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eGUIDE 1 Contents
Defining brands > Using this guide
eGUIDE 2
> Introduction
Types of brands
eGUIDE 3 > Brands as intangibles
How brands work > Brand equity
eGUIDE 4
> Brand evaluation
Brand strategy
eGUIDE 5 > Alternative brand equity measures
Managing and
> Brand valuation
developing brands
eGUIDE 6 > Methods of brand valuation
Brand portfolio and
> Case studies
architecture
eGUIDE 7
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Source: Interbrand/Citibank league table, 2001, cited in British Brands Group (2001) eGuide 1: Defining brands – Advantages for
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By understanding the By understanding the strength of the Alternative brand equity measures
strength of the consumer relationship with the brand, one can
start to gauge how vulnerable the brand is to Several proprietary models based on
consumer relationship
new entrants or to short-term promotions, as worldwide market research have been
with the brand, one can developed to measure brand equity.
well as how much can be changed without
start to gauge how ‘alienating’ loyal customers. [Hart and Murphy,
vulnerable the brand is. 1997] Young & Rubicam (Y&R)
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Figure 7.3: Y&R's BrandAsset Valuator Scores against the first and second dimensions
are multiplied together to produce a measure
of ‘brand strength’ . Scores against the third
How brands are built
and fourth dimensions are multiplied together
Four primary aspects to produce a measure of ‘brand stature’. This
approach concentrates on the consumer, at the
expense of more business-orientated
1. Knowledge Understanding of the product/service measures such as market share or sales
trends.
1. Price premium
2. Satisfaction/loyalty
4. Differentiation Perceived distinctiveness of the brand
Perceived quality/leadership measures
Source: Ambler (2000) Marketing and the Bottom Line, p.50
3. Perceived quality
4. Leadership/popularity
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There is no one right Market behaviour measures There is no one right measure of brand equity.
measure of brand Rather, the various measures need to be
equity. There is a place 9. Market share gathered, reviewed and prioritised in a
structured brand audit and considered as a
for both consumer 10. Market price/distribution coverage
whole in the brand evaluation process. [IPA,
oriented approaches and 1996] Among these, there is a place for both
This list includes a balance of attitude,
business performance consumer oriented approaches, like YR’s Brand
behaviour and marketing measures with no
measures. prescribed weighting on each element. Aaker Asset Valuator, and business performance
recommends tailoring this approach to each measures, as proposed by Interbrand.
brand’s specific circumstances.
Interbrand
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Brand valuation > It can be too crude to detect the fine tuning
resulting from yearly marketing activity.
Brand valuation focuses on a brand’s financial
aspects – in contrast to brand evaluation which > Assumptions can change.
includes consumer and other metrics alongside
the financial elements. It has particular > It lacks theoretical underpinning.
application in brand licensing (to identify
appropriate royalty rates), litigation (to > It is inadequate as a single measure of
calculate damage settlements) and tax brand equity.
planning (to assess liabilities).
> It depends on anticipating the future.
Putting a financial value on a brand is in itself
Valuation lacks a complicated process. Again, many Valuation can be used as a part of brand
consumer focused techniques have been developed to assist in equity measurement, but it lacks consumer
metrics and therefore is including brands on a balance sheet. focused metrics and therefore is not suitable
not suitable as a sole as a sole predictor of brand equity.
predictor of brand Brand valuation is based on the fundamental
precept that the value of something is what
Why value your brand?
equity.
you can get out of it. The second fundamental
> For balance sheet purposes
precept of valuation is that value of something
can’t be stated in the abstract. The questions > For mergers and acquisitions
‘to whom?’ and ‘for what purpose? have to be
asked. [Perrier, 1997] > Joint-venture negotiations (eg, to prevent
overpayment)
Even though some companies use valuation as
brand equity assessment, Ambler [2000] > Investor relations
identifies a number of flaws:
> Licensing and Franchising (eg, to set the
> It is subjective, since brands, particularly right price)
‘valuable’ ones are rarely sold.
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Some initial key questions > Brand health > Balance sheet
monitoring > Tax
Before embarking on a brand valuation > Marketing budget > Licensing
exercise, it is important to know the answer to allocation
> Internal brand > Joint ventures
the following questions:
licensing > Insolvency
> Is the brand clearly identifiable? > Brand portfolio > Litigation
management > Financing
> Is title to the brand unambiguous? > Brand architecture
review > Mergers and
> Could the brand be sold separately from the acquisitions
rest of the business? > Internet brand
evaluation > Investor relations
> Is there a premium value over the Source: Brand Finance plc
equivalent commodity product?
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CASE STUDIES
1. Pepsi Cola: the choice of a new generation
2. Apple: imagination, innovation and differentiation
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1. Pepsi Cola: the choice of a new launch of the new Diet Pepsi product. And by
generation the mid 1970s Pepsi was beginning to close to
gap on their largest competitor, Coca-Cola.
The Pepsi Cola brand began life in 1898 and
has survived several ownerships, two Around this time a series of consumer tests
bankruptcies and intense competition to were conducted and, to the marketers delight,
become one of the world’s largest and most they showed that the majority of participants
recognisable brands. preferred the taste of Pepsi to their
competitors. These results gave rise to the
The brand was historically marketed as a value near legendary ‘Pepsi Challenge’ campaign,
product, priced significantly cheaper than the again aimed predominantly at the youth
competition to encourage sales, but as World market, where consumers across the US were
War II drew to a close, Pepsi began to invited to take a blind taste test of both Pepsi
reposition the brand and to assimilate it into and Coca-Cola. With results favourable, the
American culture. Pepsi’s marketing in the challenge soon found it’s way into television
1950s was aimed squarely at youth, the baby advertising.
boomers that they labelled ‘The Pepsi
Generation’. The brand adopted the now By the beginning of the 1980s, Pepsi had
familiar swirl logo on their bottles and established itself as the top selling brand in
employed the crude but effective slogan ‘Be take-home sales in the soft drinks market and
Sociable – Have a Pepsi’. This was the first they continued their successful tactic of placing
Pepsi campaign to focus on youth, a technique themselves firmly as a youth product. The
they would become renowned for over the Pepsi Generation campaign was finally laid to
coming decades. rest but the brand became known for
expensive sponsorships of high profile youth
The 1960s and 1970s saw further youth icons and adverts featuring superstars such as
orientated marketing, continuing the Pepsi Michael Jackson, Cindy Crawford, Michael J Fox
Generation theme and even hitting the and the Spice Girls. The youth pitch was
American Top 40 in 1964 with their catchy continued with copy such as ‘GeneratioNext’,
jingle Girlwatchers – produced to mark the
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