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Lesson # 8 
BRAND STRATEGIES 
Subject: 
BRAND BUILDING 
Faculty Name: 
Vishal Desai 
Batch 
(BMM class of 2015) 
Year (TY) 
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TYPES OF BRANDING 
STRATEGY: 
Product Branding/Multi-Brand strategy: 
 In multi-branding strategy the brand is: 
• Promoted exclusively so that it acquires its own identity and image 
and stand on its own 
• Allowed to acquire differentiation and exclusivity 
• Targeted accurately to a distinct target market or customers because 
its positioning can be precise and unambiguous
Camay Whisper Old Spice 
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P&G 
Head & 
Shoulder 
Ariel Tide Pantene Vicks 
Detergent Detergent Shampoo Shampoo Soap Sanitary 
Napkin 
Balm After Shave 
High-Tech 
Detergent 
Whiteness 
no other 
can deliver 
Healthy& 
shiny hair 
Dandruff 
shampoo 
with micro 
ZPTO 
Cream 
soap 
Hygienic 
protection 
Clear 
blocked 
nose 
Sign of 
manliness 
POSITION MARKET BRAND
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 As is evident from the figure P&G has been follower of the multi-brand 
strategy 
 A mega company like HUL also has been an adherent of multi 
branding 
For example: 
• HUL’s Soap category 
• In terms of positioning 
• Lux – beauty soap of filmstars 
• Lifebuoy – soap that fight against germ and promotes health 
• Rexona – a gentle soap with natural oils to have a good effect on skin 
• Liril – freshness soap 
• Same applies to HUL’s detergent and shampoo categories
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Benefits of Product branding: 
1)It creates multiple brand entities which is uniquely positioned and 
directed at a particular segment 
For example 
• HUL’s detergent brand – Surf Excel, Rin and Wheel offer all 
possible price points, benefits and utilities linked to different sub-markets 
2)A new product is not likely to send negative feedback and associate 
the brand with the burden of failure
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3)A company following multi-branding is better positioned to venture 
into unrelated product categories 
4)Obtaining, greater shelf-space and leaving little for competitor’s 
products 
5)Saturating a market by filling all price and quality gaps 
6)Catering to brand switchers users who like to experiment with 
different brands 
7)Keeping the firm’s managers on their toes by generating internal 
competition 
8) Organization who use a multi-brand strategy acquire greater market 
share than they could with fewer brands
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Drawbacks of Product branding: 
1)Creating individual brands is a costly exercise 
2)The new brands do not exploit strength of a company or its existing 
brands
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Line Branding: 
 Line in the context of product mix refers to various product lines that 
a firm may have in its total portfolio 
For example: 
• Philips – line extension has T.V, video and audio, personal care, 
communication and household appliances 
 The brand appeals to distinct market segments who appreciate and 
like the brand 
 Now the customers do not tend to be contended with one product 
which the brand offers 
 Line extension is generally followed for complimentary products.
+  Consumers want complimentary products which go hand in hand with 
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the brand concept or application. 
For example: 
• L’Oreal user wants the brand to offer all contemporary products 
which enhance beauty – body lotion, deep pore cleansing lotion, 
lipstick, nail enamels, eye liner,etc 
 The products in the line draw their identity from the main brand 
 Marketing products as a line under a common brand improves the 
brand’s marketing power rather than selling them as individual brands
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L’ Oreal Group 
L’ Oreal 
Lipstick 
Nail 
Enamel 
Powder 
Compact 
Eyeliner Foundation 
Products share common 
concept, complement 
each other
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Range Branding / Mixed Branding: 
 Line branding restricts the brand’s expansion into nearby territories of 
complementary products, which complement or support the main 
product’s usage 
 All the products share a common promise which stems from the 
firm’s or range brand’s area of competence 
 The product are tied together by a single brand concept 
For example: 
• Nestle uses its Maggi brand for its range of fast food – Maggi 
noodles, sauces, soups, pastas,etc
Area of 
Competence 
Or expertise 
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Himalaya Drug Co. 
Ayurvedic Concepts 
Health Care Body Care Hair Care 
Skin Care 
Ayur Slim Capsules 
Daily health Capsules 
Digestive Capsules 
Cough Syrup 
Antiseptic Cream 
Pain Balm 
Muscle and Joint Rub 
Cleanser 
Anti- Dandruff 
Cleanser 
Hair Conditioner 
Hair Vitaliser 
Lotions, Face Wash, 
Creams
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Benefits of Range Brand Strategy / Mixed Branding: 
1)It helps in the formation of brand equity 
2)The brand can easily embrace other new products which are 
consistent with the brand, reducing the cost of introducing new brand 
in the market
Limitations of Range Brand Strategy / Mixed Branding: 
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1)The brand can become weak due to overstretching if the brand tends 
to hang large number of products on it
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Umbrella Branding Strategy: 
 Umbrella branding has been particularly favored by the companies of 
the East 
For example: 
• Korean giant LG uses its name on the product like microwaves, 
refrigerators, computers, television, air conditioners 
• Philips, GE and Canon also follow umbrella branding 
• Indian business houses – TATA and Bajaj
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PHILIPS 
Television 
Lighting 
Monitors 
Shaver 
Phones 
Irons 
Mixers 
Hi-fi Music 
system 
Medical 
equipment
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Benefits of Umbrella Branding / Multi – Product 
Branding Strategy: 
1)Umbrella branding is an economical strategy as investing in a single 
brand is less costly than trying to build a number of brands 
2)Using an umbrella brand to enter into new markets allows 
considerable saving 
For example: 
• TATA making a foray into the automobile car market 
3)Umbrella branding may even make sense in the current marketing 
environment characterized by information overload and brand 
proliferation
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Drawbacks of Umbrella Branding / Multi – Product 
Branding Strategy: 
1) It is not a consumer consistent strategy 
2)With time, market fragments and gets divided into smaller sub-segments 
3) Each segment presents its own unique structure of needs and buyer 
preferences 
4) A specialist brand may be needed for precise targeting of a 
particular segment
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3)A failure in one product category may influence other products/brands 
because of shared identity 
For example: 
• If Samsung refrigerators are discovered to be faulty, the message 
about its defect would travel to other quarters, impacting the 
brand’s performances in categories like air conditioners, TV and 
monitors. 
