The aim of this thesis is to evaluate current marketing strategy in STOCK Plzeň-Božkov s.r.o. with emphasis on Fernet Stock brand, which is acting on herbal and bitter liqueurs spirits market, and to suggest appropriate recommendations for its improvement with focus on young consumers. At first the theoretical basis is defined to understand a concept of marketing strategy, analysis of external and internal environment, brand equity and marketing communication. To achieve the main objective, the primary and secondary research was carried out. The primary data were obtained by on-line consumer survey and field research. Based on these data the whole spirits market of Czech Republic was analysed with emphasis on herbal and bitter liqueurs spirits market. Furthermore, there was a Fernet Stock brand marketing analysis based on data from theoretical basis and both researches. The conclusion contains suggested recommendations to be implemented in current marketing strategy.

The diploma thesis deals with the connection of the marketing mix with the brand of a company, namely Notino, s.r.o. According to theoretical knowledge and methodology, the market analysis, including the marketing mix, is carried out. There will also be a marketing survey on customer brand perception. On the basis of the theoretical and analytical part of the thesis, will be made a suggestion to support the brand development through the marketing mix.

Brand Building and Management in Social Media This present paper deals with brand activity in social media environment. Brand which has functional and also symbolic meanings serves as a link between product, service or business and (potential) customers. Brand's value is therefore influenced by a lot of factors. The text puts brand's movement into a wider theoretic context of the onset of new forms of communication (network communication many-to-many) and reveals how to manage the brand in this environment of social media which is so different from mass media world. Recommendations are made how to work with the community and content around the brand. Assuming quality monitoring social media can bring benefits also to the brand, not just consumers. Discussed are in particular following benefits: customer care, brand tracking, evaluating advertising campaigns, getting feedback and suggestions for improvements and alert system. The mixed research explores social media listening, it monitors the three brands of Czech mobile operators and then their representatives analyze the measured data. There are also presented the actual activities of these brands in the Czech social media environment.

Thesis (M.B.A. (Rhodes Investec Business School)) - Rhodes University, 2009. / A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Marketing, Quantitative Analysis, and Business Law. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

In the present study, event sponsorship and event marketing are identified as two distinct event-related marketing communications tools. As a research field, sponsorship and event sponsorship has experienced continuous research interest for the last four decades. This in clear contrast to event marketing, which only within the last 10 years has attracted research interest from marketing scholars. However, little research has been carried out in the field of (event-) sponsorship from an organisational perspective. Thus, to the author s knowledge, the present study is the first of its kind investigating both event formats, event sponsorship and event marketing, from an organisational perspective in one study. A literature review that spans the domains of branding, signalling theory and hedonic consumption helped to differentiate between the two event formats, and to provide a theoretical grounding of the two event formats. The present study evaluates the impact of event sponsorship and event marketing on the brand and performance dimensions of brand awareness, brand attitude, brand performance and financial performance. Furthermore, brand orientation and organisational innovativeness moderate the relationship between independent and dependent variables. Moreover, this research study was undertaken from an organisational perspective. There is little evidence within the field of event sponsorship and event marketing as to how organisations evaluate the performance impact of event sponsorship and event marketing. Similarly, the more established sponsorship outcomes of brand awareness and brand attitude have yet to receive research attention within an organisational research setting. This research study follows a cross-sectional research design. A conceptual model is developed on the basis of the literature review, and is tested through confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. The data for this study was collected via an online survey which resulted in 226 responses. The findings indicate a negative relationship between event sponsorship and brand performance. Furthermore, organisational innovativeness was identified as moderating the event sponsorship brand performance relationship, whereas brand orientation is found to moderate the event marketing financial performance relationship.

Diploma thesis analyses current marketing strategy of Big Shock! brand, active on the energetic products market. It includes competition monitoring, consumer behaviour study and the latest trends on the energy drinks market in the Czech Republic. Part of the thesis is based on my own quantitative on-line research among energy drinks consumers. The conclusion contains current strategy analysis and some recommendations ensuing either of the market development and research made.

The diploma thesis focuses on the topic of Employer Branding, where the theoretical part describes the possibilities of building a brand and improving it. The practical part contains a description of the selected company and a description of the current situation in the company. Subsequently, internal and external research of the company's brand as an employer is carried out, focusing on the Brno enterprise. According to the results of the analytical part, issues are identified and possibilities for their improvement are suggested.

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This master thesis deals with the communication strategy of the brand Klasa. The aim is to analyse and evaluate the current communication strategy of the brand and based on the results of research confirm or disprove the hypothesis regarding quality labels. The work is divided into two parts: theoretical and practical. The first part contains chapters dealing with commercial and marketing communications, brand and its role in marketing and marketing research. The practical part is devoted to the analysis of existing communications of the brand Klasa and to own marketing research. The final part of my thesis contains a summary of findings and suggestions for brand communication Klasa in the future.