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Welcome!

Luxury Brand Development

Dr. Satyendra Singh

Professor, Marketing and International Business

University of Winnipeg, CANADA

https://sites.google.com/view/drsatsingh

s.singh@uwinnipeg.ca

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Luxury brand characteristics

Dream a dream with value — Create exclusive club

Symbolic 🡪 Functional and dream part

Exchange 🡪 Last long, can outlive you

Emotional 🡪 You adore it, source of joy

Mythical 🡪 There is something about it

Ethical 🡪 Links to social responsibility

Identity 🡪 Convey something about you

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Brand identity (style)

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Value and symbolic value addition. functional and dream parts

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Brand building – the 2 approaches to map your brand

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Creator

Clients

Epic of the product

STORY TELLING

Experience at store, POS, corner

European Approach to luxury

HISTORY

American Approach to luxury

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Luxury Dream Equilibrium

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Dream Equation = .58 * awareness - .59 purchase – 8.6

Source: Dubois B & Paternault C 1995. Understanding the world of international luxury brands. Journal of Advertising Research, 35(4), 6976.

Low dream value High dream value

Brand awareness %

Purchasers %

100%

0%

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Brand content creation

To sustain brand image

To be the leader, set trends

functional and emotional value

How do we do it

Educate customers 🡪 History and heritage

Interviews, fashion shows, manufacturing process

Link brand to community

Show social responsibility

Gucci (manufctiring process), Chloé (fashion show)

Mercedes, Rolex

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Brand Identity Prism

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Logos create brand identity, message and differentiation

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Source: https://www.motortopia.com/the-legacy-of-rudolf-diesel-a-journey-through-diesel-engine-evolution

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Questions?�s.singh@uwinnipeg.ca

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