Case Study Heinken

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Case Analysis-Heineken N.V From : Santosh Nukala Objective of the study: Heinken is one of the leading manufacture of good quality Beer.It was founded in the year 1863.The current case talks about the strengths and weaknesses of Heineken and what should be the marketing strategy to make it a global brand. Heineken strengths and weaknesses Strengths: * High quality beer * Premium brand * Attractive packing * Original formula Weakness: * Production facilities are not available in some countries * Brand image is not properly communicated in the commercials * Lack of worldwide advertising campaign Heineken was originally started in Netherlands. Within few years it moved to other parts of Europe.It had brewing operations in France and Ireland.It had also majority stakes in breweries in Greece,Hungary, Italy spain and Switzerland.It is the number one imported brand in USA.This indicates that Heinken is definitely a global brand of Beer. Market research Heineken headquarters carried out two market research projects to understand the brand identity of Heineken and the implications for television advertising. The two projects were called Project comet and project Mosa,The main features of these research are: Project Comet * The main idea of this project is to identify the steps needed to enhance the Heinkens competitive advantage in the brands communications * The outcome of the research is that the “good taste” is perceived as the desired brand image of Heineken. The brands good taste image would be built on 5 core brand values: taste,premiumness,tradition,winning spirit and friendship.All these core values should be properly reflected in the advertising commercials so that Heineken can be perceived differently from its competitors. Project Mosa * This research was carried out to identify the expressions of taste and
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