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Business Definition for: Brand Management

  • the marketing of one or more proprietary products. Brand managers (see product management) have responsibility for the promotion and marketing of one or more commercial brands. This includes setting targets, advertising, and retailing, and coordinating all related activities to achieve those targets. In the case of multiple brand management, consideration needs be given to questions relating to the treatment of the brands as equal or as having some differentiating value. This may affect the amount of resources committed to each brand.
  • See also Product Management

Additional Resources

Trends In Brand Management In The Philippine Setting
Brand management boasts of several advantages.  For one, brands, large or small, are given enough attention and are not neglected by a company. While the brand manager is accountable for sales, market shares and profit, he has no authority over other people in the organization such as those in sales, production...
Tags: Brand, Brand Management, Mansmith & Fielders, Brand Management Concept, Branding, Marketing
White papers 2003-01-01
Leaders figure out puzzle of brand management. (brand managers)(Auto Marketing & Brand Management)(Interview)
Three brand managers, Chrysler Corp's Martin Levine, Toyota Motor Sales USA's Dave Illingworth and Ford Div's Paul Morel, share their views on brand management. Brand management requires keeping the efforts of the marketing team focused on the goals and the themes the brand stand for. While car manufacturers have been...
Tags: Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 1998-04-06
Strategic Brand Management: Creating an Identity for Your Company
Brand management is consciously providing a product with an identity that is understood on all levels. This means both internally and externally and includes customers, employees, suppliers, and vendors. This translates into the purchase of that product over that of a competitor. Branding is a cyclic process with three elements....
Tags: Brand, Brand Management, Identity, TECH Divas, Branding, Marketing Research, Marketing
White papers 2003-01-01
VeriSign Digital Brand Management Services Overview
This paper explains the VeriSign Digital Brand Management Services. Which offers a proven portfolio of digital brand security services that enable companies to manage, monitor, and build brand equity in the digital world. These services help Global 2000 companies throughout the world develop successful strategies to consolidate and manage their...
Tags: Brand, VeriSign Inc., Brand Management, VeriSign Digital Brand Management Services, Branding, Security, Marketing
White papers 2005-05-04
Zero Percent Brand Management?
A company needs sound knowledge about the brand management techniques. It is not only important for the companies to create a brand, but it is equally important for the company to retain the brand. Researches indicate that a company's image is not solely responsible, but the product or the brand...
Tags: Brand, Interbrand, Brand Management, Branding, Marketing
White papers 2002-02-18
Category And Brand Management, Product Identification, And New-Product Planning
Product promotion is the process of informing, persuading, and reminding the target audience about the product on offer. A successful promotional strategy, with time, gives rise to a brand wherein some specific attributes of the product are institutionalized in the market. The product then becomes synonymous with the attributes. A...
Tags: Product Promotion, Brand, Villanova University, Brand Management, Target Audience, Branding, Marketing Research, Marketing
Presentations 2003-01-01
Brand Management for The Next Millennium
The article says that increasingly, larger organizations are managing and promoting their existing brand assets, rather than undertaking wholesale branding change and overhaul. Wider geographies, decentralized reporting structures, and acquisitions have put tremendous pressure on organizations trying to project a consistent and coherent image and identity around the world. With...
Tags: Brand, Brand Management, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Branding, Marketing
White papers 2003-01-01
Brand Management: Two Success Stories
In this article are discussed two case studies, it is shown that how two consumer goods players--Playtex and Shaw's Supermarkets--are using Web-based CRM tools to enhance their business processes in category management and online promotions management. The former automated the company's category management and fact-based selling processes and the latter...
Tags: Brand, Information Today Inc., Brand Management, Branding, Marketing Research, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2001-07-01
J. David Greydanus Named Senior Vice President - Waldorf=Astoria Collection® Brand Management for Hilton Hotels Corporation
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- J. David Greydanus has been named senior vice president - brand management for Hilton Hotels Corporation's (NYSE:HLT) recently unveiled The Waldorf=Astoria CollectionR. He most recently served as senior vice president - brand management for Embassy Suites Hotels. He will continue to report to Tom Keltner; president...
Tags: brand, brand management, Hilton Hotels Corp.
Research articles 2006-02-13
