusted in foreign markets. Research limitations: The amount of the investigated companies as well as taking only one foreign market for each of the companies into consideration limited the sample. Moreover this observation was taken at a present point in time, neglecting possible causes and developments over time. Managerial implications: The findings demonstrated that it is crucial for managers in the context of the slogan to consider the market environments (i.e. industry, nature of market) when they enter a foreign market and when they create one in the domestic market. English slogans might be able to be transferred unchanged to the foreign market. In essence, some industries could trigger benefits by showing their origins in the slogan via their native language. Originality/value: As one of the first papers, the concept of CVI and COO has been combined, focusing on the slogan as an extrinsic cue for customers. Analyzing global companies (N=329) and conducting 3 in-depth interviews as a follow-up, several factors as associations to the usage of slogans and possible adjustments when entering a foreign market have been investigated.

Durante los años, las marcas han logrado tener valor para los consumidores proporcionando un desarrollo de relaciones positivas y de fidelidad entre ambos. Es por ello, que diversas marcas utilizan el audio branding dentro del marco publicitario. El audio branding es el desarrollo y gestión de la marca por medio del uso de los elementos auditivos. Dichos elementos van dentro de la estructura comunicativa de la marca. En el Perú, existen tres marcas de cemento destacables: Cemento Sol, Cemento APU y Cemento Inka. La publicidad de cada una de ellas ha ido cambiando con el transcurso del tiempo, ya no muestran la típica publicidad de cementos donde mencionan solamente las características del producto y ciertas técnicas publicitarias. Ahora, agregan una nueva herramienta publicitaria la cual es, el audio branding dándole otra forma de ver la publicidad en el mercado de cemento en el Perú. El tema que analizaremos para este trabajo de investigación son las estrategias del audio branding presente en la publicidad de la marca APU que permite crear familiaridad hacia la marca en el mercado de cementos. Teniendo como objetivo general identificar las estrategias del audio branding aplicadas en la marca de Cementos Apu que generan una familiaridad de marca en consumidores de 25 - 35 años del nivel socioeconómico C y D, caso “Tan fuerte como Tú”. Por tal motivo, la metodología empleada para este trabajo de investigación es estudio de caso con carácter cualitativo. / Over the years, brands have achieved value for consumers by developing positive relationships and loyalty between them. That is why various brands use audio branding within the advertising framework. Audio branding is the development and management of the brand using auditory elements. These elements go within the communicative structure of the brand. In Peru, there are three notable cement brands: Cemento Sol, Cemento APU, and Cemento Inka. The advertising of each of them has changed over time, they no longer show the typical cement advertising where they only mention the characteristics of the product and certain advertising techniques. Now, they add a new advertising tool which is audio branding, giving you another way of seeing advertising in the cement market in Peru. The topic that we will analyze for this research work is the audio branding strategies present in the advertising of the APU brand that allows creating brand familiarity. With the general objective of identifying the audio branding strategies applied in the Cementos Apu brand that generate brand familiarity in consumers aged 25 - 35 years of socioeconomic level C and D, the case “As strong as You.” For this reason, the methodology used for this research work is a qualitative case study. / Trabajo de investigación

En general, una de las habilidades más importantes que debe poseer una empresa es la capacidad de saber cómo es que posiblemente actuarán sus consumidores. Para ello necesitan desarrollar buenas estrategias de marca, entre las más comunes están el uso de redes sociales, branded content sites, la comunicación a través de influencers, el brand experience, alianzas de marca, entre otras. ​Debido a ​la competencia excesiva de la actualidad​, ​las empresas han dejado su ego atrás y están buscando nuevas estrategias que en el pasado eran inconcebibles, como ​las alianzas de marca. E​xisten distintos tipos de alianza de marca, entre los cuales destacan las siguientes: promociones conjuntas, patrocinios y auspicios; y Co-branding. El Co-branding ​es una manera de acercarse al consumidor mediante un acuerdo en el cual se asocia a un único producto o servicio con más de una marca. ​Por otro lado, ​existen diversas versiones sobre las distintas estrategias de co-branding. Sin embargo, en el presente estudio se utilizará una de las estrategias propuestas por Tom Blackett y Bob Boad (2001). Esta es la estrategia basada en el respaldo de valores, en ella u​na de las marcas está destinada a incluir el respaldo a los valores y posicionamiento de la marca de uno de los socios o de ambos. Su elección se debe a que ​esta estrategia es la menos utilizada por las empresas y muchos autores miden el éxito o fracaso del co-branding atendiendo solamente a ciertos criterios parciales como el operativo. / In general, one of the most important skills a business should possess is the ability to know how its consumers are likely to act. To do this, they need to develop good branding strategies. Among the most common are the use of social networks, branded content sites, communication through influencers, the brand experience, brand alliances, among others. Due to today's excessive competition, companies have left their ego behind and are seeking new strategies that were inconceivable in the past, such as brand partnerships. There are different types of brand alliances, such as the following: joint promotions, sponsorships and sponsorships; and Co-branding.   Co-branding is a way of approaching the consumer through an agreement in which a single product or service is associated with more than one brand. On the other hand, there are different versions of the different co-branding strategies. However, in the present study one of the strategies proposed by Tom Blackett and Bob Boad (2001) will be used. This is the strategy based on the endorsement of values, in it one of the brands is intended to include endorsement of the values and brand positioning of one of the partners or both. His choice is due to the fact that this strategy is the least used by companies. Many authors even measure the success or failure of co-branding based only on certain partial criteria such as the operational one. / Trabajo de investigación

