NeuroMarketing

I love you Rasna

In 1970's, people used to have sqashes in their freezers and they used to serve it chill to guests at home. A large amount of the squash is Sugar, which accounts to sixty percent of the cost. So, a keen observer thought of transferring the sugar costs to the end consumer and deliver the product at a very cheap price …

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Akihabara – The Japanese Test Market

Japan is the mecca of electronic products. Experts say, people don't buy products based on their income but on their taste. This variation in taste leads to a huge variety of products in the market, brutal competition, and lots of experimentation. Tokyo is a vast market for new commercial ideas. Tokyo's great diversity, size, and …

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Should Kodak create a new brand ?

Kodak reminds the consumers of the small yellow boxes of film. The consumer doesn't perceive the latest digital technologies when he sees the image of Kodak. It is because Kodak had too much success in the era of the non-digital photography market. Its success began to become its failure. As Kodak is so successful with its own formula, it was dithery in its decision …

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Notice the change in Fair & Lovely

Fair & Lovely is a fairness cream of Hindustan Unilever. It is a 1,100 crore brand from the FMCG giant and is one of the largest selling brands in the world. So, what is the big deal about it? The big deal is: Fair & Lovely is going to change its position in the market from …

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A Brand is a human perception.

Perception may happen in many ways, communication is just one way to perceive something. The difference between perception and communication is: Perception is the subjective feeling that comes as a result of the objective communication. Communication is objective, whereas perception is subjective. Perception depends upon various factors such as background of the individual, psyche, economic …

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Marlboro Friday

The Marlboro Man is an iconic symbol of American Marketing and Brand Management. The 'Marlboro Cowboy' is one of the most brilliant advertisements ever made in history. The Marlboro Man conveys freedom, attitude, charm, and masculinity. He is the cowboy of the world and his allure helped Marlboro outsell its competitors by almost three times.   But, as we all know, …

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Yeh hey India !!

Last Friday, I was travelling back home in an autorickshaw. There are already five persons in the autorickshaw, and quickly a sixth person joined us. As he joins us in the autorickshaw, a Punjabi guy from behind said 'yeh hey India !'.  I felt that this autorickshaw epitomizes the complexity of India and the Indian Consumer quite beautifully. The Indian …

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Brand Equity Models

Brand Equity is measured based on how well the brand is recognised and favoured over its competitors.  It is the added value endowed on products and services. The value-addition may be reflected in the way consumers think, feel, and act with respect to the brand as well as in the prices, market share and profitability …

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The Advertising Train

Each time you hear a start-up story, you will say 'Shit!! I got this idea some time back'. If this happens to you, don't worry you are not alone. This happens to all those wannapreneurs. We all travelled in Indian Railways, and at some time of our travel we all checked out some ads like …

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Tata Nano and its market

The second car of the Urban The Tata Nano  may well turn out to be the second car of the Urban Consumer. Working couples who own a single car, face difficulty to commute to different offices daily as the husband drops his wife and then goes to his office. These people will not mind to …

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Online booksellers in India, Flipkart leading the way

Flipkart is an ecommerce website which sells books in India. It was setup in Sept 2007 and it has over 400,000 titles with a whopping 5 million monthly uniques, and a new round of cash from Accel in the bank. If you are an avid book reader there is a good chance that you have …

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