This thesis is focused on the market research. The basis is an analysis of the consumer behavior of the Czech beer festival visitors. The survey was conducted through the written questionnaires and should show whether the event promotion is effective, which of the used cumminaciation channels have the biggest response and whether the visitors were dis/satisfied and what contributes to it. Basic information about the Czech Beer Festival and about the possible rivals are described in the first part of the thesis. The second and third part is theoretical. It introduces the term of event marketing, integration of this communaciation instrument into the company communacition strategy and basic information about the market research doing through questionnaires. The questions, projection and evaluation of the results are in the fourth part, that is the basic core of this thesis. The overall appraisal and reccomendations for the future are prepared in the last part.

The main object of this thesis is to study and explore if students at Umeå School of Business and Economics (USBE) can find potential employers though Event Marketing (EM). The authors will analyze EM as a tool for interaction and information, and if these tools will help students gain more knowledge about companies that can make them more interesting as potential employers. Previous research was found regarding both EM and Employer Branding (EB), however there was little research found on how they can be used together. There was also little research to be found from business students point of view since in both EM and EB the previous research had rather been done from a company standpoint. Therefore, with the aim to fill these research gaps the following research question was formulated: Does event marketing help business and economics students find potential employers? The study uses a deductive research design with a quantitative research strategy, and the data was collected using a self-completing questionnaire. The authors adopted objectivism and positivism as their research philosophical standpoints. The sample was drawn though multi-stage cluster sampling, the samples selected contained 384 students enrolled at USBE and 132 replies was received and analyzed. The questions in the online self-completing questionnaire were designed to measure variables such as information and interaction. Findings indicate that EM does help Umeå business and economics students find new potential employers. However, students do not feel that they learn that much about new companies, they do not feel that they are interacting with companies and they do not feel that they are gaining more knowledge about a company at an event. The findings contribute to the research field of business administration. Specifically, the merging of EB and EM and how it is perceived from a student´s point of view rather than from a company’s perspective. The students do believe that events are an effective way to meet companies, however the empirical results from event attendees show differently. The theories within the subject and the answers from students regarding if they believe in EM or not are counterintuitive. Therefore, this study opens up possibilities for future research.

This master thesis deals with the proposal of the communication mix for the 10th year of the Truckshow event in Šeborov. The theoretical part includes theoretical knowledge from the field of marketing and explains the most important terms that are used in the analytical part. The analytical part focuses on the characteristics of the Truckshow event and describes a detailed analysis of the current state of the event. The analysis also includes marketing research and interpretation of results. The analysis information obtained will be the basis for the proposal of the communication mix.

Relationsmarknadsföring och upplevelsebaserad marknadsföring i form av event är en kommunikationsform som används allt mer av företag. Butiksevent är en typ av event som hålls för att stärka varumärkesidentiteten genom att samla målgruppen i butiken och erbjuda unika upplevelser till kunden. Den här studien syftar till att ta fram en mall för butiksevent hos ett modeföretag för att skapa möjligheter att anordna event i fler butiker. Studien behandlar ett verkligt behov och har utförts i samarbete med modeföretaget Lindex. Lindex anordnar idag butiksevent i Sverige men vill utöka verksamheten till att inkludera fler länder. Därför krävs ett verktyg som kan användas av anställda för att planera event. Resultatet av studien är en mall som skapades med grund i presenterad litteratur och i förstudien samt i relation till uppsatta mål. Mallen är baserad på Project Breakdown Structure och för att exemplifiera dess olika delar användes Lindex planeringsprocess som modell. Mallen värderades genom en enkätundersökning som utforskade hur testpersonerna upplevde mallen i förhållande till målen. Undersökningen visade att mallen till hög grad uppfyller målen. Därmed kunde slutsatsen dras att det sätt mallen är utformat på är väl fungerande för att uppfylla syftet. / Relationship marketing and experience-based marketing in the form of events is a type of communication that is increasingly used by companies. In-store events are a kind of event which is held to strengthen the brand identity by gathering the target group in the store and offer unique experiences to the customer. The purpose of this study is to produce a template for in-store events at a fashion company to create opportunities to organize more events. The study is based on a real need and was conducted in collaboration with the fashion brand Lindex. Today, Lindex organizes in-store events in Sweden and wants to extend the activity to include more countries. Therefore, a tool that employees can use to plan events is needed. The result of the study is a template that was created based on existing literature as well as the pre-study and in regard to the established objectives. The template is based on Project Breakdown Structure and the planning process at Lindex was used to exemplify its different parts. The template was evaluated though a survey which investigated how the test subjects experienced the template in relation to the objectives. The survey showed that the template meets the objectives to a great extent. Thus, it can be concluded that the way the template is designed is well functioning in fulfilling the purpose.

Background: Sponsorships are a way for brands to communicate with their observers at entertainment events. Sponsorship cues, event context, and consumer/sponsor relationships are important to be aware of in order to create impacting sponsorship communication.  Purpose: The purpose was to explore sponsorship communication from the viewer’s perspective in an entertainment event context. The research question was “How does the viewer characterize impacting sponsorship communication?” Methodology: The study undertook a qualitative research strategy and was of an exploratory nature. The research design used was unstructured interviews and the sample was collected through a convenience sample. The participants of the study were students between the ages of 18-30 with no preference between males and females. After seven interviews had been conducted, theoretical saturation was reached.  Conclusion: The main findings of this study was that Astonishment, Acceptance, Status, Affiliation, Authenticity and Apprehension are important categories to consider in sponsorship communication. It became evident that there was not one correct way of conducting sponsored communication, instead a balance between the different categories is needed in the communication. It was further discovered that each category has its individual impact on the viewer’s perspective of the sponsored communication and entertainment events.

