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Advantages of Extensions
The parent brand potentially provides the following
Advantages of Extensions
Feedback effect on Parent Brand benefits
Disadvantages of Extensions
Disadvantages of Extensions
Success of Extension can also potentially result in the following
costs :
Diminished identification with any one category - Dettol after its introduction
of liquid dish washing soap
Forego the chance to develop a new brand name or market the parent brand
differently
Opportunity cost
Brand extensions are favorably evaluated when there is some basis of fit or similarity
between the proposed extension and parent
brand
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Identifying
Brand Extension Opportunities
The process of identifying extension opportunities
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Create mental map of parent brand and identify key
sources of equity
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Identify possible extension candidates on the basis of
parent brand associations - overall similarity or fit of
extension to parent brand
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Evaluate candidates potential an likelihood of
realizing advantages and avoiding disadvantages of
brand extensions.
Analyze the corporate, consumer, competitive factors
Evaluating
Brand Extension Opportunities
1. Create the mental map
Define consumer knowledge about parent brand
- actual and desired. Check for -
Evaluating
Brand Extension Opportunities
2. Identify possible extension candidates in
product categories on the basis of fit with the
parent brand image and associations (based on
parent brand positioning and core benefits)
This can be done by
Competitive factors
Extension Guidelines
Based on Academic Research
Extension Guidelines
Based on Academic
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consumer
knowledge
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product category, perceptions may be based on
Extension Guidelines
Based on Academic
Research
Consumers may infer associations that are
Extension Guidelines
Based on Academic
A successful extension can not only contribute to the
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parent brand image but also enable the brand to be