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Lanham Act
Protect it or lost it
You must protect your trademarks
Some countries allow counterfiting
4 branding options
Family brand
Individual (free standing) brand
Licensing
Generic
Manufacturer Brands
Also called national brands
Created/owned by producers
Attract business to stores
Dealer Brands
Also called private brands or private labels
Created/owned by intermediaries
Creates higher margins
FTC = Label rules
FTC ACT of 1914 held that false, misleading or deceptive labels or packages constitute unfair competition
Both federal and state laws regulate labeling
FDA regulates food and drug labels
Open dating (expiration codes)
Nutritional labels
Nutritional labeling and education act of 1990 - requires sellers to provide detailed nutritional info
FDA also regulates terms like low-fat, high fiber and light
Hot issues: serving sizes, nutrition and gmo labeling
Environmental packaging
Recyclable materials
Biodegradable materials
Compact packaging
Ethical issues of packaging
Display packaging
True to size packaging
3 types of convenience products
Staples
impulse
emergency
2 types of shopping products
homogeneous
heterogeneous
product
need-satisfying offering of a firm
Components of a product
Excellent service
Physical good with the right features
useful instructions
convenient package
trustworthy warranty
familiar name
service
not physical - they are intangible
Quality
A product’s ability to satisfy a customer’s needs or requirements
Consumer Product classes
Convenience products
Shopping products
Specialty products
Unsought products
Business product classes
Installations
Accessory equipment
Raw materials
Component parts and materials
Maintenance, repair, and operating supplies
Professional services
Conditions favorable to successful branding
The product is easy to label and identify by brand or trademark
The product quality is easy to maintain and the best value for the price
Dependable and widespread availabilty is possible. When customers start using a brand, they want to be able to continue using it
Demand is strong enough that the market price can be high enough to make the branding effort profitable
There are economies of scale. if the branding is really successful, costs should drop and profits should increase
Favorable shelf locations or display space in stores will help. This is something retailers can control when they brand their own products
5 levels of brand familiarity
- rejection
- non-recogniton
- recognition
- preference
- insistence
Characteristics of a good brand name
Short and simple
Easy to spell and read
Easy to recognize and remember
Easy to pronounce
Can be pronounced in only one way
Can be pronounced in all languages
Suggestive of product benefits
Adaptabele to packaging/labeling needs
No undesriable imagery
Always timely
Adaptable to any advertising medium
Legally available for use (not in use by another firm)
How do you protect a brand name?
U.S. common law and civil law protect the rights of trademark and brand name owners
Lanham act - spells out what kinds of marks can be protected and the exact method of protecting them
4 different approahces to branding
family brand
individual brand
lisecenced brand
generic products
Battle of the brands
The competition between dealer brands and manufacturer brands, is just a question of whose brands will be more popular and will be in control
Packaging can enhance the product
Can make the product easier or safer to use
Warranty
Explains what the seller promises about its product
It may actually reduce the responsibility a producer would have under common law
Must be clearly written
Warranties lessen consumer risk
product assortment
the set of all product lines and individual products that a firm sells
product line
a set of individual products that are closely related
individual product
a particular product within a product line
Branding
The use of a name, term, symbol, or design - to identify a prodcut
brand name
a word, letter, or a group of words or letters
Trademark
includes only those words, symbols, or marks that are legally registered for use by a single company
service mark
the same as a trademark except that it refers to a service offering
Brand familiarity
Means how well customers recognize and accept a company’s brand
Brand rejection
Means that potential customers wont buy a brand unless its image is changed
Brand nonrecognition
Means final consumers dont recognize a brand at all -even though intermediaries may use the brand name for identification and inventory control
Brand recognition
Means that custoemrs remember the brand
Brand preference
Which means that target customers usually choose the brand over other brands, perhaps because of habit or favorable past experience
Brand insistence
Means that customers insist on a firm’s branded product and are willing to search for it