MARKHENTY CONSULTING
What is a Brand ?
Definition
ď‚§ A source of relationship with consumer
ď‚§ A source of promise to the consumer
ď‚§ A singular idea or concept that you
own inside the mind of the prospect.
Needs & wants
Consumer
Customer
Needs Wants
Being Needs
Deficit Needs
Esteem Needs
Belonging Needs
Safety Needs
Physiological Needs
Maslow Pyramid
Being Needs
Deficit Needs
Self - actualisation
Products
ď‚§ Needs are converted to wants
ď‚§ Wants are expressed through products & services
ď‚§ A consumer needs a drink and wants a cup of
ď‚§ A consumer needs to communicate to others and
wants a mobile phone
ď‚§ A strong brand satisfies a defined consumer need
ď‚§ A consumer wants a mobile phone but a
Needs & wants
ď‚§ Organisations exist for one purpose:
- To meet human needs
ď‚§ Venerated organisations have managed to meet every
human needs over a long period of time
 All BCCA’s revenues and profits result from one thing:
- Customers who are willing to pay money for products and
services that meet their needs
Needs & wants
Any brand management initiative, any marketing initiative, any
business initiative must start with a solid understanding of the
customer
Defining the target customer
ď‚§ He has important needs and your brand meets his needs
ď‚§ Your brand has the potential to be preferred by him
ď‚§ There is something about your brand that he admires
ď‚§ He has the potential to provide BCCA with consequent
revenues and profits over the long run.
ď‚§ BCCA can grow by :
- building a long term relationship with, and
- increasingly fulfilling the evolving needs of its target
customers
Understanding the customer
At a minimum, your organization should capture and
understand the target customer following attributes :
– Demographics
– Lifestyle
– Needs/desires
– Fears/concerns
– Product purchase behaviour
– Product usage behaviour
Understanding the customer
Market segmentation is necessary to meet the needs of
different customer groups effectively.
BCCA should have a good understanding of the following
dimensions of each market segment :
– Its overall size and its growth rate
– Its price sensitivity
– The benefits that are most and least important to it
– How well it is served by existing products and brands
– How it selects and purchases the product
– How accessible it is
– The distribution method it prefers
– How it uses the product
– Its product usage/replacement rate
– Its longevity and projected evolution over time.
Market segmentation
Market can be segmented in the following ways:
ď‚§ Product usage segmentation
ď‚§ Purchase behaviour segmentation
ď‚§ Brands loyal
- convenience drivers
- price drivers
- surfers
ď‚§ Benefit segmentation
ď‚§ Price segmentation
ď‚§ Lifestyle segmentation
ď‚§ Cohort group segmentation
ď‚§ Psychographic segmentation
 Etc…
Market segmentation
What is a Brand ?
ď‚§ Branding is a matter of giving a soul to a
product/service/institution throughout tangible &
intangible values.
Product
Service
Institution
Tangible
Values
Intangible
Values
What is a Brand ?
Brand
personality
Brand
identity
Brand
image
Brand
positioning
Brand
essence
Brand
design
Brand
Promise
Product
Service
Institution
What is a Brand ?
Brand equity
Brand
personality
Brand
identity
Brand
image
Brand
positioning
Brand
essence
Brand
design
Brand
Promise
Product
Service
Institution
What is a
Strong Brand ?
Definition
ď‚§ A brand is strong when consumers
make their purchase decision based
on a deep belief that this brand
satisfies their needs better than any
other brand or product.
Exercise
ď‚§ List 2 brands in your market which you
consider to be strong brands and
identify the elements that make it
strong for the consumer point of view.
Recognisable elements of a strong brand
ď‚§ Consistent product
ď‚§ Consistent image
ď‚§ Consistent price
ď‚§ Consistent appearance
How to manage strong brands ?
International Brands Regional Brands Local Brands
STRATEGY
Countries/region input Global marketing input Country/region decides
Global marketing
recommends
Country/region
recommends
MD/Board decides MD decides
EXECUTION
Countries/region input Global marketing input Global marketing may
input
Global marketing
recommends
Country recommends Country/region decides
execution
Region decides guidelines Country/Region decides
key activities(e.g.advertising)
Global marketing shares
successful models
Global marketing decides
major deviations from
guidelines
Global marketing shares
successful models
Global marketing shares
successful models
How to create
a Strong Brand ?
