The Marketing Environment of Coca-Cola

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CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.0 INTRODUCTION This chapter sums up past literature that covers what branding is and the relationship it has with consumer buying decisions. It provides the theoretical frame work of what other researchers and recognized writers have said regarding how useful branding is to the buying process of consumers which our research seeks to approve or disapprove using Coca-Cola as a case study in Tamale Metropolis. 2.1OVERVIEW OF BRANDING Perhaps the most distractive skill of professional marketers is their ability to create, maintain, protect and enhance brands. Marketers say that “branding is the art cornerstone of marketing”. The American Marketing Association (A.M.A) defines a brand as follow:- A brand is a name, term, sign, symbol or combination of them, intended to identify the goods or services of one seller or group of sellers and to differentiate them from those of competitors (American Marketing Association). In essence, a brand identifies the sellers or marketers. It can be a name, Trade mark, Logo, other symbols. Under trade mark Law the seller is granted exclusive rights to the use of a brand name for eternity. This brand differ from other assets such as patent and copy right, which have expiration dates. A brand is essentially a seller’s promise to consistently deliver a specific set of features, benefits and services to the buyers. The best brand conveys a warranty of quality (Aaker 1991). 2.2 BRANDING DECISION One of the basic tasks of Coca-Cola is decision making on branding. One of the varieties of decision options open to management of Coca-Cola covers branding, manufacturer’s branding, family and individual branding. a. MANUFACTURER’S BRAND This identifies producer with the product at the point of purchase. The Manufacturer initiates branding and becomes involved in the distribution; promoting and pricing

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