4)Umbrella branding is difficult to stretch vertically 
For example: 
• Maruti Suzuki’s attempt to go to the upper segment with its 
‘Baleno’ range did not yield good results
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Source / Double branding: 
 Source brand strategy combines the firm’s name with the product 
brand name 
 It is hybrid of umbrella brand and product brand strategy 
 The product is given a brand name and it is combined with the name 
of the firm 
For example: 
• Pulsar – name of the bike 
Bajaj – the company name behind it 
Both the name enjoys equal importance and are given equal 
status in the brand’s communication
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Maruti Suzuki 
Maruti 
Alto 
Maruti 
Zen 
Maruti 
Wagon-R 
Maruti 
Celerio 
Maruti 
Ertiga 
Maruti 
Ritz 
Maruti 
Stingray
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Benefits of Source Branding: 
1)The firm’s name brings its equity to the product 
For example: 
• When Bajaj name is added to a new brand, immediately Bajaj’s 
repertoire of associations are transferred onto the product 
2)The second name provides an opportunity to add something unique to 
the brands by customization or personalization
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Drawbacks of Source Branding: 
1)The company image becomes the limiting factor in this branding 
approach 
2) When the product categories are different, double branding may not 
be the correct strategy
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Endorsement Branding: 
 Endorsement brand strategy is modified version of double branding 
 It makes the product brand name more significant and the corporate 
brand name is relegated to a lesser status 
 The umbrella brand is made to play an indirect role of passing on 
certain common generic associations 
 It is only mentioned as an endorsement to the product brand 
 By a large, the brand seeks to stand on its own 
 Unlike the product brand, endorsement brand discloses the identity of 
the maker, making it a small part of the brand
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 The brand gets the an endorsement that it belongs to specified 
company 
For example: 
• Kit Kat gives a signal that it is a Nestlé’s product 
• Cinthol’s communication stresses that it is a Godrej product 
• Dairy Milk is Cadbury’s brand
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Cadbury’s 
Cadbury’s 
Eclairs 
Cadbury’s 
Bournvita 
Cadbury’s 
Perk 
Cadbury’s 
Dairy 
Cadbury’s 
Five star 
Cadbury’s 
Shots 
Cadbury’s 
Crackle
+  Endorsement branding strategy allows the brand the freedom to take 
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an independent direction 
 Unlike the source brand strategy, in endorsement strategy the firm’s 
name sits back as an assurance of quality 
 Thus, endorsement branding strikes a delicate balance between 
umbrella and product branding 
 The marketers can subtly transfer the corporate brand’s equity and at 
the same time enjoy the freedom to the venture beyond immediate 
product boundaries 
 Therefore, while endorsing a product brand, care must be exercised in 
finding consistency 
 Otherwise the endorsement may just be perceived as hollow
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+  For example: 
• Nestle burnt its fingers when it launched Mithai Magic 
The product failed as it did not go down well with the Nestle 
endorsement
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Private Labels / Store branding: 
 Products marketed by retailers and other members of the distribution 
chain 
 Private labels can be called store brands when they actually adopt the 
name of the store itself in some way 
For example: 
• Stop brand of clothes by Shopper’s Stop
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+  Private label brands typically cost less to make and sell than the 
national or manufacturer brand with which they have to compete 
 Thus, the benefit to the consumers of buying private label and store 
brands is often cost saving 
 Whereas, the benefit to retailers selling private label and store brands 
is their gross margin which is relatively higher as compared to 
national brands
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Brand Architecture Objectives: 
 Creating power brands 
Strong logo design offering that synchronies with the consumer’s 
logic and emotions, providing effective differentiation 
 Creating synergy 
Well-developed brand architecture provides the synergy of logo 
design, reinforcing associations, which in turn results in cost 
efficiencies 
For example: 
• Gillette uses the common thread of providing “the best a a man 
can get” in terms of quality and speed across all product 
categories
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+  Providing clarity in product offering 
This is necessary to ensure a clear-cut identity among consumers 
 Leveraging Brand Equity 
Make the logo design work harder by increasing the impact 
One way is through brand extension 
A major function of brand architecture is to provide a strong 
framework to deal with brand extension opportunities 
 Planning future growth 
Brand architecture should plan for the brand’s future 
It must be the foundation for making strategic advances in the 
marketplace
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+  The Monolithic Structure 
This is employed when a firm uses its corporate brand name on all 
products or services 
For example: 
• Tata, Philips, Samsung, Videocon, Toshiba 
 The Fixed Endorsed Structure 
In this the corporate brand remains all powerful but the product is 
also given a name 
It is a slight extension of the monolithic structure
+ By giving the product a sub-brand, some differentiation is achieved 
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For example: 
• Fiat - Uno, Fiat - Siena, Fiat - Trend, Fiat - Palio 
• Maruti Suzuki - Esteem, Maruti Suzuki - Zen, Maruti Suzuki - 
Wagon R 
 The Flexible Endorsed Structure 
In this format the corporate brand remains visible but it takes the back 
seat 
The product brand is given the front seat 
The sub-brand is hero to the customers
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+ It achieves greater autonomy and identity 
For example: 
• Godrej endorses all its product brands which are most visible and 
dominant – Cinthol, Ganga, Fair glow, No.1 
• Hamdard – Rooh Afza, Pachnol, Sualin 
 The Discreet Approach 
Here the product becomes a standalone brand 
It is given its own due identity and status 
The corporate name does not back it up 
For example: 
• P&G employs this strategy – Pampers, Whisper, Pantene 
• ITC –Wills, Gold flake
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+ BRAND ROLES IN THE BRAND 
PORTFOLIO: 
 In a brand portfolio, each brand should be unique and should result in 
maximizing the equity of all the other brands in the portfolio and/or 
should not harm the equity of the other brands 
 Each brand has to be unique and should cater to different segment in 
the market 
 Therefore, while devising a brand portfolio, marketers need to be 
careful and come out with brands that maximize the coverage of the 
market and minimize the overlap between brands, so that threat of 
cannibalization is minimized
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 An organization can launch new brands either to satisfy a particular 
need of the target market or to offset competition 
 This result in brands playing a specific role in the portfolio of brands 
of an organization 
 Brands can play the following roles:- 
1) Flankers 
2) Cash cows 
3) Low-end entry 
4) High-end prestige 
5) Strategic Brands 
6) Silver Bulltets 
7) Linchpin Brand 
8) Sub-brands
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Flankers: 
 A flanker brand is a new brand introduced into the market by a 
company that already has established brand in the same product 
category 
 The new brand is designed to compete in the category without 
damaging the existing item’s market share 
 This strategy is also called fighter branding or multi-branding Eg:- 
Nirma v/s Wheel, Micromax v/s other mobile brands
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Importance of flanker branding 
 It allows a company to attract new customers from various market 
segments 
 The main brand of a company’s portfolio should target the market 
segment containing the most customers 
 Another brand can then be positioned to convert users from other 
market segments by using different set of benefits or product 
characteristics 
For example: 
• P&G – Tide is an extremely successful laundry detergent 
In order to appeal to consumers who desired a lower - cost 
detergent , P&G introduced Cheer
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Advantages: 
 Gain more shelf space for the company, which increases retailer 
dependence on the company’s brands 
 Capture “brand switchers” by offering several brands 
 Protect the company- giving a product its own unique name means it 
will not be readily associated with the existing brand. This reduces 
risk of damage to the existing brand and/or company if the product 
fails 
 Companies with a high-quality existing product can introduce lower-quality 
brands without diluting their higher-quality brand names
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Cash Cows: 
 Some brands may be kept around despite dwindling sale because they 
still manage to hold on to a sufficient number of customers and 
maintain their profitability with virtually no marketing support 
For example: 
