1. PRODUCT STRATEGY AND BRANDING Professor Chip Besio Cox School of Business Southern Methodist University

2. WITHIN EVERY BRAND IS A PRODUCT, BUT NOT EVERY PRODUCT IS A BRAND …DAVID OGILVY

3. WHAT ARE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? GOODS, SERVICES, AND IDEAS  Good  Services Nondurable Goods Durable Goods  Product  Ideas

4.  Product Item  Product Line  Product Mix Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) WHAT ARE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES? PRODUCT ITEMS, LINES, AND MIXES 10-4

5. Brand Name Quality Level Packaging Design Features Delivery& Credit Installation Warranty After- Sale Service Core Benefit or Service Core Benefit or Service Actual Product Core Product Augmented Product Source: Prentice Hall WHAT IS A PRODUCT?

6. How stages of the product life cycle relate to a firm’s marketing objectives and marketing mix actions

7. Stages of the product life cycle and its total industry sales and total industry profit

8. How stages of the product life cycle relate to a firm’s marketing objectives and marketing mix actions

9. CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE INTRODUCTION STAGE  Primary Demand  Selective Demand  Skimming Strategy  Penetration Pricing

10. Product life cycle for the stand-alone fax machine for business use: 1970-2012

11. CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE GROWTH STAGE  Rapid Sales Growth  Repeat Purchasers  New Features  Broad Distribution  More Competitors

12. CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE MATURITY STAGE  Product Differentiation  Fewer Competitors  Industry/Product Sales Slow  Profit Declines

13. CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE DECLINE STAGE  Deletion  Harvesting  Environmental Changes  Industry/Product Sales Drop

14. CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE FOUR ASPECTS  Length of the Product Life Cycle  Shape of the Product Life Cycle Generalized Life Cycle High-Learning Product Fashion Product Fad Product Low-Learning product

15. Alternative product life cycle curves based on product types

16.  The Product Level: Class and Form Product Class Product Form CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE FOUR ASPECTS

17. Prerecorded music product life cycles by product form

18.  The Life Cycle and Consumers Diffusion of Innovation  Innovators  Early Adopters  Early Majority  Late Majority  Laggards CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE FOUR ASPECTS

19. Five categories and profiles of product adopters (diffusion of innovation)

20.  The Life Cycle and Consumers Barriers to Adoption  Usage  Value  Risk  Psychological CHARTING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE FOUR ASPECTS 11-20

21. MANAGING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE ROLE OF A PRODUCT MANAGER  Product/Brand Manager Responsibilities Product Life Cycle Marketing Program Implementation New Product Development Data Analysis (Sales, Market Share, & Profit Trends)  Category Development Index - CDI  Brand Development Index - BDI 11-21

22. MANAGING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE MODIFYING THE PRODUCT OR MARKET  Product Modification Product Bundling New Characteristics  Market Modification Finding New Customers Increasing a Product’s Use Creating a New Use Situation 11-22

23. MANAGING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE REPOSITIONING THE PRODUCT  Product Repositioning  Reaching a New Market  Reacting to a Competitor’s Position  Catching a Rising Trend 11-23

24. The Milk Processor Education Program What factor triggered its repositioning? 11-24

25.  Changing the Value Offered Trading Up (adding value through new features) Trading Down (reducing features, quality or price) Downsizing (reducing package content or size) MANAGING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE REPOSITIONING THE PRODUCT 11-25

26.  Branding  Brand Name Logotype (Logo) Product Counterfeiting BRANDING AND BRAND MANAGEMENT  Trade Name  Trademark ® ™ 11-26

27.  Brand Personality  Brand Equity BRANDING AND BRAND MANAGEMENT BRAND PERSONALITY AND BRAND EQUITY Provides a Competitive Advantage Consumers Willing to Pay a Premium 11-27

28. GATORADE: QUENCHING THE ACTIVE THIRST WITHIN YOU

29. Göt2b Hair Products and Degree Deodorant What are their brand personalities?

30. The customer-based brand equity pyramid

31. BRANDING AND BRAND MANAGEMENT PICKING A GOOD BRAND NAME  Should Suggest Product Benefits  Should Fit the Company or Product Image  Should Be Memorable and Positive  Should Have No Legal or Regulatory Restrictions  Should Be Simple and Emotional

32. ALTERNATIVE BRANDING STRATEGIES

33. BRANDING AND BRAND MANAGEMENT BRANDING STRATEGIES  Multiproduct Branding (Family or Corporate Branding) Product Line Extensions Subbranding Brand Extension Co-Branding

34. BRANDING AND BRAND MANAGEMENT BRANDING STRATEGIES  Multibranding Fighting Brands  Private Branding (Private Labeling or Reseller Branding)  Mixed Branding  Co-Branding (two brands, one new product)

35. Line Extension Multi-brand Brand Extension New Brand Brand Name Currently ServedNew Product Category Existing New Source: Prentice Hall BRANDING STRATEGY

36.  Line Extension –Existing brand names extended to new forms, sizes, and flavors of an existing product category  Brand Extension –Existing brand names extended to new product categories  Multi-brands –New brand names introduced in the same product category  New Brands –New brand names in new product categories Source: Prentice Hall BRANDING STRATEGY

37. Kimberly-Clark’s Huggies What branding strategy is used?

38. Black & Decker and DeWalt Tools What branding strategy does each use?

39.  Attributes  Packaging  Labeling  Product Support INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT STRATEGY DECISIONS

40. FeaturesFeatures DesignDesign Source: Prentice Hall QualityQuality PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?

41. PACKAGING AND LABELING PRODUCTS CREATING CUSTOMER VALUE AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE  Packaging  Label  Communication Benefits  Functional Benefits  Perceptual Benefits

42. PromotesIdentifies Competitive Advantages Describes Sales Tasks Product Safety Packaging Labeling Packaging Labeling Source: Prentice Hall PACKAGING

43. “?” and Heinz Ketchup What are the packaging benefits for each?

44. Lay’s STAX, Pringles and Celestial Seasonings What are the packaging benefits for each?

45. PACKAGING AND LABELING PRODUCTS PACKAGING AND LABELING CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES  Environmental Concerns  Health, Safety, and Security Issues  Cost Reduction  Connecting with Customers Shelf Life

46. BRANDING AND BRAND MANAGEMENT  Warranty Express Warranties Limited Coverage Warranties Full Warranties Implied Warranties

47. Product Mix - all the product lines offered Product Mix - all the product lines offered Variety Variety - number of different product lines Assortment Assortment - number of items within product lines Assortment Assortment - number of items within product lines PRODUCT MIX