Brand Meaning Management

Noted authors discuss how and why consumers identify with and become attached to brands and the challenges marketers face in creating and sustaining these states. Other meaning makers (e.g., celebrities, culture, consumers themselves) can facilitate or detract from the brand meanings marketers aim to create.

For over two decades, it has been argued that the brand is an important value creator and should therefore be a top management priority. However, the definition of what a brand is remains elusive. This comprehensive textbook presents the reader with an exhaustive analysis of the scientific and paradigmatic approaches to the nature of brand as it has developed over the last twenty years. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach and offering an exhaustive analysis of brand research literature, it delivers a thorough understanding of the managerial implications of these different approaches to the management of the brand. Brand Mangement: Research, Theory and Practice fills a gap in the market, providing an understanding of how the nature of brand and the idea of the consumer differ in these approaches and offers in-depth insight into the opening question of almost every brand management course: "What is a brand?"

This second edition of Brand Meaning lays out new territory for the understanding of how brands both acquire and provide meaning. The author draws on his experience with leading international companies to propose a compelling framework for the conscious and unconscious ways in which people connect with products and brands. Revised and updated, it contains contemporary as well as classic examples of brand meaning in practice from various countries, and expands on the theory, methods and applications of brand meaning. The book’s multidisciplinary approach and concise yet comprehensive content makes it an ideal supplemental reader for undergraduate, graduate, and MBA courses, as well as valuable reading for practitioners in the fields of marketing, advertising and consumer research. For more information, visit www.brandmeaning.com.

Contains articles by marketing field's researchers and academicians. This book includes literature reviews, methodologies, empirical studies, trends, international developments, guidelines for implementation, and suggestions for theory development and testing.

For more than three decades it has been argued that the brand is an important value creator and should be a top management priority. However, the definition of what a brand is remains elusive. BRAND MANAGEMENT: RESEARCH, THEORY, AND PRACTICE fills a gap in the market, providing an understanding of different 'schools of thought' in brand management and offers deep insight into the opening question of the opening question of almost every brand management course: 'What is a brand?' This comprehensive second edition offers an exhaustive scientific analysis of various approaches to brand management developed over the past thirty years. It also delivers a thorough understanding of the strategic and managerial implications of different brand perspectives.

Brand euity and strategic brand management combine a comprehensive theoretical foundation with numerous techniques and practical insights for making better day-to-day and long-term brand decisions and thus improving the long-term profitability of specific brand strategies. This book is prepared for specific tactical guidelines for planning, building, measuring and managing brand euity.It includes numerous examples virtually on every topic.Representing the brain trust in brand management, the book of Brand Management presents the highly sophisticated branding techniques used by some of the world's leading companies.Strategies such as brand stretching and brand architecture are described,especially as tools for managing the total brand experience and value.the book also includes a brand management toolkit,which provides checklists and exercise, as well as global and asian case studies.

Very few books exist that meaningfully integrate the rich and vast body of scientific research and theories that have accumulated in the field, relating to both traditional and contemporary topics in branding. This book accomplishes that task, with contributions from leading experts in the science of branding, national and international. The book should appeal to all students, faculty, and marketing professionals with an interest in research findings about brands, and an interest in deepening their understanding of how consumers view brands.

Noted authors discuss how and why consumers identify with and become attached to brands and the challenges marketers face in creating and sustaining these states. Other meaning makers (e.g., celebrities, culture, consumers themselves) can facilitate or detract from the brand meanings marketers aim to create.