Brand management builds on image making.(Auto Marketing & Brand Management)
The automobile industry is one of the last segments to apply the principle of brand management in its marketing strategies. Among car manufacturers, General Motors Corp was the first to initiate brand management. It is important that there is a defined theme in brand management and everything from the product...
Tags: General Motors Corp.
Research articles 1998-04-06
A Survey Of Best Practices In Brand Management Today
A brand is the symbol, logo, design, or the name that is the unique identity of a particular product or service and differentiates it from the competitor's offerings. Intense promotional and marketing effort over time is required to build and establish a brand. Customer loyalty and differentiated positioning are two...
Tags: Brand, Brand Management, Survey, Best Practice, Branding, Marketing Research, Marketing
White papers 2003-01-01
Gateway Names Kenneth M. Stickevers Vice President of Brand Management
NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 21, 1998-- Gateway today announced that Kenneth M. Stickevers has been named vice president of brand management for Gateway. Mr. Stickevers will report to Anil Arora, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, and will be responsible for developing Gateway's brand management strategy.
Tags: brand, brand management, Gateway Inc.
Research articles 1998-10-22
GM's emphasis on brands shakes up McCann-Erickson. (General Motors Corp.'s switch to brand management)
General Motors Corp.'s switch to brand management has triggered rounds of changes at several of its roster ad agencies, and nowhere has it been more prevalent currently than at the Troy office of McCann-Erickson Worldwide. McCann is showing signs of tGeneral Motors Corp.'s switch to brand...
Tags: agency, brand, brand management, General Motors Corp.
Research articles 1996-12-16
GM's brand management report card. (General Motors) (includes related article on Grand Prix car)
THREE YEARS AGO, General Motors Corp. set about to change radically the way it does business, installing a brand management system in a bid to drive profits and market share. THREE YEARS AGO, General Motors Corp. set about to change radically the way...
Tags: brand, brand management, General Motors Corp.
Research articles 1998-03-09
LEVI STRAUSS REORGANIZES U.S. DIVISION: BRAND MANAGEMENT STYLE ON TAP FOR JEANS MARKETER.(Company Profile)
Levi Strauss & Co. is taking a major step to refashion itself by organizing into a brand management-style system. Levi Strauss & Co. is taking a major step to refashion itself by organizing into a brand management-style system.
Tags: brand, brand management, Levi Strauss
Research articles 1998-08-24
Ten Guidelines for Successful Brand Management
Today, markets are highly fragmented, competition is fierce, shelves are crowded, and private labels are stronger. On top of this, growth is limited, budgets are reduced, and short-term promotions are often the only weapon considered to grow a brand. In these conditions, launching a new product or a line extension,...
Tags: Brand, Brand Management, Ipsos, Branding, Marketing Research, Marketing
White papers 2004-11-15
FAST Partners with LegitiName to Enhance Brand Management Through Enterprise Search; LegitiName to Integrate the FAST InStream™ OEM Enterprise Search Solution with Its Award-Winning Brand and Trademark Protection Solution
OSLO, Norway & LUXEMBOURG -- Fast Search & TransferTM (FASTTM), the leading developer of enterprise search and real-time alerting technologies, and The Legitiname Group, a developer of brand management solutions, today announced an OEM partnership through which FAST InStreamTM will enhance the search capabilities of LegitiNames's brand and trademark protection...
Tags: brand, brand management, enterprise search, Fast Search & Transfer
Research articles 2005-09-14
Artesia Technologies to Acquire TeamToolz; Acquisition Yields First Enterprise Marketing and Brand Management Solution
Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers ROCKVILLE, Md.--BUSINESS WIRE--August 1, 2001 Artesia Technologies, the leader in enterprise digital asset management, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of TeamToolz, a leading provider of web-based marketing and brand management software. The agreement will allow the company to offer the...
Tags: Artesia Technologies Inc.
Research articles 2001-08-01
Ethical Corporation Press Release: Brand Management and the Environment: Find out How Toyota is Creating a Green Brand
LONDON -- Ethical Corporation will hold a 2-day conference on November 20-21, 2006 in London which focuses on brand management and consumer communications.
Tags: brand, brand management, environment, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2006-09-19
Executive Suite: Gateway Names Kenneth M. Stickevers Vice President of Brand Management - Company Operations
Gateway Wednesday announced that Kenneth M. Stickevers has been named vice president of brand management for Gateway. Mr. Stickevers will report to Anil Arora, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, and will be responsible for developing Gateway's brand management strategy. "Ken brings a wealth of brand management experience...
Tags: Gateway Inc.
Research articles 1998-10-26
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