Brand MGMT
Brand MGMT
Brand MGMT
Objective
To familiarize students with the concept of a ‘brand’, the role of branding in marketing strategy; brand
equity, its importance and measurement, how to create and retain brand equity; operational aspects of
brand management. To introduce students to advanced topics of Brand Management.
REFERENCE BOOKS AUTHOR / PUBLICATION
Strategic Brand Management, 2 nd e Keller, K.L. Prentice –Hall
Strategic Brand Management Kapferer, J.N. Free Press 1994
Brand Management: The Indian Context; Moorthi, Y.L.R Sangam Books Ltd. 1999
Managing Brand Equity Aaker, D.A Free Press 1991
Brand Leadership: The Next Level of
Aaker / Joachimsthaler. Free Press 2000
Brand Revolution
Marconi, J. Probus Professional Pub.
Beyond Branding
1993
Brand Positioning: Strategies for
Sengupta, S. Tata McGraw Hill 2005
Competitive Advantage
Czerniawski, R.D. / M.W. Maloney.
Creating Brand Loyalty
Hudson House Publishing 1999
Brand Power Stobart, P. NYU Press 1994
Leslie de, C / Mc Donald. Butterworth –
Creating Powerful Brands, 3 rd e
Heinemann 2003
Brand Portfolio Strategy Aaker, David A. Free Press 2004
Detailed Syllabus
Concept of ‘Brand’ : Why Brand? What does Brand Building involve? Identification of opportunity for
branding and Brand Management Process. Brand Identity, personality, image and equity.
Branding Positioning and repositioning,
Strategic brand Management Process : Sustaining a brand longterm, Branding at different stages of
market – evolution – The scope for branding, the role of branding and branding strategies needed at
different stages in the evolution of the market, Brand Architecture: Handling a Large Portfolio, Multi
Brand Portfolio. Brand Hierarchy, Revitalizing brands: Relaunch, Rejuvenation, when brand is dying or
stagnating, or when the market is dying or stagnating
Creating strong brands through secondary Brand Associations: Creating Brand image through
elements of marketing mix.
Managing Brand Extensions
Managing Brand Equity: What it means: how to build it; Choosing brand elements to build brand equity
– Customer based brand equity – Understanding and Measuring brand equity using Aaker, Keller.
Kapferer, Young and Rubicum, Interbrand methodologies (methods of brand valuation); Monitoring
brands, Sources of brand equity (Brand Awareness, Brand personality, Brand loyalty, perceived quality,
brand associations). The Brand Report Card
Managing brands across geographical boundaries.
Special branding categories: Service brands, Private labels, Industrial brands, Luxury brands, Heritage
brands, Internet brands, TOM (Top of mind recall) brands.
Brand building in Indian context.
Cases
Faculty will be handling eight or more cases
· ‘Hello Kitty’: A Japanese Superbrand
· Red Bull’s Innovative Marketing:Transforming a Humdrum Product into a Happening Brand
· Volkswagen’s Iroc Concept: Reviving the Scirocco to Target a Niche Market
· The loveLife Brand (A): Initiating a Behavior Change in South African Youth to Prevent HIV
· Body Shop Brand: Repositioning to Target the ‘Masstige’ Segment and Impact of its Acquisition by
L'Oréal
· Repositioning Dabur
· Arvind Brands’ Competitive Position in the Indian Branded Apparel Market
· MultiBranding Strategy of Videocon Industries in the Consumer Durables Sector
· What’s in a Name – Lessons from Three Rebranding Exercises in India
· Apple iPod’s Promotional and Positioning Strategies
· Boots: Haircare Sales Promotion
· Tourism Malaysia: Creating ‘Brand Malaysia’
· Snapple’s Marketing: An Unconventional Brand’s Claim to Fame
· HaagenDazs: Repositioning a Cult Brand
· Tata Indica V2 Xeta: Competing in the Indian Small Car Market
· Mountain Man Brewing Company: Bringing the Brand to Light
Source:Case Studies in Brand Management Volume II
Suggested Schedule of Sessions
Topic No. of Sessions
Concept of ‘Brand’ (Including case discussion) 3
Branding Positioning and repositioning (Including case discussion) 2
Strategic brand Management Process (Including case discussion) 8
Creating Brand Image (Including case discussion) 5
Managing Brand Extensions (Including case discussion) 2
Managing Brand Equity: (Including case discussion) 8
Managing brands across geographical boundaries (Including case discussion) 1
Special branding categories (Including case discussion) 2
Brand building in Indian context. (Including case discussion) 2
Total 33