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Branding and its importance to primary and secondary art market in the Czech Republic
Ludvíková, Daniela ; Janištinová, Anna (advisor) ; Dianová, Markéta (referee)
This masters thesis identifies and analyzes the aspects and specifics of branding of an artist in the art industry, which is relatively different from the branding which we know from the corporate world. The first section defines the theoretical background of the branding and marketing communication with focus on those aspects that are relative to an art and its market specifics. Theoretical definition in combination with the outcome of qualitative research, which was conducted with outperforming contemporary artists and representatives of leading galleries in Czech Republic, helps to outline the most important factors and subjects influencing the artists brand creation process which is described in the practical part of this masters thesis. Besides the quality of the piece of art itself, the aspect of the strong brand is unquestionably increasing the value of artists production. Therefore, this chapter investigates those factors and subjects that have remarkable impact on the value of the artists pieces of art. The last section of this paper gives local and international best examples of contemporary artists with strong brand.
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Theory and practice of branding
Drgová, Adéla ; Horný, Stanislav (advisor) ; Kocourek, Ivan (referee)
This master's thesis discusses the topic of brands and branding. Firstly, it explores various authors' definitions of the term "brand", its functions and changing role in recent decades. The work further clarifies the difference between the terms "identity" and "image", which are often interchanged. Next topic presented is the concept of Corporate Identity that is mostly used by Czech marketing professionals. For reader's better understanding of the previous parts, Top 100 global brands report is introduced. The following topic defined is the topic of branding, which is subsequently applied on Local Artists SE company, the stores of which are specialised on offering Czech souvenirs and gifts to tourists. The author was working on designing the whole branding concept of the company, which was later used in the project of opening new brand store located in the 5-star InterContinental Hotel in Prague. This master's thesis describes and presents the results of her work.
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Brand Image and Brand Identity
Lukavská, Klára ; Filipová, Alena (advisor) ; Zeman, Jiří (referee)
The main focus of this diploma thesis is brand image and brand identity. The objective of the thesis is to compare how consumers perceive the brand (brand image) with how the brand wants to be perceived itself (brand identity). First part is focused on the process of building and managing strong brands, as well as defining brand image and brand identity theoretically. The practical part presents the brand on which the research was conducted, Proenzi brand, its history on the Czech market, competition and its identity. In the final chapter there are presented results of the research which was conducted among the consumers of Proenzi brand and the comparison of brand image and brand identity. To conclude, there are presented suggestions for improvement and recommendations for future research extensions.
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Systems solution of branding in online setting
Rais, Josef ; Sigmund, Tomáš (advisor) ; Čermák, Radim (referee)
This thesis if focused on brand building on the internet and possibilities brought to this filed by usage of systems methodologies. SWOT analysis is widely used in marketing, but it is focused solely on evaluating the current state of things and there is no formal framework to connect branding with marketing. Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH) methodology is used to supplement traditional marketing approaches. CSH consists of 12 boundary questions which can be used to define ideal state of analyzed systems. CSH methodology is then used to create a draft of Monoe brand, which will stand for a provider of photographical and graphical services. Based on gathered information from boundary questions, a website for the brand was created and promotion on social networks was also started. This practical use of CSH shoved that the boundary questions are too vague to be properly used in branding, but mostly address the right fields. Because of that, the boundary questions were modified. The asset of this thesis is modifying CSH methodology so it can be used as a framework to build brands on the internet.
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Brand building strategy of the mark Lilien Czech Jewelry
Perglerová, Lucie ; Halík, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Petruška, Tomáš (referee)
The aim of this master thesis is to is to present the company P&P Jewelry Ltd., it's activities and to describe the current way of building brand Lilien Czech Jewelry, as well as an analysis of key markets and on the basis of the results to draft a new strategy of brand building. The first theoretical chapter deals with the specifics of brand building in the offline and online environments. The next part contents presents the company P&P Jewelry Ltd., it's project Lilien Czech Jewelry and markets on which the jewelery is exported. The following chapter focuses on the analysis of the competitiveness of the brand on the most important markets for by using the PEST analysis and the Porter's five forces model. The fourth part analyzes contemporary brand building strategy of the brand Lilien Czech Jewelry. In conclusion of this thesis is analysis of research of customers perception of the brand.
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Social media and marketing communication
Novotný, Ondřej ; Zamazalová, Marcela (advisor) ; Bartošová, Gabriela (referee)
The main goal of the thesis is to discover the role of social media on marketing communication using three Czech decorative cosmetics brands via the social network, Facebook. The objective of this study is to understand the benefits of social media on marketing purposes as well as communication between brands by these social media sites, which also includes analysis of brands and their independent strategies. Furthermore this study presents conclusions along with key recommendations for the analyzed subjects. Methods used were interviews and analysis. This thesis was not conducted to provide step-by-step instructions. It was conceived as a demonstration for usage suitable for inspiration. The conclusion goes hand in hand with various authors' opinions presented in the theoretical section. Social networks are tools of brand building, strengthening the community of customers and collecting feedback.
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Marketing potential of contemporary art fairs
Zbořilová, Lenka ; Černá, Jitka (advisor) ; Kolouchová, Daniela (referee)
The master's thesis deals with the marketing potential of the recent art work fairs. The aim of the thesis was to analyse the potential of the fair trades with the emphasis on the benefits of participation for the Czech private galleries in such fairs. The thesis also deals with the fair as one of the communication mix tools, which shall serve to achieve the marketing and communication goals and presents the relationships between the participants in the art work market. The advantages of the participation in recent art work fairs were analysed through the method of interview comparison with the gallery owners and employees. The analytical part covers the analysis of the participation of a Czech private gallery in an international recent art fair and presents the barriers of entry for Czech galleries in such fairs. With regard to the results of the analysis the measures were recommended that would lead to more effective usage of the marketing potential of the recent art fairs.
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Brand extension as a marketing strategy of the project Tapi Tea
Balík, Lukáš ; Říha, David (advisor) ; Roll, Aleš (referee)
The aim of this bachelor's thesis is to clarify the issue of brand extension and propose a strategy for particular brand -- Tapi Tea. This brand is keen to use the extension as one of the competetive advantage and possibility how to attract a wider audience. The theoretical part of this thesis deals with basic concepts of strategic management, branding and brand extension. The practical part consists of proposed strategy, which is based on specific research with representatives of the new target group.
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Marketing strategies of the brands Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Kofola in the Czech market
Tvrdý, Aleš ; Průša, Přemysl (advisor) ; Postler, Milan (referee)
This diploma thesis in the first chapter characterises the concepts of brand and marketing strategy including their main components. In the second chapter deals with the brands Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Kofola and their elements, image, positioning and marketing mix. In the final part, the results of two surveys are presented - a survey of the retail chains and a survey among consumers of those brands, which are dealing with analysis of the market positiong of those brands and their perception by the consumers.
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Role of soft-power on creating the image of the Republic of Korea
Šarmanová, Lucie ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Peterková, Jana (referee)
This paper presents the concept of soft power which is applied on the case of the Republic of Korea. South Korea, defined as a middle power, strives to make itself visible in the international milieu by focusing on soft power and multilateral cooperation with other countries. The Korean Wave (or Hallyu) refers to the increased export of Korean cultural products (mainly popular music, dramas and films) to the rest of Asia and to the world and projects an image of modern and cool country which attracts foreign tourists and students and helps the branding of the nation and its products.
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