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Business Definition for: Brand Life Cycle

  • the three phases through which brands pass as they are introduced, grow, and then decline. The three stages of the brand life cycle are the introductory period, during which the brand is developed and is introduced to the market; the growth period, when the brand faces competition from other products of a similar nature; and, finally, the maturity period, in which the brand either extends to other products or its image is constantly updated. Without careful brand management, the maturity period can lead to decline and result in the brand being withdrawn. Similar stages can be observed in the product life cycle.

Additional Resources

Established Life Cycle Concepts in the Business Environment
Many publications and managers refer to life cycle terms. Unfortunately they are often mixed up, because they are not known, wrongly understood or unclear to people using life cycle terminology. This report introduces into three different life cycle concepts and clarifies the used life cycle terms. The first analyzed concept...
Tags: Environment, Lifecycle, Product Marketing, Marketing Research, Marketing
White papers 2005-03-22
New-Product Development And Product Life-Cycle Strategies
The marketing mix of an organization involves examining the product, price, promotion, and place aspects. Of these, the product aspect entails the consideration of product features, brand, warranty, and services of the particular product. All products go through a product life cycle and, with time, gradually die down. It is...
Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Product Lifecycle, Product Life Cycle, Product Marketing, Marketing Research, Marketing
Presentations 2003-01-01
Life Cycle Management for Improving Product Service Quality
For achieving better environmental performance of products or product systems, it is essential to manage total product life cycle. This paper describes a method for supporting product life cycle management by comprehensive product life cycle simulation, which is a basis for designing and evaluating total product life cycle. For life...
Tags: Lifecycle Management, Product Life Cycle, University Of Tokyo, Product Marketing, Marketing Research, Marketing
White papers 2002-04-16
Issues in Brand Rejuvenation Strategies
Brands have a life cycle which may consist of a number of phases including inception, growth, maturation, decline, revitalization, and retirement. Brand Rejuvenation is a process in which a brand on the verge of retirement is brought back to life to regain markets. Revitalizing a once-popular dormant brand can be...
Tags: Strategy, Brand, Interbrand, Brand Rejuvenation, Branding, Marketing
White papers 2006-01-12
Retirement Plan Life Cycle
Every retirement plan has a life cycle, with four distinct stages through which the plan evolves. Before starting a plan, you may want to learn about this cycle. This article offers a basic understanding of the life cycle of a retirement plan and presents previously-released materials grouped in accordance with...
Tags: Retirement Plan
White papers
Applying a life cycle perspective to federal construction specifications.(PROGRESS REPORT ON LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT)
While life cycle assessment is applicable to the design process primarily by informing design decisions, the construction specifier's role is crucial in delineating the specific, enforceable submittal and environmental performance requirements for the contractor. To do so, specifiers need accurate and meaningful information about the...
Tags: MARKETING, performance, specification, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2005-11-01
Product Life Cycles
From the executive summary: ‘All products possess life-cycles. A product’s life-cycle consists of a series of stages, beginning with its introduction to the market and ending with its decline and eventual withdrawal from the market. As a product progresses through its life-cycle, its sales and profitability change as it faces...
Tags: Lifecycle, Product Life Cycle, University Of North Texas, Sales Strategy, Product Marketing, Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing
White papers 2003-01-01
Product/Market Management
This article defines about Product Life Cycle, Declining profit margins ruining your performance review? Are you a business owner struggling to meet your goal? Maybe it's time to revisit the Product Life Cycle, modify your marketing mix, increase market share and enhance your ROI by using Marketing Management to turn...
Tags: Product Life Cycle, Product Marketing, Marketing Research, Roi/Tco, Marketing, Finance, Managerial Accounting
White papers 2003-01-01
Team Development Through The Life-Cycle Of The Technology Enterprise
There are different stages in the life cycle of a technology company. At each stage, different strategies are operationalized for building and cultivating effective teams. These are based on the challenges inherent at each stage of the life cycle. The paper presents the basic overview of team development in organizations....
Tags: Team, Lifecycle, Stage, Team Management, Management
Presentations 2003-01-01
Life-cycle assessment/analysis of concrete