Ingredients
ď‚§ A long-term strategic vision
ď‚§ Clear understanding of the consumer
ď‚§ A clear and defined brand positioning with a
competitive advantage
ď‚§ Consistent marketing mix across market and over
time
ď‚§ A sustainable and ownable brand identity
ď‚§ Compliance with brand marketing laws.
ď‚§ Build up brand health indicators in respect of
strategic trends.
Brand quality share
ď‚§ For strong brands, all key brand indicators are
higher than the brand market share :
- Share of cohort segment
- Share of voice
- Share of channel margin
- Share of strategic segment
Brand quality share
Market Share
1. Raw product profile
Market
Share
2. Dynamic profile
Brand essence
 It’s the heart and the soul of a brand, a brand’s
fundamental nature or quality.
Usually stated in 2 or 3 words , brand essence is the
one constant across product categories and
throughout the world.
ď‚§ Some examples :
- NIKE Genuine athletic performance
- DISNEY Fun family entertainment
Brand essence
Brand muscle 1 Brand muscle 2
Brand muscle 3 Brand muscle 4
Brand Essence
Each muscle illustrates one of the key brand attributes
and could be subdivided in “sub muscles”.
Exercise
ď‚§ Based on materials provided, create
and illustrate a brand essence with its
4 muscles.
Brand promise
ď‚§ To be successfully positioned in the market place, a brand
must promise differentiated benefits that are relevant to its
target audience.
ď‚§ The benefits can be :
- Functional (physical)
- Emotional
ď‚§ A brand promise is often stated as :
– Only {brand name} delivers {benefit} in {product or service
category}
ď‚§ For corporate brands, it is stated as :
– {corporate brand name} is the {tested/quality/innovative}
leader in {benefit} in the {product or service category}
Brand promise
ď‚§ A brand promise must :
- Address important consumer needs
- Leverage your organization’s strengths
- Promote a competitive advantage through differentiation
- Inspire, energize, mobilize people
- Drive every organizational decision, system, action and process
- Manifest itself in the company, product and services
ď‚§ A brand promise must be :
- Understandable
- Believable
- Unique/differentiating
- Compelling
- Admirable or endearing
Brand promise
Brand
promise
Brand promise
Brand positioning
 It is a function of the brand’s promise and how the brand
compares with other choices with regard to :
ď‚§ It is the way the brand is perceived in the mind consumers vs
competition.
QUALITY
VALUE
PERCEIVED LEADERSHIPINNOVATION
PRESTIGE
TRUST SAFETY
RELIABILITY CONVENIENCE
CONCERN TO CONSUMERSOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
TECHNOLOGICAL SUPERIORITY
Exercise
ď‚§ Brand positioning workshop
KINDSEXY
OLD FASHIONINNOVATION FUN
SINCERE
RELIABLE
SAFE
SOPHISTICATED
PROGRESSIVE
Brand personality
ď‚§ This refers to adjectives that describe the brand such as :
ď‚§ In general, strong brand posses the following personality
attributes :
LIKABLE
HONESTADMIRABLE
APPEALING
POPULAR
STAND FOR SOMETHING
RELIABLE (“I can always count on {brand} !”)
AUTHENTIC
TRUSTWORTHY
UNIQUE BELIEVABLE RELEVANT
INNOVATIVE
SERVICE-ORIENTED
DELIVERS HIGH QUALITY, WELL PERFORMING
PRODUCT & SERVICES
Strong positive brand associations
ď‚§ This refers to anything a consumer associates with the brand
in his mind
ď‚§ These associations could be :
- Organizational
- Product related
- Symbolic
- Or personified.
If there is a strong connection with this association
ď‚§ This refers to a combination of :
- Essence
- Promise
- Personality
- And positioning
Strong positive brand associations
ď‚§ Names, logotypes, symbols and other graphic devices,
distinctive shapes, typography, theme lines or slogans, copy
lines or base lines, etc… that are uniquely associated with a
brand, are all components of a brand identity.
Compelling Brand Architecture
 It’s the brand family tree. Ideally, the brand architecture is
simple with no more than 2 levels :
- Master brand
- Brand/sub-brand
- Enclosed brand
- Stand-alone brand
How to manage
a Strong Brand ?
The brand management process
The power of focus
The power of brands lies in focus in today’s business
environment. The robust brands will be those that :
- Focus on one customer group
- Become intimate with that group
- Strive to meet more and more the needs of that group
- Co-create products and services with the group
- Epitomize what that group stand for.