• Colgate has come out with Colgate Gel, it still sells the Colgate 
White toothpaste 
 Brands with significant customer bases that require less attention than 
other brands 
 The role of cash cow brand is to generate resources that can be 
invested in other brand for future growth
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Lower-end entry and high-end prestige brands: 
 Many brands introduce brand variants in a certain category that vary 
in price and quality 
 These brands leverage associations from other brands while 
distinguishing themselves on the basis of their price and quality 
 The role of a relatively low-priced brand in the brand portfolio often 
may be to attract more customers to the brand franchise 
For example: 
• Volkswagen introduced Polo with an idea of bringing new customers 
into its brand franchise with the hope of later moving them up to 
higher priced models of automobiles
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Flankers: Cash Cows: 
For example: 
Wheel & Rin (Unilever), 
For example: 
Colgate, Singer sewing 
Machine and 
Sunlight soap of Unilever 
Low-end entry: High-End Prestige 
For example: For example: 
Lucera brand of jewelry from 
Gitanjali Group, Wheel for 
Unilever, Tata Nano 
Nakshatra and D’Damas 
jewelry from Gitanjali group, 
Surf Excel from Unilever, 
Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Silk
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Strategic brand: 
 Can be a ‘currently dominant brand also called megabrand, which can 
maintain or grow its position, or a small brand that is projected to 
become a major one 
 Thus, a strategic brand represents a meaningful level of profit and 
sales in the future 
 Eg: Pepsi or Thumbs Up
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+  Linchpin brand 
• As the name suggest, is the top brand or the key player 
• It provides a source of differentiation and indirectly influences 
customer loyalty 
For example: 
• Dairy Milk is a linchpin brand for Cadbury
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Silver Bullet: 
 A silver bullet is a sub-brand or branded benefit that is employed as a 
vehicle for changing, or supporting the brand image of a parent brand 
 Because a silver bullet has a role that extends beyond supporting its 
own business, it deserves extra resources allocation in the form of 
advertising / or product development 
For example: 
• Sony Walk-Man – supports innovative miniaturization identity 
that is central to Sony 
• Vodafone Tuesdays, Airtel Hello Tunes.Mc Donald’s Happy Meal
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+  Branded Benefit As Silver Bullet: 
• A branded benefit can also play a silver bullet role by supporting the 
image of the brand to which it is attached 
• Thus it can do more than help communicate a functional benefit
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Sub Brands: 
 Sub brands are brands that are connected to the parent brand and 
supplement or modify the parent brand’s association 
 The parent brand provides the ‘primary frame of reference’ and the 
sub-brand provides the attribute association 
For example: 
• Titan Raga, Tata Sonata,Titan Nebula,etc
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+  Sub-brands are further graded into the following 
 Sub-brands as co-driver – 
• Where the endorser brand and the sub-brand both play a major role 
For example 
• Nestle Kit Kat – both Nestle & Kit Kat have strong brand equity 
 Master brand as drive – 
• Here, the parent or Masterbrand primarily drive the success of sub-brand 
For example: 
• HP DeskJet printer – where primary driver for the sub-brand, is the 
parent brand name HP
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+ BRAND LICENSING: 
 Licensing involves contractual agreement whereby firms can use the 
name, logo, character, and so forth of other brands to market their 
own brands for some fixed fees 
 Essentially, a firm is “renting” another brand to contribute to the 
brand equity of its own products 
 Entertainment licensing has been a big business in the recent years 
 Successful licensors include movie title, logo, comic strip character, 
television and cartoon characters 
 For example: 
RaOne, Krissh, Tom & Jerry, Chotta Bheem, 
Angry Birds
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Merchandise Licensing industry 
 Worldwide is estimated at $187billion but in India it is still at nascent 
stage 
 The emergence of organized retail in India has set the pace for new 
collaborations between Licensors and Indian business houses 
 Licensing of brands, designs, characters and celebrities is now 
becoming popular in India – used as jewellery, apparel, lifestyle 
accessories, toy, gifts, games etc
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Benefits of Licensing For Brand Owners: 
 Allow entry into new categories and businesses in which the company 
may not have core competency 
 Provides broader retail presence 
 Generates new, ongoing revenue streams at minimal increment cost 
 Protects the trademark through registrations and actual use
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Benefits of Licensing For Brand Licensees: 
 Ease of entry into new product categories or price range 
 Alternative to significant investments in brand building 
 Better bargaining power with retailers 
 Build competitive advantage
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Disadvantage 
 One danger in licensing is that manufacturers can get caught up in 
licensing a brand that might be popular at the moment but is really 
only a fad and produces short lived sales
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Corporate trademark licensing: 
 One of the fastest growing segments of the licensing industry 
 Is the licensing of company name, logo, or brand for use on various, 
often unrelated products 
 In licensing their corporate trademark, firm may have different 
motivation, including generating extra revenue and exposure, or 
enhancing their brand image 
 However, the risk is that the product will not live up to the reputation 
established by the brand 
 Inappropriate licensing can potentially dilute brand meaning with 
consumers and marketing focus within the organization 
Eg: Maruti Suzuki,Hero Honda,Parker Pens by Luxor
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CHOOSING A BRAND STRATEGY: 
 The six strategies discussed above can be labeled as generic strategies 
of branding 
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 Each one is driven by its own internal structure and logic 
 The benefits and constrain flow accordingly 
 One cannot make a blanket judgment about any strategy being the 
best 
 Each strategy comes with its own pros and cons 
 Therefore, the branding strategy decision cannot be automatic 
 It must be preceded by a systematic analysis of a brand’s strategic 
challenges and a firm’s strengths and weaknesses
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+  Firms can adopt multiple branding strategies depending upon their 
requirements 
For example: 
• Nestle – adopts, by and large , an endorsement brand strategy for 
all its products 
• Within the endorsement framework, Maggi takes as an umbrella 
brand role for its range of products 
 It is hard to generalize as to which brand strategy is appropriate 
 But the choice of the strategy needs to be used on a thorough 
understanding of what each of the branding strategy stands for and 
what are its intentions
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Factors for Selecting Branding Strategy: 
1)Market Size 
• When market size is smaller and is not growing, achieving critical 
mass is difficult 
• In such situations a branding strategy which takes assistance from an 
established name may be more desirable 
2)Competition 
• Implies how fiercely the market is contested 
• Brands need to shift from generality to specialty 
• Specific customer benefits or personality focus needs to be achieved
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• Accordingly, branding strategies which are tilted in favor of 
individual brand’s identity creation may be more appropriate 
3) Resources 
• Product branding is definitely not an option for a resource starved 
firm 
• Product branding firms like P&G, HUL, etc have deep pockets 
• They have resources to create and support product brands 
• While the firms in Eastern side of the globe heavily banked upon 
umbrella branding. These firms, instead created a common equity 
pool to be used and exploited by products in their portfolio
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+ 4) Product Newness: 
• Today’s market environment is characterized by brand proliferation 
• When a marketer wants to add a new product which is characterized 
by its own uniqueness in terms of benefits or attributes, using 
common brand name is not desirable 
• The appropriate branding strategy under these circumstances is not to 
follow umbrella branding, but to mow towards product branding 
which concentrates on differentiations 
• Brands can evoke a mid-route by combining company name with 
product name to avoid confusion and establish clarity of image
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+ 5) Technology / Innovations: 
• Product innovation sometimes embody new technology 
• Innovation brings uncertainty, both for the firm and the customers 
• Firms marketing innovation have to attend to two tasks: 
1)To insulate brand equity in case the innovation fails 
2)To communicate its innovativeness 
Eg: Kent RO Water Purifier. 
