FAMILY
BRANDING
Family
branding is a type of marketing tactic. It involves using one brand name to market multiple products. For example, a
company may use one brand to market soap, lotion, hair shampoo,
and nail polish. This differs from branding individual products, which involves
giving each product its own name and image. For example, a company may sell
lipstick and nail polish, giving each product line a separate marketing
identity.
The idea
behind family branding is that a company can make a wide range of products both
desirable and profitable by giving them all one recognizable name. Then, by
building recognition of this brand name, a company can also build customer loyalty. When the company
introduces new products or even makes changes to existing products, it can
depend on customer loyalty to ensure its market will purchase the new or
altered product. Additionally, family branding, makes it possible to use an advertising campaign to successfully market
a range of products instead of just one at a time.
Often,
companies in the food industry use family branding techniques to market their
products. For example, a company may make and sell bread, potato chips, frozen
food, and condiments all under one highly recognizable name. This umbrella
branding may mean such companies will sell more than they would with individual
branding. Some consumers are more likely to choose a product with a familiar
name over one that is less well-known, even if the known brand is more
expensive.
There is a
downside for companies that use family branding, however. In order to keep
sales up, they have to maintain consistent levels of quality across their
entire product line. If one of the products is perceived as being of lesser
quality, this consumer perception could cause sales to drop for the whole
family of products. Likewise, a brand that does have consistent quality could
suffer if the company that makes it experiences bad publicity.
Interestingly,
some companies use both family and individual branding. For example, a company
may have a strong brand name, yet choose to market some of its products with
individual branding. This may occur, for example, when a product is introduced
to a new market. In such a case, individual branding can prevent problems for
the family of products if the new product fails. Sometimes an individual brand
may be more appropriate because the product is being introduced to another
class of consumers; introducing a product designed for budget
shoppers under the same brand intended for affluent shoppers may not produce
the desired results.
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