Chapter 13 Branding And Packaging Objectives • • • • • • • • Explain value of branding Understand brand loyalty Analyze components of brand equity Recognize types of brands and benefits Understand how to select and protect brand Examine branding policies Understand co-branding/brand licensing Describe packaging functions/design considerations and how packaging is used • Examine functions of labeling and describe legal issues pertaining to labeling Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 3 Branding • Brand – a name, term, design, symbol, or other • • • • feature that identifies a seller’s products and differentiates them from competitors’ products. Brand name – part spoken, including letters, words, and numbers Brand mark – part not made up of words, such as a symbol or design Trademark – legal designation of exclusive use of a brand Trade name – full legal name of organization Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 4 Value of Branding – Buyer • Identify specific products • Form of self-expression • Evaluate product • Reduce perceived risk of purchase • Status Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 5 Value Of Branding – Seller • Identify product • Aids in new product introduction • Facilitates promotion • Fosters brand loyalty • Cultural branding Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 6 Brand Loyalty A customer’s favorable attitude toward a specific brand. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 7 Brand Loyalty (cont’d) • Recognition – aware brand exists and is alternative if preferred brand unavailable • Preference – preferred over competitive offerings • Insistence – strongly preferred, no substitute Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 8 Brand Equity The marketing and financial value associated with a brand’s strength in a market. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 9 Major Elements Of Brand Equity Adapted with the permission of The Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, from Managing Brand Equity: Capitalizing on the Value of a Brand Name by David A. Aaker. Copyright © 1991 by David A. Aaker. All rights reserved. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 10 Types Of Brands • Manufacturer- initiated by its producer • Private distributor- initiated and owned by a reseller • Generic- indicating only a product category Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 11 The World’s Most Valuable Brands From “The Top 100 Global Brands Scoreboard,” Business Week, http://bwnt.businessweek.com/brand/2005/ (accessed May 1, 2006). Reprinted by permission of Business Week. The brand valuations draw on publicly available information, which has not been independently investigated by Interbrand. Data: Interbrand Corp., J. P. Morgan Chase & Co., Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Business Week. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 12 Consumer Perceptions Of Brands “Store Brands at the Turning Point,” Consumer Research Network, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 13 Selecting A Brand Name • Easy to say, spell, recall • Indicate major benefits- suggest in positive way products’ uses and special characteristics • Recognizable in all types of media Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 14 Sources For Brand Names • Individual • Committee • Department • Consultant Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 15 Protecting A Brand • Brand types – – – – – Fanciful = most protected Arbitrary Suggestive Descriptive Generic = least protected • 10 year protection but renewed indefinitely • USPTO® Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 16 Branding Policies • Individual- each product given a different name • Family- all of a firm’s products with the same name or part of the name • Extension- organization uses one of its existing brands to brand a new product in a different category Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 17 Co-Branding Using two or more brands on one product. NASDAQ And Street.com Announcement Co-BrandingSample Agreement Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 18 Brand Licensing An agreement whereby a company permits another organization to use its brand on other products for a licensing fee. HP’s Brand Licensing Program Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 19 Packaging Functions 1. Protect product and maintain functional form 2. Offer convenience 3. Promote product 4. Communicate quality or premium nature of product Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 20 Packaging Considerations • • • • • • • Cost Tamper-resistant Design consistency Promotional role- color Needs of resellers Environmentally responsible RFID Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 21 Companies That Spend The Most On Packaging Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 22 Packaging And Marketing Strategies • • • • • • Altering Secondary-Use Category-Consistent Innovative Multiple Packs Handling -Improved Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 23 Criticisms Of Packaging • • • • Not functional Safety Deceptive Cost Types Of Packaging Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 24 Labeling • Labeling- identifying, promotional, or other information on package • Universal Product Code (UPC)electronically readable lines identifying product and inventory/pricing information Universal Product Code and EAN Article Numbering Code Page Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 25 Labeling Laws • Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (1966) • Nutrition Labeling Act (1990) Nutrition Labeling Analysis Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 26 Perceived Quality And Value Of Products Based On Country Of Origin “American Demographics 2006 Consumer Perception Survey,” Advertising Age, Jan. 2, 2006, p. 9. Data by Synovate. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 13 | 27