Differentiation of Co-Branding Supporting Brands in the Various Product Categories Cover Image

Zróżnicowanie co-brandingowych marek wspierających w różnych kategoriach produktów
Differentiation of Co-Branding Supporting Brands in the Various Product Categories

Author(s): Jarosław A. Kowalski
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management, Marketing / Advertising
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: brand; co-branding; co-branding supporting brands; supporting brands

Summary/Abstract: The process of supporting products’ brands with external brands is increasingly common phenomenon in the market brands that are complementary to each other. They pass a message to the target audience about the benefits of synergy or the result of cooperation undertaken by different companies. It can also involve the usage by the product’s brand other external brand to improve its image, increase trust, appeal to the rational, or on the contrary, emotional argument. Getting the benefits of migration of values of the outside brand encourages companies (also non-profit organizations and public institutions) to take this form of brand promotion activities into their strategies. The article, based on studies, attempts to answer, among others, the question whether the use of supporting brand strategy is universal and therefore similar for the different categories of products or varied.

  • Issue Year: 44/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 339-350
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish