This article endeavors to pit a few commonly held opinions against equally commonly held beliefs and ignite thinking on the theme of the inevitability of women consumer-centric branding on television as the driving force of strategy. While opening up debate on Manufacturing vs. Marketing, Product vs. Brands, and Commodity vs. Concept, recourse has been taken to quoting of currently on the air television advertisements, so as to drive home the concept more lucidly and, perhaps forcefully. It becomes increasingly clear, as the article progresses, that bigger, better and wider business benefits are to be reaped when the brand is built, developed and treated as a human entity on our television screens and straight into our home and collective psyche.
The modern day management pundit and marketing guru Philiph Kotler said: "Marketing is more important than production". In order to move from a low-cost, average quality enterprise for domestic consumers to a high end, top of the line player for global consumers, business concerns need to move up the value chain. The essential tool for such a climb is branding, a part and parcel of the business strategy, which is the driving force of marketing potential. |