1. 10-1 MARKETING MANAGEMENT 10 Crafting the Brand Positioning

2. 10-2 Chapter Questions How are brands differentiated? How can a firm choose and communicate an effective positioning in the market? What are the implications of market evolution for marketing strategies?

3. 10-3 Marketing Strategy Segmentation Targeting Positioning

4. 10-4 Positioning Designing the company’s offering and image for a distinctive place in the mind of the target market.

5. 10-5 Cigarettes

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21. 10-21 Positions? Pizza places? Bars? Grocery stores?

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24. 10-24 A Positioning Statement To young, active soft-drink consumers with little time for sleep, Mountain Dew is the soft drink that gives you energy because it has the most caffeine.

25. 10-25 Defining Associations Points-of-parity (POPs) Points-of-difference (PODs)

26. 10-26 Image Differentiation

27. 10-27 Product Life Cycle

28. 10-28 Theories about Life Cycles Products have a limited life. Product sales pass through distinct stages. Profits rise and fall at different stages. Products require different marketing, financial, manufacturing, purchasing, and human resource strategies in each stage.

29. 10-29 Discussion question Do brands have finite lives? Take a position: 1.Brands can last forever. 2. Brands will eventually be obsolete.