Brand positioning
ď‚§ What is the target market ?
ď‚§ What is the segment ?
ď‚§ What is the point of difference ?
Three mains areas for differentiations :
- PRODUCT
- PACKAGING
- IMAGE
Copy strategy
ď‚§ The 6 components of a copy strategy :
1. Key consumer benefits
ď‚§ Physical
ď‚§ Emotional
2. Reason why
ď‚§ Physical
ď‚§ Emotional
3. Brand character/personality
4. Brand world
5. Desire consumer response
6. Proposed selling ideas
Ingredients
ď‚§ A long-term strategic vision
ď‚§ Clear understanding of the consumer
ď‚§ A clear and defined brand positioning with a
competitive advantage
ď‚§ Consistent marketing mix across market and over
time
ď‚§ A sustainable and ownable brand identity
ď‚§ Compliance with brand marketing laws.
ď‚§ Build up brand health indicators in respect of
strategic trends.
A consistent marketing mix
All elements of the marketing mix must be :
ď‚§ Consistent with the brand positioning
ď‚§ Consistent with each other
ď‚§ Consistent over time
ď‚§ Consistent geographically
ď‚§ Integrated to reinforce themselves in order to build a strong
brand.
Brand
positioning
Product
Price
Distribution
Communication
Perceived
Brand
Positioning
The Company Marketing mix The Consumer
International brands vs local brands
Tangible values
ď‚§ Quality
ď‚§ Innovation
ď‚§ Price
Intangible values
ď‚§ Subjective quality
- Taste
- Flavour
- Colour
- Sound
ď‚§ Narrative quality
- Story
- Geography
- People
- And… Saga
ď‚§ Association
- Economic association
- Social association
- Cultural association
Building a Strong
Brand
From Brand Awareness to Brand Insistence
Integrated communication process
ATL BTL
TV Promotion
Radio Loyalty program
Press
Merchandising
Sponsoring
Out-door
Other media
Retail media
Brand
Identity
Brand
Design
PUSHPULL
ConsistencyConsistency
Drive brand insistence
Loyal
consumers
Occasional
consumers
Non
consumers
+++ + - -
Achieve must-
stock status
Reinforce
convenience
Promote
convenience
distribution
Destination/
loyalty program
Yield
management
Migrations
Yield
management
Promote
recruitment rice
Yield
management
Reinforce
product affinity
Increase
usability
Low product
entries Barriers
Emotional
connection
Accessibility
Value
Awareness
Relevance
Building share of market
Buildingshareofmind
Drive brand insistence
Brand Equity building process
Brand Affinity
- Share of mind
- Share of heart
Brand distribution
- Must-stock status
- Distribution share
Positioning/Pricing
Value share
Awareness
Share of voice
Brand Awareness
Brand Relevance
Brand Value
Differentiation
Brand
Accessibility
Brand
functional
connection
Brand promise
Brand promise
Brand promise
Brand promise
Brand promise
Brand promise

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    What is aBrand ?
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    Definition ď‚§ A sourceof relationship with consumer ď‚§ A source of promise to the consumer ď‚§ A singular idea or concept that you own inside the mind of the prospect.