Problemområde Användningen av digitala sociala nätverk har under de senaste åren ökat och Facebook är det nätverk med flest anhängare över hela världen. Statistik tyder på att användningen av sociala medier och Internet är en väsentlig komponent i den svenska befolkningens vardag, speciellt bland den yngre generationen. Millenniegenerationens användning av sociala medier kan betraktas som en förutsägelse över hur framtida generationers konsumentbeteende kommer att se ut och är därmed av stor relevans för marknadsförare för att hålla sig uppdaterade kring denna generation. Företagens största utmaning idag är att skapa en god kundrelation via de sociala medierna. För att bättre förstå konsumenters beteenden behövs vidare forskning i ämnet, vilket har mynnat ut i studiens problemformulering: – Hur uppfattas CRM-aktiviteter via Facebook av den svenska millenniegenerationen?   Teoretisk ansats Den teoretiska ansatsen har delats in i fyra delar; relationsmarknadsföring och CRM,  sociala medier, marknadsföring via sociala medier och Facebook samt millenniegenerationen och segmentering. Relationsmarknadsföring är strategier som företag använder för att attrahera, behålla och förbättra kundrelationer. Det består av tre grundpelare; relationer, nätverk och interaktion. Kärnan i ett företags marknadsföring bör vara att upprätthålla sina relationer. De strategier, processer och värderingar som företag implementerar i sin verksamhet för att hantera sina kundrelationer kan kallas för CRM (Customer Relationship Management). CRM kan beskrivas som företagets strategiska relationsmarknadsföring.  Vidare kan CRM vidareutvecklas till att även omfatta aktiviteter på sociala nätverksplatser och kallas då SCRM (Social Customer Relationship Management). Den önskvärda reaktionen på CRM-aktiviteter via sociala medier är Word-of-Web, vilket kan beskrivas som personlig kommunikation om produkter, tjänster eller företag mellan konsumenter. W-o-W kan även beskrivas som förtjänad mediekommunikation och har som mål att generera positiv feedback.               Metod Studien har antagit en deduktiv ansats. Vidare har en kvantitativ metod tillämpats för att på bästa sätt besvara problemformuleringen. Primärdatan samlades in genom en standardiserad och Internetbaserad enkätundersökning som besvarades av 488 respondenter. Den insamlade datan analyserades i statistikprogrammet SPSS där signifikans, median-, medel- och typvärde samt andra relevanta värden togs fram.   Slutsats/resultat Slutsatserna är av relevans för handelsföretag, då det är viktigt för företag att existera på Facebook för att erbjuda konsumenter möjligheten att skapa en relation. W-o-W är den önskvärda reaktionen på CRM-aktiviteter, men det är svårtriggade reaktioner. Millennier är aktiva användare av Facebook, men passiva observatörer. De vill hellre ta del av andras publikationer än att själva aktivt publicera socialt mediainnehåll. Således är det viktigt för företag att vara aktiva på nätverket, men de kan inte räkna med önskvärd respons. Värdet att finnas på Facebook är större för företag än för konsumenten, även om millennier anser att det är positivt att företag bedriver aktivitet på Facebook. Resultaten är användbara och tillämpliga för alla typer av branscher och bidrar med ny information kring millenniegenerationens konsumentbeteende.

SMEs have been developing rapidly in Sweden since the last decade; many of them have developed a strong brand and went global. Brands can be utilized as a tool for people involved in the ecosystem to consistently communicate with the stakeholders. On the customers’ side, decisions on purchasing certain products are often made by symbolic attributes. According to studies, brand management can benefit an organization’s performance. Brand management is critical for the substantiality of SMEs. Many studies have been done on brand management in larger organizations. Only some research has been done on SMEs brand management, from which it was concluded that SMEs placed very little or no priority on brand management. In this thesis, the author studies brand management in SMEs in Sweden, by using Wong and Merrilees’s model (2005) on three archetypes of brand orientation. The aim of this study is to get insights on what brand-related activities can help with the goal of heightening brand awareness for customers. This research is done by a qualitative study based on three in-depth interviews undertaken with small-sized organizations and a supplementary desktop research with data from authority.