Kent Ozone Veg & Fruit Purifier
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6)Nature of the product: 
• A brand name could be based on functional or attribute of the brand 
• The functional brands are rigidly defined by their functions / 
attributes. Eg: Ezzee conditioner for woolen clothes 
• This limits their ability to be globally extended to categories placed at 
a distance from their core 
• However, some brands allow greater scope for umbrella or source 
branding Eg: Kingfisher and Godrej. v/s Unilever and P&G 
• Product category also has to be considered for branding strategy Eg: 
Tea cannot be given brand name like Wheel Tea or Cinthol Tea
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+ 7)Customer Sophistication: 
• In different geographic markets, customer sophistication with respect 
to product class may vary 
• Sophisticated customers who appreciate differences among the 
product within a class are not be dealt with umbrella branding 
• The differentiation must be accounted for by the branding strategy 
• Greater customer sophistication makes umbrella branding an 
inappropriate option 
• The branding strategy must focus on category differentiation as it 
exists in customer’s mind
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+ BRAND HIERARCHY: 
 “A brand hierarchy is a means of summarizing the brand strategy 
by displaying the number and nature of common distinctive brand 
elements across the firm’s product’s, revealing the explicit ordering 
of brand element”
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Company brand 
Family Brand 
Individual Brand 
Modifier 
The corporate or the parent 
brand of the organization 
(General Motors) 
A portfolio of products under 
one brand, generally within one 
product category ( Chevrolet) 
A specific product in that line or 
a sub-brand (Beat) 
An individual and unique item 
or a special class (GLX) 
Different levels of the hierarchy of General Motors
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+  Kapferer Branding system is developed by one of the Europe’s 
leading branding expert Jean-Noel-Kapferer 
 This hierarchy involves moving from top level to the bottom level 
introducing more brands at each succeeding level which may be 
easily represented as follows: 
1)Corporate (or company) brand (GM) 
2)Family Brand (Chevrolet) 
3)Individual Brand (Optra) 
4)Modifier (GLX) 
 The highest level of hierarchy always involves one brand – the 
corporate or company brand
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+  Some brands highlight their parent company’s name in a subtle 
manner. 
For example: 
• P&G owns Vicks, Whisper, Ariel etc – but does not uses its 
corporate name in any of its line business 
 Some other firms combine their corporate brand name with family 
brands or individual brands 
For example: 
• Reliance – Reliance Communications, Reliance Energy etc
+  Finally, in some other cases, the company’s name is virtually invisible 
and, although technically part of the hierarchy, receives virtually no 
attention in the marketing program 
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For example: 
• Big Cinemas – a division of Reliance Media Works Ltd 
 At the next lower level, a family brand is defined as brand that is used 
in more than one product category but it is not necessarily the name 
of the company or the corporation itself 
For example: 
Kissan Jams, Sauces, Fruit Crushes, etc
+  An individual brand is defined as a brand that has been restricted to 
essentially one product category, although, it may be used for several 
different product types within the category 
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For example: 
• Haldiram’s - Namkeen, Chips, Bhujia Sev, etc 
 A modifier is a means to designate a specific item or model type or 
particular version or configuration of the product 
For example: 
• Lay’s – regular and baked chips 
• Amul – ‘Pasteurized Unsalted’, ‘regular’, and ‘Lite’ versions of 
butter 
 Different level of the hierarchy may receive different emphasis in 
developing a branding strategy
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+ BRAND PRODUCT MATRIX: 
Product Mix 
Brands 1 2 3 4 
A 
B 
C 
D 
Brand Portfolio/Product Line 
Brand Line 
Product Assortment
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+  Brand Line: 
 1 Row of the matrix (original + Extensions) 
 Brand Portfolio /Product Line 
 1 Column of the matrix ( set of all brands in a product category) 
 Product Assortment: 
 Entire Matrix
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Brand-Product Matrix 
Product Mix 
Detergent Shampoo Soaps 
Product Breadth/Width 
(No. of product lines) 
Product Line Length 
No. of products in product line 
Average Depth 
= Total Variants/ 
Total Brands 
Product Assortment
India’s premier M-school 
Detergents Soaps Hair Care Food Beverage 
es / Ice 
Creams 
Oral Care Skin 
Care 
Wheel Liril Clinic Plus Kissan Taj 
Mahal 
Tea 
Close-up Ponds 
Rin Breeze Sunsilk Knorr Taaza Pepsodent Fair & 
Lovely 
Surf Excel Rexona Dove Annapurna Lipton 
Comfort Lux All Clear Bru 
Vim Pears Tresemme Kwality 
Walls 
Cif Ponds 
Sunlight Lifebuoy 
Dove 
Hamam 
HUL
+  A brand-product matrix helps to highlight the range of products and 
India’s premier M-school 
brands sold by a firm 
 To characterize the product and branding strategy of a firm one useful 
tool is the brand –product matrix 
 A graphical representation of all the brands and products sold by the 
firm 
 It helps identify Gap Areas which can be entered by launching new 
brands/products.