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    Needs & wants Consumer Customer NeedsWants Being Needs Deficit Needs Esteem Needs Belonging Needs Safety Needs Physiological Needs Maslow Pyramid Being Needs Deficit Needs Self - actualisation Products
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    ď‚§ Needs areconverted to wants ď‚§ Wants are expressed through products & services ď‚§ A consumer needs a drink and wants a cup of ď‚§ A consumer needs to communicate to others and wants a mobile phone ď‚§ A strong brand satisfies a defined consumer need ď‚§ A consumer wants a mobile phone but a Needs & wants
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     Organisations existfor one purpose: - To meet human needs  Venerated organisations have managed to meet every human needs over a long period of time  All BCCA’s revenues and profits result from one thing: - Customers who are willing to pay money for products and services that meet their needs Needs & wants
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    Any brand managementinitiative, any marketing initiative, any business initiative must start with a solid understanding of the customer Defining the target customer ď‚§ He has important needs and your brand meets his needs ď‚§ Your brand has the potential to be preferred by him ď‚§ There is something about your brand that he admires ď‚§ He has the potential to provide BCCA with consequent revenues and profits over the long run. ď‚§ BCCA can grow by : - building a long term relationship with, and - increasingly fulfilling the evolving needs of its target customers Understanding the customer
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    At a minimum,your organization should capture and understand the target customer following attributes : – Demographics – Lifestyle – Needs/desires – Fears/concerns – Product purchase behaviour – Product usage behaviour Understanding the customer
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    Market segmentation isnecessary to meet the needs of different customer groups effectively. BCCA should have a good understanding of the following dimensions of each market segment : – Its overall size and its growth rate – Its price sensitivity – The benefits that are most and least important to it – How well it is served by existing products and brands – How it selects and purchases the product – How accessible it is – The distribution method it prefers – How it uses the product – Its product usage/replacement rate – Its longevity and projected evolution over time. Market segmentation
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    Market can besegmented in the following ways:  Product usage segmentation  Purchase behaviour segmentation  Brands loyal - convenience drivers - price drivers - surfers  Benefit segmentation  Price segmentation  Lifestyle segmentation  Cohort group segmentation  Psychographic segmentation  Etc… Market segmentation
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    What is aBrand ? ď‚§ Branding is a matter of giving a soul to a product/service/institution throughout tangible & intangible values. Product Service Institution Tangible Values Intangible Values
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    What is aBrand ? Brand personality Brand identity Brand image Brand positioning Brand essence Brand design Brand Promise Product Service Institution
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    What is aBrand ? Brand equity Brand personality Brand identity Brand image Brand positioning Brand essence Brand design Brand Promise Product Service Institution
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    Definition ď‚§ A brandis strong when consumers make their purchase decision based on a deep belief that this brand satisfies their needs better than any other brand or product.
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    Exercise ď‚§ List 2brands in your market which you consider to be strong brands and identify the elements that make it strong for the consumer point of view.
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    Recognisable elements ofa strong brand ď‚§ Consistent product ď‚§ Consistent image ď‚§ Consistent price ď‚§ Consistent appearance
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    How to managestrong brands ? International Brands Regional Brands Local Brands STRATEGY Countries/region input Global marketing input Country/region decides Global marketing recommends Country/region recommends MD/Board decides MD decides EXECUTION Countries/region input Global marketing input Global marketing may input Global marketing recommends Country recommends Country/region decides execution Region decides guidelines Country/Region decides key activities(e.g.advertising) Global marketing shares successful models Global marketing decides major deviations from guidelines Global marketing shares successful models Global marketing shares successful models
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    How to create aStrong Brand ?
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    Ingredients ď‚§ A long-termstrategic vision ď‚§ Clear understanding of the consumer ď‚§ A clear and defined brand positioning with a competitive advantage ď‚§ Consistent marketing mix across market and over time ď‚§ A sustainable and ownable brand identity ď‚§ Compliance with brand marketing laws. ď‚§ Build up brand health indicators in respect of strategic trends.
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    Brand quality share ď‚§For strong brands, all key brand indicators are higher than the brand market share : - Share of cohort segment - Share of voice - Share of channel margin - Share of strategic segment
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    Brand quality share MarketShare 1. Raw product profile Market Share 2. Dynamic profile
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    Brand essence  It’sthe heart and the soul of a brand, a brand’s fundamental nature or quality. Usually stated in 2 or 3 words , brand essence is the one constant across product categories and throughout the world.  Some examples : - NIKE Genuine athletic performance - DISNEY Fun family entertainment
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    Brand essence Brand muscle1 Brand muscle 2 Brand muscle 3 Brand muscle 4 Brand Essence Each muscle illustrates one of the key brand attributes and could be subdivided in “sub muscles”.
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    Exercise ď‚§ Based onmaterials provided, create and illustrate a brand essence with its 4 muscles.
