ALIGNING THE BRAND IDENTITY AND BRAND IMAGE AFTER REBRANDING

The brand identity and brand image are two concepts used extensively in positioning. Many brands underwent a rebranding process attempting to improve their positioning. The rebranding process can bring minor changes or substantial changes. Following the substantial changes, there can appear a mismat...

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Main Author: Cătălin Mihail BARBU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitaria Press Craiova 2016-11-01
Series:Management & Marketing
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Online Access:http://www.mnmk.ro/documents/2016_02/3.pdf
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description The brand identity and brand image are two concepts used extensively in positioning. Many brands underwent a rebranding process attempting to improve their positioning. The rebranding process can bring minor changes or substantial changes. Following the substantial changes, there can appear a mismatch between the desired identity and brand image. Brand image is persistent and it takes time to change it. This paper explores the challenges involved by the calibration of the identity and of the image in the process of rebranding. The alignment process is a dynamic one, an interactive and not a normative one. The results of this study highlight the elements that support the brand identity and image alignment: marketing communication, product characteristics and internal brand strength. On the other side, the efforts to align the brand identity and brand image are negatively affected by the attitudes of the consumers and their past experience with the brand.
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ALIGNING THE BRAND IDENTITY AND BRAND IMAGE AFTER REBRANDING
Management & Marketing
brand identity
brand image
rebranding
brand management
title ALIGNING THE BRAND IDENTITY AND BRAND IMAGE AFTER REBRANDING
title_full ALIGNING THE BRAND IDENTITY AND BRAND IMAGE AFTER REBRANDING
title_fullStr ALIGNING THE BRAND IDENTITY AND BRAND IMAGE AFTER REBRANDING
title_full_unstemmed ALIGNING THE BRAND IDENTITY AND BRAND IMAGE AFTER REBRANDING
title_short ALIGNING THE BRAND IDENTITY AND BRAND IMAGE AFTER REBRANDING
title_sort aligning the brand identity and brand image after rebranding
topic brand identity
brand image
rebranding
brand management
url http://www.mnmk.ro/documents/2016_02/3.pdf
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