India’s premier M-school 
+ 
Corporate Branding 
 Aaker defines a corporate brand as a brand that represents an 
organization and reflects its heritage, values, culture, people and 
strategy.
India’s premier M-school 
+ 
Difference between Corporate and Product Brand 
 Shift in focus from product branding to corporate branding 
 Organizational culture and health comes to fore 
 From customer focus to stakeholder focus 
 Branding responsibility shifts from brand management team to 
corporate communications team 
 Product brands live in the present where as corporate brands live in 
the past, present and future

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Brand startegies ppt

  • 1. + Lesson # 8 BRAND STRATEGIES Subject: BRAND BUILDING Faculty Name: Vishal Desai Batch (BMM class of 2015) Year (TY) India’s premier M-school Deviprasad Goenka Management College of Media Studies (dgmcms.org.in)
  • 2. India’s premier M-school + TYPES OF BRANDING STRATEGY: Product Branding/Multi-Brand strategy:  In multi-branding strategy the brand is: • Promoted exclusively so that it acquires its own identity and image and stand on its own • Allowed to acquire differentiation and exclusivity • Targeted accurately to a distinct target market or customers because its positioning can be precise and unambiguous
  • 3. Camay Whisper Old Spice India’s premier M-school P&G Head & Shoulder Ariel Tide Pantene Vicks Detergent Detergent Shampoo Shampoo Soap Sanitary Napkin Balm After Shave High-Tech Detergent Whiteness no other can deliver Healthy& shiny hair Dandruff shampoo with micro ZPTO Cream soap Hygienic protection Clear blocked nose Sign of manliness POSITION MARKET BRAND
  • 4. India’s premier M-school +  As is evident from the figure P&G has been follower of the multi-brand strategy  A mega company like HUL also has been an adherent of multi branding For example: • HUL’s Soap category • In terms of positioning • Lux – beauty soap of filmstars • Lifebuoy – soap that fight against germ and promotes health • Rexona – a gentle soap with natural oils to have a good effect on skin • Liril – freshness soap • Same applies to HUL’s detergent and shampoo categories
  • 5. India’s premier M-school + Benefits of Product branding: 1)It creates multiple brand entities which is uniquely positioned and directed at a particular segment For example • HUL’s detergent brand – Surf Excel, Rin and Wheel offer all possible price points, benefits and utilities linked to different sub-markets 2)A new product is not likely to send negative feedback and associate the brand with the burden of failure
  • 6. India’s premier M-school + 3)A company following multi-branding is better positioned to venture into unrelated product categories 4)Obtaining, greater shelf-space and leaving little for competitor’s products 5)Saturating a market by filling all price and quality gaps 6)Catering to brand switchers users who like to experiment with different brands 7)Keeping the firm’s managers on their toes by generating internal competition 8) Organization who use a multi-brand strategy acquire greater market share than they could with fewer brands
  • 7. India’s premier M-school + Drawbacks of Product branding: 1)Creating individual brands is a costly exercise 2)The new brands do not exploit strength of a company or its existing brands
  • 8. India’s premier M-school + Line Branding:  Line in the context of product mix refers to various product lines that a firm may have in its total portfolio For example: • Philips – line extension has T.V, video and audio, personal care, communication and household appliances  The brand appeals to distinct market segments who appreciate and like the brand  Now the customers do not tend to be contended with one product which the brand offers  Line extension is generally followed for complimentary products.
  • 9. +  Consumers want complimentary products which go hand in hand with India’s premier M-school the brand concept or application. For example: • L’Oreal user wants the brand to offer all contemporary products which enhance beauty – body lotion, deep pore cleansing lotion, lipstick, nail enamels, eye liner,etc  The products in the line draw their identity from the main brand  Marketing products as a line under a common brand improves the brand’s marketing power rather than selling them as individual brands
  • 10. India’s premier M-school L’ Oreal Group L’ Oreal Lipstick Nail Enamel Powder Compact Eyeliner Foundation Products share common concept, complement each other
  • 11. India’s premier M-school + Range Branding / Mixed Branding:  Line branding restricts the brand’s expansion into nearby territories of complementary products, which complement or support the main product’s usage  All the products share a common promise which stems from the firm’s or range brand’s area of competence  The product are tied together by a single brand concept For example: • Nestle uses its Maggi brand for its range of fast food – Maggi noodles, sauces, soups, pastas,etc
  • 12. Area of Competence Or expertise India’s premier M-school Himalaya Drug Co. Ayurvedic Concepts Health Care Body Care Hair Care Skin Care Ayur Slim Capsules Daily health Capsules Digestive Capsules Cough Syrup Antiseptic Cream Pain Balm Muscle and Joint Rub Cleanser Anti- Dandruff Cleanser Hair Conditioner Hair Vitaliser Lotions, Face Wash, Creams
  • 13. India’s premier M-school + Benefits of Range Brand Strategy / Mixed Branding: 1)It helps in the formation of brand equity 2)The brand can easily embrace other new products which are consistent with the brand, reducing the cost of introducing new brand in the market
  • 14. Limitations of Range Brand Strategy / Mixed Branding: India’s premier M-school + 1)The brand can become weak due to overstretching if the brand tends to hang large number of products on it
  • 15. India’s premier M-school + Umbrella Branding Strategy:  Umbrella branding has been particularly favored by the companies of the East For example: • Korean giant LG uses its name on the product like microwaves, refrigerators, computers, television, air conditioners • Philips, GE and Canon also follow umbrella branding • Indian business houses – TATA and Bajaj
  • 16. India’s premier M-school PHILIPS Television Lighting Monitors Shaver Phones Irons Mixers Hi-fi Music system Medical equipment
  • 17. India’s premier M-school + Benefits of Umbrella Branding / Multi – Product Branding Strategy: 1)Umbrella branding is an economical strategy as investing in a single brand is less costly than trying to build a number of brands 2)Using an umbrella brand to enter into new markets allows considerable saving For example: • TATA making a foray into the automobile car market 3)Umbrella branding may even make sense in the current marketing environment characterized by information overload and brand proliferation
  • 18. India’s premier M-school + Drawbacks of Umbrella Branding / Multi – Product Branding Strategy: 1) It is not a consumer consistent strategy 2)With time, market fragments and gets divided into smaller sub-segments 3) Each segment presents its own unique structure of needs and buyer preferences 4) A specialist brand may be needed for precise targeting of a particular segment
  • 19. India’s premier M-school + 3)A failure in one product category may influence other products/brands because of shared identity For example: • If Samsung refrigerators are discovered to be faulty, the message about its defect would travel to other quarters, impacting the brand’s performances in categories like air conditioners, TV and monitors. 4)Umbrella branding is difficult to stretch vertically For example: • Maruti Suzuki’s attempt to go to the upper segment with its ‘Baleno’ range did not yield good results