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    Brand promise  Tobe successfully positioned in the market place, a brand must promise differentiated benefits that are relevant to its target audience.  The benefits can be : - Functional (physical) - Emotional  A brand promise is often stated as : – Only {brand name} delivers {benefit} in {product or service category}  For corporate brands, it is stated as : – {corporate brand name} is the {tested/quality/innovative} leader in {benefit} in the {product or service category}
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    Brand promise  Abrand promise must : - Address important consumer needs - Leverage your organization’s strengths - Promote a competitive advantage through differentiation - Inspire, energize, mobilize people - Drive every organizational decision, system, action and process - Manifest itself in the company, product and services  A brand promise must be : - Understandable - Believable - Unique/differentiating - Compelling - Admirable or endearing
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    Brand positioning  Itis a function of the brand’s promise and how the brand compares with other choices with regard to :  It is the way the brand is perceived in the mind consumers vs competition. QUALITY VALUE PERCEIVED LEADERSHIPINNOVATION PRESTIGE TRUST SAFETY RELIABILITY CONVENIENCE CONCERN TO CONSUMERSOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TECHNOLOGICAL SUPERIORITY
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    KINDSEXY OLD FASHIONINNOVATION FUN SINCERE RELIABLE SAFE SOPHISTICATED PROGRESSIVE Brandpersonality  This refers to adjectives that describe the brand such as :  In general, strong brand posses the following personality attributes : LIKABLE HONESTADMIRABLE APPEALING POPULAR STAND FOR SOMETHING RELIABLE (“I can always count on {brand} !”) AUTHENTIC TRUSTWORTHY UNIQUE BELIEVABLE RELEVANT INNOVATIVE SERVICE-ORIENTED DELIVERS HIGH QUALITY, WELL PERFORMING PRODUCT & SERVICES
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    Strong positive brandassociations ď‚§ This refers to anything a consumer associates with the brand in his mind ď‚§ These associations could be : - Organizational - Product related - Symbolic - Or personified. If there is a strong connection with this association ď‚§ This refers to a combination of : - Essence - Promise - Personality - And positioning
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    Strong positive brandassociations  Names, logotypes, symbols and other graphic devices, distinctive shapes, typography, theme lines or slogans, copy lines or base lines, etc… that are uniquely associated with a brand, are all components of a brand identity. Compelling Brand Architecture  It’s the brand family tree. Ideally, the brand architecture is simple with no more than 2 levels : - Master brand - Brand/sub-brand - Enclosed brand - Stand-alone brand
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    How to manage aStrong Brand ?
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    The power offocus The power of brands lies in focus in today’s business environment. The robust brands will be those that : - Focus on one customer group - Become intimate with that group - Strive to meet more and more the needs of that group - Co-create products and services with the group - Epitomize what that group stand for.
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    Brand positioning ď‚§ Whatis the target market ? ď‚§ What is the segment ? ď‚§ What is the point of difference ? Three mains areas for differentiations : - PRODUCT - PACKAGING - IMAGE
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    Copy strategy ď‚§ The6 components of a copy strategy : 1. Key consumer benefits ď‚§ Physical ď‚§ Emotional 2. Reason why ď‚§ Physical ď‚§ Emotional 3. Brand character/personality 4. Brand world 5. Desire consumer response 6. Proposed selling ideas
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    Ingredients ď‚§ A long-termstrategic vision ď‚§ Clear understanding of the consumer ď‚§ A clear and defined brand positioning with a competitive advantage ď‚§ Consistent marketing mix across market and over time ď‚§ A sustainable and ownable brand identity ď‚§ Compliance with brand marketing laws. ď‚§ Build up brand health indicators in respect of strategic trends.
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    A consistent marketingmix All elements of the marketing mix must be : ď‚§ Consistent with the brand positioning ď‚§ Consistent with each other ď‚§ Consistent over time ď‚§ Consistent geographically ď‚§ Integrated to reinforce themselves in order to build a strong brand. Brand positioning Product Price Distribution Communication Perceived Brand Positioning The Company Marketing mix The Consumer
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    Intangible values  Subjectivequality - Taste - Flavour - Colour - Sound  Narrative quality - Story - Geography - People - And… Saga  Association - Economic association - Social association - Cultural association
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    Building a Strong Brand FromBrand Awareness to Brand Insistence
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    Integrated communication process ATLBTL TV Promotion Radio Loyalty program Press Merchandising Sponsoring Out-door Other media Retail media Brand Identity Brand Design PUSHPULL ConsistencyConsistency
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    Drive brand insistence Loyal consumers Occasional consumers Non consumers ++++ - - Achieve must- stock status Reinforce convenience Promote convenience distribution Destination/ loyalty program Yield management Migrations Yield management Promote recruitment rice Yield management Reinforce product affinity Increase usability Low product entries Barriers Emotional connection Accessibility Value Awareness Relevance Building share of market Buildingshareofmind
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    Brand Equity buildingprocess Brand Affinity - Share of mind - Share of heart Brand distribution - Must-stock status - Distribution share Positioning/Pricing Value share Awareness Share of voice Brand Awareness Brand Relevance Brand Value Differentiation Brand Accessibility Brand functional connection
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