Case Study | IKEA “Glocal” Marketing Strategy In China
It is well known that for the past few decades, companies have been trying to design an effective marketing strategy for the global market while also catering to local needs and demands. This sort of strategy is called “Globally local” or “Glocal”. Thus companies take into consideration of local cultural, social, economic and linguistic factors while […]
Marketing Concept | Diffusion Of Innovation
Diffusion of innovations is a theory that seeks to explain how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread. It was Everett Rogers, a professor of communication studies, who popularized the theory in his book “Diffusion of Innovations”. He argues that diffusion is the process by which an innovation is communicated over time […]
Marketing Concept | Immersive Technology – 360, Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality
Immersive technology is those technologies that integrate virtual and real-world elements. It creates a sense of immersion by emulating the physical and real-world with the means of the digital world. It thus creates a blur between the real and virtual worlds. In other words, it leverages the 360-degree space around us. Some types of immersive […]
Brand | American Airlines – The Brand Strategies Of World’s Largest Airlines
In 2013, American Airlines and US Airways merged to form American Airlines Group, Inc. With its main headquarters in Ft. Worth, TX, the brand is globally recognized as a major network carrier that provides air transportation for passengers and cargo; it is also considered to be the world’s largest airline (by fleet size). In addition […]
Featured Startup | Unschool – Redesigning The Education Ecosystem
Unschool, founded in 2019 in Hyderabad, Telangana, is an ed-tech company that creates an online learning ecosystem for students and professionals. The company allows students, graduates, young professionals, entrepreneurs, and anyone with the curiosity to learn to create an online learning ecosystem that fits their needs and industry demands. It caters to a marketplace where […]
Marketing Concept | The Burrito Principle
The concept of the Burrito principle is among those marketing principles that will help get the most out of online marketing channels such as social media posts or email marketing. Even the most creative of campaigns can underperform if not delivered effectively, and The Burrito Principle helps us understand how to achieve the kind of […]
Marketing Concept | The Golden Circle Principle
Simon Shrek explained the concept of Golden circle principle in his TED talk. The golden circle principle aims to explain why a few brands and organizations can succeed in differentiating themselves better than the competitors. Despite essentially providing the same services or products, some companies are more successful than others. It all boils down to […]
Brand | Tata Consultancy Services – Inside One Of The World’s Largest IT Company
Imagine being a subsidiary of a $107 billion organization and contributing to about 70% of the group’s profit and 90% of the group’s revenue. Imagine creating such an impact that the group doubles its profit because of a subsidiary contributing higher dividends. That’s what Tata Consultancy Services, or fondly called TCS, means for Tata Sons. […]
Marketing Concept | Guerilla Marketing
Guerilla marketing is an unconventional marketing technique or concept that is different from traditional marketing. It is generally executed in an open space where more public visits, places like streets, railway stations, etc. make it easier to garner more attention. It is implemented to enhance the engagement with the existing customers as they will recognize […]
NASA – Getting Humans To All Things Exciting In The Space And Beyond
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent U.S. governmental agency established in 1958 for the research and development of vehicles and activities for the exploration of space within and outside Earth’s atmosphere. The organization is composed of four mission directorates: Aeronautics Research, for the development of advanced aviation technologies; Science, dealing with programs for understanding the origin, structure, and evolution of […]
Featured Startup | Dollar Shave Club
Dollar Shave Club is a lifestyle brand and e-commerce company that invents and delivers smart, affordable products to make lives more comfortable. It is an American company based in California. It makes its products through its entire R&D process that includes botanicals and chemists and that too at affordable prices. It delivers razors and other personal […]
Brand | Tata Motors – The Most Comprehensive Automaker Of The World
Part of the USD 100 billion Tata group, Tata Motors Limited (BSE: TATAMOTORS), a USD 45 billion organization, is a leading global automobile manufacturer of cars, utility vehicles, buses, trucks, and defense vehicles. Being India’s largest and the only OEM(Original Equipment Manufacturer) offering an extensive range of smart, integrated, and e-mobility solutions, it aims to […]
Featured Startup | Byju’s – From Offline Classes To The World’s Most Valued Edtech Startup
Byju’s – The Learning App, the Indian ed-tech (education-technology) and online tutoring startup, was founded in 2011 in Banglore by Byju Raveendran. With over 10 million downloads and a revenue of Rs. 2800 crores in May 2020, Byju’s Learning App has grown to become India’s leading K-12 education app. As of September 2020, it is […]
Marketing Concept | Brand Architecture
Sometimes it is so obvious but we don’t see it coming, for example, some of the brands which come under a well-known parent company but we aren’t aware of this fact about brands mergers and acquisitions. Why Brand Architecture? Whenever you are offering some products or services you want your company to be intact from […]
Case Study | Tropicana Rebranding Failure
In an advertising campaign that promoted the new packaging for the fruit juice brand, Tropicana invested $35 million. The same agency, Arnell, created both the packaging design and the advertising campaign. Launch Tropicana launched the new packaging for Tropicana Pure Premium, its best-selling product in North America, on January 8, 2009, with sales revenues of […]
Marketing Concept | Grey Market
Grey/Gray market is where sales of legal goods take place via a distribution system not intended by the manufacturer. In other words, this channel of distribution is not authorised by the distributor and is legal in the purview of the law. Products sold here are priced lower than what a consumer pays at a genuine […]
Brand | Nike – The Rise And Rise of Sportswear Giant
Nike took the world of sportswear by storm by an ad campaign “Just Do it” in 1988. The slogan, inspired by the notorious last words of death row convict Gary Gilmore, resonated with athletes around the world. The objective of the campaign was to target everyone, irrespective of age, gender, and fitness level. Sportswear was […]
Brand | IBM – The History And The Successful Run
International Business Machine, abbreviated as IBM, and commonly recognized as ‘Big Blue’ is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York. Founded 108 years ago in 1911 as ‘Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company’ and later renamed as IBM, the organization now serves over 175 countries and ranked as the 7th largest tech brand of 2020 by […]
Marketing Concept | Customer-Based Brand Equity Model (CBBE)
When a brand tries to focus on brand marketing, basic questions arise, what makes a brand? And how can you build a strong brand? What makes your brand valuable? Then the concept of Customer-based brand equity comes into the picture. The basics of the CBBE concept is totally dependent on consumer perception of the brand. […]
Brand | Knorr – HUL’s Power Brand Adding More Taste In Your Life
Carl Heinrich Knorr founded Knorr in 1838, where he started to experiment in his Heilbronn factory in Germany with different kinds of dried vegetables and seasonings and tried to find out ways to preserve their flavors and food values. Thus, this German food brand was started with a mission to bring better and more flavorsome […]