Sustainability has become an important consideration for the construction industry. Increasing numbers of clients are analysing environmental factors in relation to proposed design, materials and construction methods. Various tools for measuring sustainability have been developed, including whole-life costing WLC and life-cycle assessment, also called life-cycle analysis LCA. Life-cycle...
Tags: analysis, Construction, declaration, Geneva, ISO, Quality, Switzerland
Research articles 2004-03-01
The Product Life Cycle Design Method Using A Strategic Analysis
In the whole life cycle of circulation type products, many sectors are involved. There are many product variation which is the grade or segments, and more, there and user preference for each users and/or usage modes. There are many products in the house which are hoarded up and not used...
Tags: Strategic Analysis, Product Life Cycle, University Of Tokyo, Product Marketing, Marketing Research, Marketing
White papers 2004-06-20
Product Life Cycle Management
All products and services have certain life cycles. The life cycle refers to the period from the product’s first launch into the market until its final withdrawal and it is split up in phases. The understanding of a product’s life cycle, can help a company to understand and...
Tags: Lifecycle, Product, Product Life Cycle, Product Marketing, Marketing Research, Marketing
White papers 2002-11-13
Electronic Part Life Cycle Concepts and Obsolescence Forecasting
Obsolescence of electronic parts is a major contributor to the life cycle cost of long field life systems such as avionics. A methodology to forecast life cycles of electronic parts is presented, in which both years to obsolescence and life cycle stages are predicted. The methodology embeds both market and...
Tags: University Of Maryland, Lifecycle, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
White papers 2000-12-01
You Can Profit From Stages of Your Product's 'Life Cycle'
Most businesspeople recognize the phrase "product life cycle." Some are aware that this phrase refers to a time period over which a product or service moves along a continuum from conception to discontinuation. The goals for each stage of the product life cycle are quite different. To take advantage of...
Tags: Product Life Cycle, Business Courier, Product Marketing, Marketing Research, Marketing
White papers 2003-03-24
The Possibilities Of Life Cycle Costing In Outsourcing Decision Making
The idea of outsourcing is to achieve the optimal performance within a company and a supply chain. Outsourcing decisions, therefore, require life cycle analysis of anticipated changes concerning all relevant costs, including indirect ones, to avoid undesired surprises. Life cycle costing LCC is an approach which aims at producing comprehensive...
Tags: Lifecycle, Life Cycle Costing, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
White papers 2005-02-10
Challenges In Creating Brand Equity For Products With Short PLC
In this paper, we provide a concise description of short life cycle products. The industries analyzed range from entertainment to health foods. The challenges faced by each industry in building Brand Equity are analyzed in depth. A study of common challenges across categories, gives a generic idea of the challenges...
Tags: Brand, Brand Equity, Challenge, Indian Institute Of Technology, Branding, Vertical Industries, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2007-04-08
Birth And Growth Through Your Marketing Product Life Cycle
Your product's marketing product life cycle is similar to a child's life. Getting either off to a good start makes a difference in how far they go in life and how much reward you reap. If you are a small business owner that extra profit can mean the difference in...
Tags: Marketing Research, Marketing
White papers 2008-01-01
The Life Cycle Dimension Of New Product Development Performance Measurement
This paper is concerned with comprehensive performance measurement PM of New Product Development NPD. The paper introduces the idea of "Life cycle conscious" NPD performance measurement by conducting a conceptual analysis combining Product Life Cycle PLC thinking and NPD performance measurement. The empirical base of the paper is six case...
Tags: Performance, Performance Measurement, New Product Development, Product Marketing, Performance Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2003-04-28
The Product Life Cycle
The Product Life Cycle: A new product progress through a sequence a stages from introduction to growth, maturity and decline, This sequence is known as the product life cycle and is associated with changes in the market situation, Thus impacting the marketing strategy and marketing mix. The main categories...
Tags: Product Life Cycle, Product Marketing, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing
White papers 2003-01-01
New Product Development
Product management involves the management of product features, brand, warranty, and services of the particular product. All products go through a product life cycle and, with time, gradually die down. It is essential for the organization to analyze the product life cycle on a regular basis and come up with...
Tags: Product Management, University Of Texas, New Product Development, Product Life Cycle, Product Marketing, Product Development, Marketing Research, Marketing, Research & Development, Business Operations
Presentations 2003-01-01