Brand positioning and values
Description
Please use template attached***The Course Project: A Professional ApplicationA list of the 100 Best Global Brands each year is released each year. Click here for the
2014 list. Sort the list by “Country of Origin.” Select a brand with the United States as the country of origin. This brand will become the competition for a fictional
brand you create in a later unit, which will be used throughout this course. If your brand represents a large number of products or services, it will be necessary to
select one major business or product line for the assignment. If you have questions regarding the choices, please contact your instructor by Thursday of this week so
that you will have enough time to complete the week’s project.Part 1: Competitor SelectionUsing articles from the library’s full-text databases and the company’s Web
site, introduce the brand.
•Provide an analysis of its marketing mix (products, price, distribution, and promotion).
•This section of the paper should be 1 page in length and use research from the library’s full-text databases and the company’s Web site. Part 2: Brand BackgroundUsing
a variety of sources, including the company’s Web site, provide an overview of how the products or services are marketed, branded, and sold by the company.
•Identify all brand elements (logos, slogans, symbols, trademarks, characters, and packaging)
•Profile 2 direct or indirect competitive brands for points of parity and difference.
•This section of the paper should be 2 pages in length and use research from a variety of sources including the company’s Web site. Part 3: Primary ResearchPerform
primary buyer-behavior research about the brand. Develop a focus group (at least 5 people) or survey (of at least 10) that will elicit consumer perceptions of the
target brand as compared to the 2 competitors from Part 2.
•Describe the data collection process.
•Include the survey or focus group questions (with appropriate respondent demographics).
•Share the results in tabular format, and explain them.
•Analyze the results, and apply them to the research completed in Parts 1 and 2 of this project.
•This section of the paper should be 3–4 pages in length. Your assignment should contain a cover page, an abstract page, and a reference page, in addition to the body
paragraphs. The body of the paper should be 6–7 pages in length, starting with a brief 1-paragraph introduction and ending with a short conclusion. The entire
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