An Examination of Selected Marketing Mix Elements

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Brand equity is an important asset for any organization. It is also an assets that offers an organization or a brand a road to success. Brand equity is important because its brand's product is closely associated with its premium price in the market. An organization or a brand with positive brand equity typically have higher quality products and services when compared to similar generic unbranded products. Furthermore, brand equity is important because it helps an organization or a brand to strengthen its competitive edge in the market. It is important to an organization or a brand, the reason are that it help lower the marketing costs and allows a brand to enjoy higher brand awareness and brand loyalty. Therefore, the ultimate goal of a brand

One thing that can make or break a company is its brand equity. Brand equity is the value that comes with the familiarity with a company’s branding and the feelings consumers have towards that brand (Brand Equity, n.d.). A company with strong brand equity usually gives consumers a sense of reliability and value; causing a higher inclination to purchase its products. It usually takes

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This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree in Marketing Practice

Received: 26 January 2010 / Accepted: 29 September 2010 / Published online: 20 October 2010 # Academy of Marketing Science 2010

Received: 26 January 2010 / Accepted: 29 September 2010 / Published online: 20 October 2010 # Academy of Marketing Science 2010

The value given to the brand by the consumer is the brand’s equity. The brand obtains its

The successful marketing and revenue generation of products is governed by a host of tangible and intangible factors. As marketing analytics research continues to develop theories and models for uncovering these important components of the product sales cycle, certain components differentiate themselves through importance and impact. Brand equity is one

Within the context of evaluating marketing opportunities, brand value relates to the intangible aspects of a company that act as a major source of competitive advantage and benefit for both consumers and sellers. For example, a strong brand value allows for a faster purchase decision process for consumers as information can be gathered quickly, and alternatives will often not be considered with equal weighting. Healy confirms this stating that “Good brands create shortcuts in product choice” (p. 136).

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A company is able to increase brand equity for a product that is in the maturity phase of the PLC. The maturity phase is characterized by increase competition, established brand recognition and slowing sales growth. In this phase product differentiation and market dominance become more critical (Anderson & Zeithaml, 1984). Brand equity is a set of brand assets and liabilities linked to a brand, its name, and symbol that add or subtract from the value provided by a product (Cravens, 1997). When a product reaches its maturity phase, a company is still able to increase brand equity by improving brand image, expanding brand awareness and entering new markets.

A company (in this case, a coffee shop) needs to establish a clear and consistent brand identity by communicating its brand attributes in a way that can be easily understood by prospective customers. One of the firm’s most valuable assets for improving marketing productivity is the customers’pre-existing knowledge of the brand from the firm’s investment in previous marketing programs (Keller, 1993). According to Keller (1993), the differential effect of brand knowledge upon customers’ response to brand marketing is known as brand equity. Brand equity is related to customer satisfaction and brand loyalty (Nam, Ekinci, and Whyatt, 2011). Customer satisfaction is a mediating variable between brand equity and brand loyalty, while brand loyalty itself is the biased (non-random) behavioral response (purchase) expressed over time by some decision-making unit with respect to one or more particular brands out of a set of brands and is a function of psychological processes (Jacoby, 1971). Considering the importance of brand equity in companies’ efforts to develop positive customer perception and win the tight competition in their industry by achieving customer satisfaction and loyalty, this study aims to investigate

To meet customers ' needs a business must develop proper market mix for them. These entails products to satisfy them, charge the right price get the goods to the right place, and it must make the existence of the product known through promotion. . The main objective of this study is to understand the role of marketing mix in an organization.