  • 20. India’s premier M-school + Source / Double branding:  Source brand strategy combines the firm’s name with the product brand name  It is hybrid of umbrella brand and product brand strategy  The product is given a brand name and it is combined with the name of the firm For example: • Pulsar – name of the bike Bajaj – the company name behind it Both the name enjoys equal importance and are given equal status in the brand’s communication
  • 21. India’s premier M-school Maruti Suzuki Maruti Alto Maruti Zen Maruti Wagon-R Maruti Celerio Maruti Ertiga Maruti Ritz Maruti Stingray
  • 22. India’s premier M-school + Benefits of Source Branding: 1)The firm’s name brings its equity to the product For example: • When Bajaj name is added to a new brand, immediately Bajaj’s repertoire of associations are transferred onto the product 2)The second name provides an opportunity to add something unique to the brands by customization or personalization
  • 23. India’s premier M-school + Drawbacks of Source Branding: 1)The company image becomes the limiting factor in this branding approach 2) When the product categories are different, double branding may not be the correct strategy
  • 24. India’s premier M-school + Endorsement Branding:  Endorsement brand strategy is modified version of double branding  It makes the product brand name more significant and the corporate brand name is relegated to a lesser status  The umbrella brand is made to play an indirect role of passing on certain common generic associations  It is only mentioned as an endorsement to the product brand  By a large, the brand seeks to stand on its own  Unlike the product brand, endorsement brand discloses the identity of the maker, making it a small part of the brand
  • 25. India’s premier M-school +  The brand gets the an endorsement that it belongs to specified company For example: • Kit Kat gives a signal that it is a Nestlé’s product • Cinthol’s communication stresses that it is a Godrej product • Dairy Milk is Cadbury’s brand
  • 26. India’s premier M-school Cadbury’s Cadbury’s Eclairs Cadbury’s Bournvita Cadbury’s Perk Cadbury’s Dairy Cadbury’s Five star Cadbury’s Shots Cadbury’s Crackle
  • 27. +  Endorsement branding strategy allows the brand the freedom to take India’s premier M-school an independent direction  Unlike the source brand strategy, in endorsement strategy the firm’s name sits back as an assurance of quality  Thus, endorsement branding strikes a delicate balance between umbrella and product branding  The marketers can subtly transfer the corporate brand’s equity and at the same time enjoy the freedom to the venture beyond immediate product boundaries  Therefore, while endorsing a product brand, care must be exercised in finding consistency  Otherwise the endorsement may just be perceived as hollow
  • 28. India’s premier M-school +  For example: • Nestle burnt its fingers when it launched Mithai Magic The product failed as it did not go down well with the Nestle endorsement
  • 29. India’s premier M-school + Private Labels / Store branding:  Products marketed by retailers and other members of the distribution chain  Private labels can be called store brands when they actually adopt the name of the store itself in some way For example: • Stop brand of clothes by Shopper’s Stop
  • 30. India’s premier M-school +  Private label brands typically cost less to make and sell than the national or manufacturer brand with which they have to compete  Thus, the benefit to the consumers of buying private label and store brands is often cost saving  Whereas, the benefit to retailers selling private label and store brands is their gross margin which is relatively higher as compared to national brands
  • 31. India’s premier M-school + Brand Architecture Objectives:  Creating power brands Strong logo design offering that synchronies with the consumer’s logic and emotions, providing effective differentiation  Creating synergy Well-developed brand architecture provides the synergy of logo design, reinforcing associations, which in turn results in cost efficiencies For example: • Gillette uses the common thread of providing “the best a a man can get” in terms of quality and speed across all product categories
  • 32. India’s premier M-school +  Providing clarity in product offering This is necessary to ensure a clear-cut identity among consumers  Leveraging Brand Equity Make the logo design work harder by increasing the impact One way is through brand extension A major function of brand architecture is to provide a strong framework to deal with brand extension opportunities  Planning future growth Brand architecture should plan for the brand’s future It must be the foundation for making strategic advances in the marketplace
  • 33. India’s premier M-school +  The Monolithic Structure This is employed when a firm uses its corporate brand name on all products or services For example: • Tata, Philips, Samsung, Videocon, Toshiba  The Fixed Endorsed Structure In this the corporate brand remains all powerful but the product is also given a name It is a slight extension of the monolithic structure
  • 34. + By giving the product a sub-brand, some differentiation is achieved India’s premier M-school For example: • Fiat - Uno, Fiat - Siena, Fiat - Trend, Fiat - Palio • Maruti Suzuki - Esteem, Maruti Suzuki - Zen, Maruti Suzuki - Wagon R  The Flexible Endorsed Structure In this format the corporate brand remains visible but it takes the back seat The product brand is given the front seat The sub-brand is hero to the customers
  • 35. India’s premier M-school + It achieves greater autonomy and identity For example: • Godrej endorses all its product brands which are most visible and dominant – Cinthol, Ganga, Fair glow, No.1 • Hamdard – Rooh Afza, Pachnol, Sualin  The Discreet Approach Here the product becomes a standalone brand It is given its own due identity and status The corporate name does not back it up For example: • P&G employs this strategy – Pampers, Whisper, Pantene • ITC –Wills, Gold flake
  • 36. India’s premier M-school + BRAND ROLES IN THE BRAND PORTFOLIO:  In a brand portfolio, each brand should be unique and should result in maximizing the equity of all the other brands in the portfolio and/or should not harm the equity of the other brands  Each brand has to be unique and should cater to different segment in the market  Therefore, while devising a brand portfolio, marketers need to be careful and come out with brands that maximize the coverage of the market and minimize the overlap between brands, so that threat of cannibalization is minimized
  • 37. India’s premier M-school +  An organization can launch new brands either to satisfy a particular need of the target market or to offset competition  This result in brands playing a specific role in the portfolio of brands of an organization  Brands can play the following roles:- 1) Flankers 2) Cash cows 3) Low-end entry 4) High-end prestige 5) Strategic Brands 6) Silver Bulltets 7) Linchpin Brand 8) Sub-brands
  • 38. India’s premier M-school + Flankers:  A flanker brand is a new brand introduced into the market by a company that already has established brand in the same product category  The new brand is designed to compete in the category without damaging the existing item’s market share  This strategy is also called fighter branding or multi-branding Eg:- Nirma v/s Wheel, Micromax v/s other mobile brands
  • 39. India’s premier M-school + Importance of flanker branding  It allows a company to attract new customers from various market segments  The main brand of a company’s portfolio should target the market segment containing the most customers  Another brand can then be positioned to convert users from other market segments by using different set of benefits or product characteristics For example: • P&G – Tide is an extremely successful laundry detergent In order to appeal to consumers who desired a lower - cost detergent , P&G introduced Cheer
