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Chapter 7: Product Decisions
Chapter Objectives
After reading this chapter, students should understand:
· The elements of brand equity, building strong brand equity, and leveraging
brand equity through brand extensions
Chapter Overview
The purpose of this chapter is focus on areas of product decision-making. Although
some product-related issues were discussed in Chapter 2 as part of the development of a
marketing strategy, this chapter expands those discussions and includes other relevant
topics for marketing managers.
Key Terms:
· Product features
· Product line
· Packaging
· Product design
· Global marketing
· Position
· Joint space
· Multidimensional scaling (MDS)
· Original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
· Global marketing
· Product line strategy
· Cannibalization
· Mass customization
· Customerization
· Choiceboards
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A. Definitions
1. Product features: Are the characteristics or attributes of a product or service.
6. Joint space: A perceptual map that contains both brand spatial locations as
well as consumer perceptions of their ideal brand.
11. Cannibalization: The amount of sales for a new element of a product line
that is taken away from an existing element of the line.
B. Branding
1. Why customers value brands:
· Reduced information search costs.
· Risk reduction.
· Expectations of quality
· Prestige and emotional needs
2. Types of brands
· Corporate brands: Company brands. (Companies like GE, Clorox, etc.,
are corporate names that are brands in themselves.)
· Corporate parent brands: Brand names where the corporate brand is
carried with individual product names. (Snap-on Tool’s heavy duty air
hammer is the PH2050 and referred to as the Snap-on PH2050.)
· Distinct product brands: Brand names separate from the corporate brand.
(Crest is not marketed with the Proctor & Gamble name.)
· Sub-brands: Include the name of the corporate brand along with the
distinct product brand. (Sony PlayStation, Nestle Kit Kat)
· Co-brands: Two independent companies have both brands highlighted in
a product. (Haagen-Daz’s ice cream and M&M’s)
· Ingredient brands: A special case of co-branding. (Intel, Dolby,
DuPont’s Gore-Tex)
· Figure 7.1 Page 181 Brand Equity. Demonstrates brand equity and the
associated dimensions.
· Illustration: Aflac, Inc., (www.aflac.com) Page 182
· Illustration: IKEA, (www.ikea.com) Page 183
5. Brand extensions
· Leveraging the brand into new product categories
6. Global Branding
· Theodore Levitt’s Model for Global Branding:
· Consumer convergence
· Demographic convergence
· Decline of the nuclear family
· The changing role of women
· Static populations
· Higher living standards
· Cultural convergence
· Illustration: Table 7.2 Page 188 Best Global Brands
· Illustration: L’Oreal (www.loreal.com) Page 188
· Illustration: Vodafone (www.vodafone.com) Page 188
7. Branding Issues
· Brand personality
· Brand person relationships
· Logos
· Illustration: Audi (www.audi.com) Page 192
·
D. Product Positioning
1. Concept of product positioning becomes clearer when thinking about
different steps involved in product positioning:
· Determine product’s current position.
· If you are satisfied with the position and brand performance, continue
with the current strategy and value proposition. The product is “well-
positioned.”
· If you are dissatisfied with the current position, the brand needs to be
repositioned and the value proposition may need to be modified.
· If the product is new, step 2 is irrelevant and step 3 becomes the position
you are creating for it.
3. Positioning decisions
7. Resource allocation
· Resource allocation depends on the nature of the product line
· If products are promoted as a single line, then a single marketing strategy
may be used
· When elements of the line appeal to different segments with different
characteristics such as growth rates or competition, then multiple strategies
or another approach might be used.
· Most popular approach to the above, would be the portfolio approach
(introduced by The Boston Consulting Group)
E. Mass Customization
1. Changes in information technology have permitted a fundamental change in
product line policy: from company-supplied to customer-demanded variations
(mass customization or customerization)
3. Choiceboards are online interactive systems that allow customers to design their
own products
Note: Two recurring themes in this Instructor’s Manual are the first two items:
· Link theory to practice.
· Engage students to link work experience to the concepts demonstrated in
the text.
A large portion of this chapter is devoted to branding and the key concepts behind
brands, brand equity, and the implications branding has on the overall marketing efforts of
a company. I generally suggest discussing these concepts in terms of well-known brands
and have the students discuss the brands with which they are familiar.
