Branding Of Nokia

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Branding Brand is a unique design, sign, symbol, name, or a combination employed in creating an image that identifies the products or services and differentiates them from those of competitors. Nokia is a national brand with wide range of products. It develops strong brand awareness with the mission of Connecting People by providing services and products that cater to customers’ needs and enabling them to get more of life’s opportunities and stay in touch through mobile. When Nokia positions its brand in the crowded mobile phone marketplace, its message clearly brings together the technology and human side of its offer with the brand personality of competence. The specific message is conveyed to consumers in every advertisement and market communication. Typical brand associations for Nokia are ‘high quality’, ‘worldwide’, ‘user-friendly’, ‘popular’, and ‘comfortable’. Nokia itself implies good quality and reliability. Building trust is at the heart of the Nokia brand Marketing issues Nokia is still one of the dominant mobile manufacturers in the world. However, Nokia has struggled in the smartphone market and is being left behind by Apple and Blackberry with its declining market share. Nokia suffered the largest fall in brand value of 15 percent. We get an impression that Nokia is predominantly seen as a “2G Mobile Manufacturer” and its performance in smartphone market is abysmal compared with its competitors. Other threats like counterfeit Nokia mobile phones from China are damaging the company’s brand equity and present a huge risk to Nokia also. The current brand image is outdated and doesn’t inspire one to think of innovation, especially for young buyers. It needs change as communication is no more limited to phone calls but also includes complements like e-mail, entertainment, music and other media related applications. Recommendations The
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