Amir NikKhah
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Brand is the name, term, design, 
symbol, or any other feature that 
identifies one seller's product distinct 
from those of other sellers. 
The outward expression of a brand, 
including its name, trademark, 
communications, and visual 
appearance is Brand Identity.
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A Strong Brand should have following characteristics: 
1) Symmetry 
2) Appropriate Place 
3) Tolerance 
4) Credibility 
5) Inspiration 
6) Uniqueness 
7) Attraction
BRANDING 
The process involved in creating a unique 
name and image for a product in the 
consumers' mind, mainly through advertising 
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campaigns with a consistent theme. 
Branding aims to establish a significant and 
differentiated presence in the market that 
attracts and retains loyal customers.
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Brand Development 
The process of improving a brand or improving 
customers' knowledge and opinions of a brand. 
The perception of your brand will ultimately 
determine the success of your company. 
Your brand isn’t what you say it is. It’s what 
your market says it is. 
Every exchange with your market is an 
opportunity to shape this perception, make 
a connection, build trust, and strengthen 
customer loyalty. 
A metric of marketing success that 
measures the number of sales 
within a specific market. The 
calculation is expressed as the 
number of unit sales per thousand 
people within a geographic area.
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Brand Development Index 
Brand Development Index or BDI quantifies 
how well a brand performs within a specific 
group of customers, compared with its average 
performance among all customers. 
It measures the relative sales strength of a 
brand within a specific market. 
The purpose of the BDI metric is to quantify 
the relative performance of a brand within 
specified customer groups. 
The Brand Development Index helps 
marketers identify strong and weak segments 
(usually demographic or geographic) for 
individual brands.
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Brand Development Index 
BDI = (Brand sales to group ÷ Households in group) ÷ (Total brand sales ÷ Total households) 
or 
BDI = (Brand sales to group ÷ Total brand sales) ÷ (Households in group ÷ Total households)
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Category Development Index 
CDI = (Category sales to group ÷ Households in group) ÷ (Total category sales ÷ Total households) 
or 
CDI = (Category sales to group ÷ Total Category sales) ÷ (Households in group ÷ Total households)
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BDI & CDI 
High market share 
Good market potential 
Low CDI High CDI 
High BDI 
Low BDI 
Low market share 
Good market potential 
High market share 
Monitor for sales decline 
Low market share 
Poor market potential
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BDI & CDI 
The market usually represents 
good sales potential for both 
the product and the brand. 
Low CDI High CDI 
High BDI 
Low BDI 
The product category shows high 
potential but the brand isn’t 
doing well; the reason should be 
determined. 
The category isn’t selling well 
but the brand is; may be a good 
market in which to advertise 
but should be monitored for 
sales decline. 
Both the product category and 
the brand are doing poorly; not 
likely to be a good place to 
advertise.
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EXAMPLE
Brand Development Index (BDI)

Brand Development Index (BDI)

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    1 Brand isthe name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's product distinct from those of other sellers. The outward expression of a brand, including its name, trademark, communications, and visual appearance is Brand Identity.
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    2 A StrongBrand should have following characteristics: 1) Symmetry 2) Appropriate Place 3) Tolerance 4) Credibility 5) Inspiration 6) Uniqueness 7) Attraction
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    BRANDING The processinvolved in creating a unique name and image for a product in the consumers' mind, mainly through advertising 3 campaigns with a consistent theme. Branding aims to establish a significant and differentiated presence in the market that attracts and retains loyal customers.
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    4 Brand Development The process of improving a brand or improving customers' knowledge and opinions of a brand. The perception of your brand will ultimately determine the success of your company. Your brand isn’t what you say it is. It’s what your market says it is. Every exchange with your market is an opportunity to shape this perception, make a connection, build trust, and strengthen customer loyalty. A metric of marketing success that measures the number of sales within a specific market. The calculation is expressed as the number of unit sales per thousand people within a geographic area.
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    5 Brand DevelopmentIndex Brand Development Index or BDI quantifies how well a brand performs within a specific group of customers, compared with its average performance among all customers. It measures the relative sales strength of a brand within a specific market. The purpose of the BDI metric is to quantify the relative performance of a brand within specified customer groups. The Brand Development Index helps marketers identify strong and weak segments (usually demographic or geographic) for individual brands.
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    6 Brand DevelopmentIndex BDI = (Brand sales to group ÷ Households in group) ÷ (Total brand sales ÷ Total households) or BDI = (Brand sales to group ÷ Total brand sales) ÷ (Households in group ÷ Total households)
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    7 Category DevelopmentIndex CDI = (Category sales to group ÷ Households in group) ÷ (Total category sales ÷ Total households) or CDI = (Category sales to group ÷ Total Category sales) ÷ (Households in group ÷ Total households)
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    8 BDI &CDI High market share Good market potential Low CDI High CDI High BDI Low BDI Low market share Good market potential High market share Monitor for sales decline Low market share Poor market potential
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    9 BDI &CDI The market usually represents good sales potential for both the product and the brand. Low CDI High CDI High BDI Low BDI The product category shows high potential but the brand isn’t doing well; the reason should be determined. The category isn’t selling well but the brand is; may be a good market in which to advertise but should be monitored for sales decline. Both the product category and the brand are doing poorly; not likely to be a good place to advertise.
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