As important as branding, are the key decisions that they must make as product or
marketing executives such as: product feature decisions, positioning decisions, product line
decisions, product differentiation decisions, and other closely related strategic decisions
that they will make as senior level executives. I also discuss The Boston Consulting
Group’s Growth Share Matrix as it relates to the product life cycle and the accompanying
decisions that products in the life cycle will require. If available, I suggest using a real life
Within this context, I also suggest a discussion on resource allocation. How does a
manager allocate resources under difficult circumstances? How does this effect product
decision-making? Is ROI a consideration? How does resource allocation effect product line
extensions or expansion?
The answer to this question will vary. The key is for students to understand that there are
different branding strategies for the above situation. Corporate Brands, usually try to
promote all or some of their product line at a time. Distinct product brands tend to focus on
the name of the item or brand being promoted.
An interesting example for the students to discuss would be the Clorox Company, which
owns and markets, Burt’s Bees, a product line of natural skin care, beauty, and natural
personal care. Clorox realizes that it is normally identified by its major brand: Clorox
bleach, which can be toxic and poisonous. They have carefully branded and marketed the
Burt’s Bees product line as distinct from the corporation. This product line is positioned as
natural and personally (and environmentally) friendly.
2. Choose a brand that you think is weak in the minds of customers. Using the
framework shown in Figure 7.1, what are the elements of brand equity that are
deficient for this product?
This answer to this question will vary. Look for students’ answers to this question to
incorporate the five dimensions of Figure 7.1 (Brand Loyalty, Brand Awareness, Perceived
Quality, Brand Associations, and Other Proprietary Brand Assets).
3. Given the two brand names Nabisco and Mercedes Benz, choose several brand
extensions that you believe make sense and several that do not. Explain why.
The answer to this question will vary. The key is to make sure students understand that
Mercedes Benz has higher brand equity than Nabisco. Mercedes will be able to launch
brand extensions at a higher price than Nabisco. Mercedes also has to be careful to not
launch a brand extension that will dilute the brand equity of the company. Some fruitful
brand extensions for Mercedes are clothing (high-end), jewelry. Nabisco could extend into
low calorie snack crackers since the category fit and image association congruent with the
brand.
4. Are there some product categories that are more amenable to global branding than
others are? What are the general characteristics of those that work and those that
do not?
This question depends on what type of product is being launched. General characteristics of
those that work versus those that do not could be attributable to the astuteness of the
company to adjust to cultural and environmental differences inherent in marketing in a
5. In late 2002, Dell Computer Corporation decided to start selling “white boxes,”
unbranded PCs, to computer distributors who then put their own or some other
private label brand name on them. Do you think this was a good idea? Why or why
not? (Hint: Dell killed the idea in 2005)
6. Give several examples of brands that have been recently repositioned. How has this
been implemented and for what reason?
The answer to this will vary. The key is for students to signify why the brand had to be
repositioned. Abercrombie & Fitch is a brand that has been repositioned over the years. For
many years, it was the epitome of classic clothing and style. It has been repositioned as a
young hip brand for a much younger buying segment. Microsoft has repositioned itself to
reflect an image closer to Apple’s with clean branding images and marketing messages.
7. Are there some kinds of products and services that can more easily mass customized
than others can? Are there any negatives to mass customization?
Many types of products and services can be customized—even Internet advertising can be
delivered as customized according to the search characteristics of the users, their
demographics, and many other factors. As technology advances, it will be easier to offer
customized products and services. However, one of the drawbacks is that the company
must be careful to make sure that it can properly and correctly execute on the
customization.
· Have the students take a product (either from their own companies or another)
and walk through The Growth Share Matrix and the implications for changes in
product decisions at each stage.
· Have the students create an ROI model based on the above or another product
of their choice.
· Have the students discuss a product with which they are familiar or from their
own business experience. Discuss the various product decisions that were made
either from launch stage or through the product life cycle and the issues
associated with the ultimate outcome.
Commanding Officer
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratories
ATTN: AMXRD-BTD, Facility Coordinator
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005
Footnotes:
[1] This value varies with experimental environment of core.
[2] This value varies with experimental environment of core.
[3] P1: Center of Glory Hole; P2: Core Surface (11.3 cm from
Core Center); P3: 1 meter from Core Center.
[4] These values are approximate and meant for qualitative
comparison only.
[5] P1: Center of Glory Hole; P2: Core Surface; P3: 1 Meter from
Core Center.
[6] Ionization and elastic recoil processes contribute roughly equal
amounts to the total kerma.
[7] P1: Center of Glory Hole; P2: Core Surface; P3: 1 Meter from
Core Center.
[8] Representative data. Actual values influenced by core
operating history.
Transcriber’s Notes:
The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs and so
that they are next to the text they illustrate.
Typographical and punctuation errors have been silently corrected.
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