  • 40. India’s premier M-school + Advantages:  Gain more shelf space for the company, which increases retailer dependence on the company’s brands  Capture “brand switchers” by offering several brands  Protect the company- giving a product its own unique name means it will not be readily associated with the existing brand. This reduces risk of damage to the existing brand and/or company if the product fails  Companies with a high-quality existing product can introduce lower-quality brands without diluting their higher-quality brand names
  • 41. India’s premier M-school + Cash Cows:  Some brands may be kept around despite dwindling sale because they still manage to hold on to a sufficient number of customers and maintain their profitability with virtually no marketing support For example: • Colgate has come out with Colgate Gel, it still sells the Colgate White toothpaste  Brands with significant customer bases that require less attention than other brands  The role of cash cow brand is to generate resources that can be invested in other brand for future growth
  • 42. India’s premier M-school + Lower-end entry and high-end prestige brands:  Many brands introduce brand variants in a certain category that vary in price and quality  These brands leverage associations from other brands while distinguishing themselves on the basis of their price and quality  The role of a relatively low-priced brand in the brand portfolio often may be to attract more customers to the brand franchise For example: • Volkswagen introduced Polo with an idea of bringing new customers into its brand franchise with the hope of later moving them up to higher priced models of automobiles
  • 43. India’s premier M-school Flankers: Cash Cows: For example: Wheel & Rin (Unilever), For example: Colgate, Singer sewing Machine and Sunlight soap of Unilever Low-end entry: High-End Prestige For example: For example: Lucera brand of jewelry from Gitanjali Group, Wheel for Unilever, Tata Nano Nakshatra and D’Damas jewelry from Gitanjali group, Surf Excel from Unilever, Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Silk
  • 44. India’s premier M-school + Strategic brand:  Can be a ‘currently dominant brand also called megabrand, which can maintain or grow its position, or a small brand that is projected to become a major one  Thus, a strategic brand represents a meaningful level of profit and sales in the future  Eg: Pepsi or Thumbs Up
  • 45. India’s premier M-school +  Linchpin brand • As the name suggest, is the top brand or the key player • It provides a source of differentiation and indirectly influences customer loyalty For example: • Dairy Milk is a linchpin brand for Cadbury
  • 46. India’s premier M-school + Silver Bullet:  A silver bullet is a sub-brand or branded benefit that is employed as a vehicle for changing, or supporting the brand image of a parent brand  Because a silver bullet has a role that extends beyond supporting its own business, it deserves extra resources allocation in the form of advertising / or product development For example: • Sony Walk-Man – supports innovative miniaturization identity that is central to Sony • Vodafone Tuesdays, Airtel Hello Tunes.Mc Donald’s Happy Meal
  • 47. India’s premier M-school +  Branded Benefit As Silver Bullet: • A branded benefit can also play a silver bullet role by supporting the image of the brand to which it is attached • Thus it can do more than help communicate a functional benefit
  • 48. India’s premier M-school + Sub Brands:  Sub brands are brands that are connected to the parent brand and supplement or modify the parent brand’s association  The parent brand provides the ‘primary frame of reference’ and the sub-brand provides the attribute association For example: • Titan Raga, Tata Sonata,Titan Nebula,etc
  • 49. India’s premier M-school +  Sub-brands are further graded into the following  Sub-brands as co-driver – • Where the endorser brand and the sub-brand both play a major role For example • Nestle Kit Kat – both Nestle & Kit Kat have strong brand equity  Master brand as drive – • Here, the parent or Masterbrand primarily drive the success of sub-brand For example: • HP DeskJet printer – where primary driver for the sub-brand, is the parent brand name HP
  • 50. India’s premier M-school + BRAND LICENSING:  Licensing involves contractual agreement whereby firms can use the name, logo, character, and so forth of other brands to market their own brands for some fixed fees  Essentially, a firm is “renting” another brand to contribute to the brand equity of its own products  Entertainment licensing has been a big business in the recent years  Successful licensors include movie title, logo, comic strip character, television and cartoon characters  For example: RaOne, Krissh, Tom & Jerry, Chotta Bheem, Angry Birds
  • 51. India’s premier M-school + Merchandise Licensing industry  Worldwide is estimated at $187billion but in India it is still at nascent stage  The emergence of organized retail in India has set the pace for new collaborations between Licensors and Indian business houses  Licensing of brands, designs, characters and celebrities is now becoming popular in India – used as jewellery, apparel, lifestyle accessories, toy, gifts, games etc
  • 52. India’s premier M-school + Benefits of Licensing For Brand Owners:  Allow entry into new categories and businesses in which the company may not have core competency  Provides broader retail presence  Generates new, ongoing revenue streams at minimal increment cost  Protects the trademark through registrations and actual use
  • 53. India’s premier M-school + Benefits of Licensing For Brand Licensees:  Ease of entry into new product categories or price range  Alternative to significant investments in brand building  Better bargaining power with retailers  Build competitive advantage
  • 54. India’s premier M-school + Disadvantage  One danger in licensing is that manufacturers can get caught up in licensing a brand that might be popular at the moment but is really only a fad and produces short lived sales
  • 55. India’s premier M-school + Corporate trademark licensing:  One of the fastest growing segments of the licensing industry  Is the licensing of company name, logo, or brand for use on various, often unrelated products  In licensing their corporate trademark, firm may have different motivation, including generating extra revenue and exposure, or enhancing their brand image  However, the risk is that the product will not live up to the reputation established by the brand  Inappropriate licensing can potentially dilute brand meaning with consumers and marketing focus within the organization Eg: Maruti Suzuki,Hero Honda,Parker Pens by Luxor
  • 56. + CHOOSING A BRAND STRATEGY:  The six strategies discussed above can be labeled as generic strategies of branding India’s premier M-school  Each one is driven by its own internal structure and logic  The benefits and constrain flow accordingly  One cannot make a blanket judgment about any strategy being the best  Each strategy comes with its own pros and cons  Therefore, the branding strategy decision cannot be automatic  It must be preceded by a systematic analysis of a brand’s strategic challenges and a firm’s strengths and weaknesses
  • 57. India’s premier M-school +  Firms can adopt multiple branding strategies depending upon their requirements For example: • Nestle – adopts, by and large , an endorsement brand strategy for all its products • Within the endorsement framework, Maggi takes as an umbrella brand role for its range of products  It is hard to generalize as to which brand strategy is appropriate  But the choice of the strategy needs to be used on a thorough understanding of what each of the branding strategy stands for and what are its intentions