This diploma thesis deals with design, application and evaluation of individual tools and activities aimed to improve the market position of small and medium-sized enterprises in the sport/fashion sales industry. The goal of this thesis was to evaluate the applied techniques, tools and activities in terms of their usefulness and success, and, if successful, to recommend their use for more companies in the given industry. The evaluation was based on the results of internal activities, which were designed for and applied to the monitored company. The thesis is composed of the theoretical part, which deals with literature search and is based on Czech, Slovak and foreign literature, and a design part that was applied in practice.

The aim of this thesis is to investigate and reflect about the different sponsorship relations between a Swedish sports retailer and their sponsored events. My case for this thesis is the brand Intersport and I am investigating the phenomena sponsorship and their different sponsorship relations and in this case in relation to sport events. A qualitative study has been conducted by doing interviews with representatives from three different events that Intersport are sponsoring, two interviews with Intersport and also observations during two of the events. Furthermore, a theoretical framework within sponsorship has developed through this process. The result of this study showed that there are different kinds of sponsorship relations between Intersport and their sponsored events. Moreover, there are differences in terms of how they are ranking sports and how much money and time they are investing in the specific events. This study showed that Intersport has different levels of professionalism and business relationships. Partille Cup has the highest position on that scale, Stockholm Marathon Group has the second place and Gothenburg Youth Games is in the bottom. The interviews resulted in a clear picture of how these sponsorship relations look like, the underlying reasons for cooperating with Intersport and this means that they are seeing the sports retailer as a large player, a good channel in terms of being connected to them and increase their awareness but also as a partner who can offer relevant products for their events. Lastly, meaningful relations is a key factor here and my result showed that it goes both ways.

本研究是藉由事件(會議)行銷活動，評估推動政府研發成果溝通效果可能性。如何透過事件行銷整體設計，提升事件本身的話題性吸引媒體報導及促進參與者良好溝通是事件行銷的成功關鍵所在。 本研究藉由了解紡織科技國際論壇暨成果展(TIFE)之實際事件行銷活動四年個案持續內容，透過不同構面分析及參與者調查結果，驗證完整事件行銷規劃，確實提升國內外產業溝通效果。歸納相關研究重要結論如下: 1.活動區分研討會、論壇、靜態展三大部份，配合開幕專題規劃不但具有差異化也兼具整合效益，獲得所有參與者最大肯定與認同，也是事件行銷重要的成功關鍵。 2.開幕典禮專題演講主題規劃及諾貝爾得主邀請，及適當會前記者與主活動廣宣規劃策略，確實製造活動話題性並獲得媒體廣泛報導。 3.活動主題規劃貫穿研討會、論壇及靜態展子題規劃，聚焦活動主軸，使參與者能充分了解紡織產業技術及產品發展與研發成果，獲得國內外參與者的正面肯定與政府(主辦單位)的嘉許。 4.透過邀請學生參與活動使其了解產業發展現況，有助提升對產業永續經營之人才召募。 / The purpose of this study is to evaluate the possibility of promoting communication effect from research results of government supporting project, which is carried out by an event marketing。 In order to identify the fully event process planning which improves the communication effect on local and global textile industries, the study does focus on understanding the continuing promotion reality of TIFE (Textile International Forum and Exhibition) event during last four years and analyzing activity interfaces as well as results from participant’s questionnaires。Some conclusions are shown as follow : 1. The TIFE event includes technology and management symposiums、textile forums and static product shows, which is integrated by planning the opening theme and shows the differentiation and integration advantages of event program 。All these designs of TIFE event are the key issues of event marketing and the main agreement and support received from all event participants。 2. The talk of keynote speech planning in opening celebration, the invitation of the Nobel winners and the proper strategies of news report before the event and the promotion program for main activity are key issues to make the event become popular and reported by News。 3. The theme of TIFE event is connected by sub-themes of technology and management symposiums、textile forums and static product shows, which is focused and make the research results from development of textile technologies and products easy to be recognized by event participants and appreciated by the government officers。 4. By inviting students who do join the event and make them understand the development of textile industries, the help of promoting human resource required by textile industries can be improved 。

Consumer marketing scholars keenly emphasize a proposed paradigm shift toward interactive relationships and lived brand experiences. Yet, little has been done to investigate the link between the two. Until now. This study is an attempt to measure the effects of lived brand experiences on consumers’ perceived relationship with a brand, through testing an academically established brand relationship quality model onto the concept of experiential event marketing. Susan Fournier’s (2000) brand relationship quality scale was chosen as the construct to be tested in the experiential event marketing context. It was through a theoretical argumentation hypothesized that the experiential event intervention would produce positive direct effects within the scale, but that these would decline with time. This was consequently tested through a repeated measurement study, set at an experiential food truck event hosted by the Swedish FMCG brand Santa Maria. Respondents were to rank their perceived brand relationship quality with the brand on three different occasions; directly before, directly after, and two weeks after being exposed to the experiential event. This way, not only the immediate effect, but also the effect over time, could be measured. It could be concluded that all but one constructs produced positive direct effects, but only half of them were significant. In all cases but one this effect declined significantly when being measured two weeks afterwards, and went in several cases back at approximately the same level as in the initial measurement. These findings have important implications for both academics and practitioners. Most notably, we argue that the link between lived brand experiences in form of typical FMCG experiential events and strengthened longer-term brand relationship quality can be invalidated.

The main subject of the thesis is a marketing communication strategy in the automotive industry. First part of the thesis defines theory of marketing communication strategy and instruments of the communication mix. The practical part describes Mercedes-Benz Czech republic Inc. and propose marketing communications based on marketing situational analysis and analysis of an external and internal environment.