Marketing Chapter 7: Creating a Global Brand

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Chapter 7: Creating a Global Brand

This chapter examines the creation of a global brand, focusing on the various aspects of branding, including elements, benefits, and strategies.
Companies employ strategies like tiered, cobranding, and brand extensions to enhance their brand images and equities.
Maslow's hierarchy is a framework for understanding and developing both local and global products.
Country-of-origin effect is a factor impacting product and brand decisions in different parts of the world. Packaging and labeling are also significant aspects of global product success.
Brand recognition and reputation drive profit margins and customer preference, as brand name signals trust.
Emerging markets often prioritize lower-cost goods. Companies balance maintaining global quality standards while serving local markets at lower price points.
Walmart strategically offers products at quality levels best suitable for Mexico that are equivalent to other local stores, though the quality may be lower than standards in more developed countries.
This chapter also discusses the importance and role of global brand structures (corporate-dominant, product-dominant, hybrid) and factors such as firm-based characteristics and market dynamics in shaping brand architectures.
Different operating modes for companies to accomplish international objectives are crucial
Key principles for building global brand
- Parsimony emphasizes consolidation and role of individual brands
- Consistency emphasizes balance between brand names and product lines
- Connectivity emphasizes continuity across different product and product lines
Value of branding is also discussed for consumers, product/service providers and retailers.
Different types of branding strategies, e.g., branding for the consumer, are also outlined.
Brand elements are part of the building blocks of a brand's identity.
Defining a global brand involves consideration of aspects like a brand's visual elements, distinctive product features, and intangible aspects of customer experience.
Important aspects of creating global brands involve evaluating attributes like product features, benefits, values, cultural elements, personality, and user; brands' perceptions and multiple levels of meaning.
Globalization is also a significant factor and is addressed conceptually in the context of understanding branding.
Creating a global brand involves a variety of considerations and strategies, including leveraging a brand's existing strengths in new market segments.