  • 58. India’s premier M-school + Factors for Selecting Branding Strategy: 1)Market Size • When market size is smaller and is not growing, achieving critical mass is difficult • In such situations a branding strategy which takes assistance from an established name may be more desirable 2)Competition • Implies how fiercely the market is contested • Brands need to shift from generality to specialty • Specific customer benefits or personality focus needs to be achieved
  • 59. India’s premier M-school + • Accordingly, branding strategies which are tilted in favor of individual brand’s identity creation may be more appropriate 3) Resources • Product branding is definitely not an option for a resource starved firm • Product branding firms like P&G, HUL, etc have deep pockets • They have resources to create and support product brands • While the firms in Eastern side of the globe heavily banked upon umbrella branding. These firms, instead created a common equity pool to be used and exploited by products in their portfolio
  • 60. India’s premier M-school + 4) Product Newness: • Today’s market environment is characterized by brand proliferation • When a marketer wants to add a new product which is characterized by its own uniqueness in terms of benefits or attributes, using common brand name is not desirable • The appropriate branding strategy under these circumstances is not to follow umbrella branding, but to mow towards product branding which concentrates on differentiations • Brands can evoke a mid-route by combining company name with product name to avoid confusion and establish clarity of image
  • 61. India’s premier M-school + 5) Technology / Innovations: • Product innovation sometimes embody new technology • Innovation brings uncertainty, both for the firm and the customers • Firms marketing innovation have to attend to two tasks: 1)To insulate brand equity in case the innovation fails 2)To communicate its innovativeness Eg: Kent RO Water Purifier. Kent Ozone Veg & Fruit Purifier
  • 62. India’s premier M-school + 6)Nature of the product: • A brand name could be based on functional or attribute of the brand • The functional brands are rigidly defined by their functions / attributes. Eg: Ezzee conditioner for woolen clothes • This limits their ability to be globally extended to categories placed at a distance from their core • However, some brands allow greater scope for umbrella or source branding Eg: Kingfisher and Godrej. v/s Unilever and P&G • Product category also has to be considered for branding strategy Eg: Tea cannot be given brand name like Wheel Tea or Cinthol Tea
  • 63. India’s premier M-school + 7)Customer Sophistication: • In different geographic markets, customer sophistication with respect to product class may vary • Sophisticated customers who appreciate differences among the product within a class are not be dealt with umbrella branding • The differentiation must be accounted for by the branding strategy • Greater customer sophistication makes umbrella branding an inappropriate option • The branding strategy must focus on category differentiation as it exists in customer’s mind
  • 64. India’s premier M-school + BRAND HIERARCHY:  “A brand hierarchy is a means of summarizing the brand strategy by displaying the number and nature of common distinctive brand elements across the firm’s product’s, revealing the explicit ordering of brand element”
  • 65. India’s premier M-school Company brand Family Brand Individual Brand Modifier The corporate or the parent brand of the organization (General Motors) A portfolio of products under one brand, generally within one product category ( Chevrolet) A specific product in that line or a sub-brand (Beat) An individual and unique item or a special class (GLX) Different levels of the hierarchy of General Motors
  • 66. India’s premier M-school +  Kapferer Branding system is developed by one of the Europe’s leading branding expert Jean-Noel-Kapferer  This hierarchy involves moving from top level to the bottom level introducing more brands at each succeeding level which may be easily represented as follows: 1)Corporate (or company) brand (GM) 2)Family Brand (Chevrolet) 3)Individual Brand (Optra) 4)Modifier (GLX)  The highest level of hierarchy always involves one brand – the corporate or company brand
  • 67. India’s premier M-school +  Some brands highlight their parent company’s name in a subtle manner. For example: • P&G owns Vicks, Whisper, Ariel etc – but does not uses its corporate name in any of its line business  Some other firms combine their corporate brand name with family brands or individual brands For example: • Reliance – Reliance Communications, Reliance Energy etc
  • 68. +  Finally, in some other cases, the company’s name is virtually invisible and, although technically part of the hierarchy, receives virtually no attention in the marketing program India’s premier M-school For example: • Big Cinemas – a division of Reliance Media Works Ltd  At the next lower level, a family brand is defined as brand that is used in more than one product category but it is not necessarily the name of the company or the corporation itself For example: Kissan Jams, Sauces, Fruit Crushes, etc
  • 69. +  An individual brand is defined as a brand that has been restricted to essentially one product category, although, it may be used for several different product types within the category India’s premier M-school For example: • Haldiram’s - Namkeen, Chips, Bhujia Sev, etc  A modifier is a means to designate a specific item or model type or particular version or configuration of the product For example: • Lay’s – regular and baked chips • Amul – ‘Pasteurized Unsalted’, ‘regular’, and ‘Lite’ versions of butter  Different level of the hierarchy may receive different emphasis in developing a branding strategy
  • 70. India’s premier M-school + BRAND PRODUCT MATRIX: Product Mix Brands 1 2 3 4 A B C D Brand Portfolio/Product Line Brand Line Product Assortment
  • 71. India’s premier M-school +  Brand Line:  1 Row of the matrix (original + Extensions)  Brand Portfolio /Product Line  1 Column of the matrix ( set of all brands in a product category)  Product Assortment:  Entire Matrix
  • 72. India’s premier M-school Brand-Product Matrix Product Mix Detergent Shampoo Soaps Product Breadth/Width (No. of product lines) Product Line Length No. of products in product line Average Depth = Total Variants/ Total Brands Product Assortment
  • 73. India’s premier M-school Detergents Soaps Hair Care Food Beverage es / Ice Creams Oral Care Skin Care Wheel Liril Clinic Plus Kissan Taj Mahal Tea Close-up Ponds Rin Breeze Sunsilk Knorr Taaza Pepsodent Fair & Lovely Surf Excel Rexona Dove Annapurna Lipton Comfort Lux All Clear Bru Vim Pears Tresemme Kwality Walls Cif Ponds Sunlight Lifebuoy Dove Hamam HUL
  • 74. +  A brand-product matrix helps to highlight the range of products and India’s premier M-school brands sold by a firm  To characterize the product and branding strategy of a firm one useful tool is the brand –product matrix  A graphical representation of all the brands and products sold by the firm  It helps identify Gap Areas which can be entered by launching new brands/products.
  • 75. India’s premier M-school + Corporate Branding  Aaker defines a corporate brand as a brand that represents an organization and reflects its heritage, values, culture, people and strategy.
  • 76. India’s premier M-school + Difference between Corporate and Product Brand  Shift in focus from product branding to corporate branding  Organizational culture and health comes to fore  From customer focus to stakeholder focus  Branding responsibility shifts from brand management team to corporate communications team  Product brands live in the present where as corporate brands live in the past, present and future