Product and Price (19) Flashcards
Typical Product Life Cycle Chart-
Intro, Growth, Maturity, Decline
Branding Decisions factors
- name
- package
- extensions
- other decisions
Branding decision: Name
PNA Experiment:
- people thought that stock with simpler names would perform better than stocks with complex names
- archival analysis showed that IPO’s with pronounceable ticker codes performed better than those with unpronounceable ticker codes
Branding decision: Packaging
Basic component:
- Packing itself
- logo (starbucks)
- label
Four Brand Strategies (Chart)
brand name: Existing/product category (brand) (ie Ben & Jerrys)
- Line extension (new ice cream flavor)
- Brand extension (ben & jerrys milk)
brand name: New/ Product category (Co.)
- Multibrand (Vegan Joes by B&J)
- New Brand
What is a brand?
(Psychological value to consumer
a name, term sign, symbol, or design, or a combination of them intended to identify the goods and services of one seller or group of sellers to differentiate them form those of the competition
and a promise that a firm makes to its customer
How to measure brand equity
perceptual Approaches:
- blind tests
- young and rubicam brand assest valuator (BAV)
asset evaluation Approach:
- interbrands S-Curve method-
Young & Rubicam’s BAV (chart)
- Useful for across country analysis- how well a brand is doing across the country in diff places
- link with operating variables
Brand Asset Valuator (BAV)
x axis: Brand Strength
- concrete brand positioning
- differentiation + relevance
y axis: Brand Stature
- abstract brand positioning
- knowledge + Esteem
Growth In differentiation & relevance=>margin?
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Interbrand’s S-Curve Method
Assest Evaluation Approach
Brand Basic Requirements:
- separately identifiable
- legally protected
- transferable
Brand Value:
- a multiple (discounted rate) reflecting the brands strenghth
- “the brand is valued at”
Dimensions of Brand Personality- US
Brand Personalities: ECSSR
- Excitement -mtv
- competence- ibm
- sincerity- campbells
- sophistication- guess
- ruggedness- nike
Customer Value?
customer value is a measure of how much a customer is willing to pay for a product or a service (reservation price)
- percieved value (PV)
- Price
- Cost
3 Cases:
PV-> price-> cost (mazda miati)
PRice-> PV-> cost (mistake adjustments)
Price-> cost-> pv (failure- product sinks)
Measuring Customer Value: Price Elasticity
PE (E)= % change in quantity demanded/ % change in price
Elastic Demand
Elastic Demand:
- Price Elasticity> 1
- a small change in price produces a large change in demand
Inelastic Demand
- Price Elasticity< 1
- a small change in price produces a smaller change in demand