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Brand evaluation in a cross-cultural context

This paper addresses the widely debated topic of ‘cross-national convergence’ in consumer attitudes and behaviour with respect to global brands. The study is based on a survey of nationally representative samples of the adult population in...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: The Big Brand Challenge

Authors: Daniel Weber, Christine Woesler de Panafieu

June 15, 1996

The myth at the heart of the brand

This paper adapts aspects of the work of anthropologist Claude Levi- Strauss for use in market analysis and research. The methodology has been pioneered by the author's company, and is regularly used by them in their analytical work. The paper...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: The Big Brand Challenge

Author: Monty Alexander

June 15, 1996

The gap

As environments have become more competitive, so the nature of brands has changed. To appreciate this, depth interviews were conducted with twenty leading edge brand consultants. Brands have evolved beyond their earlier role of differentiating and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: The Big Brand Challenge

Authors: Leslie de Chernatony, Francesca Dall'Olmo Riley

June 15, 1996

Lost sales research

The Audi experience illustrates a number of more general points for consideration. First, that good lost sales research should encompass both the ‘buyer’ and the ‘seller’; the insights gained in this study and the specificity of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: Building Brand Identity In The Auto Industry

Authors: Andy Turton, Steve Gatt

June 15, 1996

The value of contacts in promoting brand equity

Brand equity is basically related to the capacity of a brand to win and maintain loyal customers. It represents a new dimension in contemporary marketing that focuses on winning share of loyal customers to improve and preserve market share. Common...

Catalogue: MENAP Forum 1996: Pressure On Profit

Authors: Joseph Khoury, Oscar Jamhouri

March 1, 1996

Brand fitness

The objectives of our paper are to: 1. introduce the concept of brand fitness, 2. substantiate the essential role of research in fitness measurement, and 3. exemplify the use of a research technique that is an integral part of this measurement. Brand...

Catalogue: MENAP Forum 1996: Pressure On Profit

Authors: Harout Krikorian, Lance de Masi

March 1, 1996

Pioneering in Central European markets

This study discusses the advantages and dangers of pioneering FMCG brands in new geographical markets, a subject so far neglected in the existing literature. Pioneering advantages have mostly been researched with product innovations in industrialised...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/JMA/ARF Conference 1995: Triad 2000

Authors: Sven H. Becker, Michael J. Baker

June 15, 1995

Implications of changing influences on consumers for transnational brand management and communications

This paper opens with some observations on the changing world of consumers with a more detailed discussion of developments in international media and the likely effects on consumers around the world. Following a review of some of the key trends...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/JMA/ARF Conference 1995: Triad 2000

Authors: Linda Caller, Sheila Byfield

Company: Ogilvy

June 15, 1995

Taking a break from virtual reality

The focus of this paper will be on retail brands of the first type - the kinds of retailers who may be termed FMCG retailers (supermarkets, fast food outlets, fashion chains, petrol stations, toiletries/drugs, off-licences etc) where customers have...

Catalogue: Seminar 1995: Facing Up To The Challenges In Retailing

Author: Wendy Gordon

June 15, 1995