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Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 60 Perceived Impact of Ingredient Branding on Host Brand Equity Prof. Kavita Tiwari, Dr. Rajendra Singh AICAR B-School, Navi Mumbai, India [email protected], [email protected] Abstract The aim of the study is to discuss and estimate the perceived impact of ingredient branding on host brand in terms of brand equity. For the purpose of our study, we will measure the impact in terms of association, neutral and disassociation of ingredient brand with host brand. In this study many theories and models is studied to identify the potential factors of ingredient branding. The research methodology adopted for the analysis in our study is to some extent a replica of previous studies conducted within ingredient branding. We conducted a survey based on questionnaire method. For which a close ended structured questionnaire on 5- point Likert scale basis is being designed .The survey was conducted among 212 respondents consisting of customers in Indore city. While doing this research we have gained insights on how several aspects of our study could have been conducted differently. We recommend that a similar study should be conducted again, this time with well known host brands and ingredient brands that focus on utilitarian needs from a consumer perspective. A more representing respondent group would also increase the arguments for generalization among a wider population. By using SPSS we can conclude that the perceived impact of various factors of ingredient brands on host brand and its brand equity. Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 61 Keywords: Branding, Brand Equity, Host Brand, Ingredient Brand, Ingredient branding and Perceived Quality Introduction A brand is the identity of a specific product, service or business. A brand can take many forms, including a name, sign, symbol, color combination or slogan. The word brand began simply as a way to tell one person's cattle from another by means of a hot iron stamp. A legally protected brand name is called a trademark. The word brand has continued to evolve to encompass identity - it affects the personality of a product, company or service. The American Marketing Association describes a brand as a „„name, term, sign, symbol or design, or a combination of them intended to identify the goods and services of one seller or group of sellers and to differentiate them from those of competition.‟‟ Most importantly, a brand is the source of a promise to the consumer. It promises relevant differentiated benefits. Everything an organization does should be focused on enhancing delivery against its brand‟s promise. Combining a few different definitions, a brand is the name and symbols that identify: The source of a relationship with the consumer. The source of a promise to the consumer. The unique source of products and services. Brand equity is the commercial values of all associations and expectations (positive and negative) that people have of an organization and its products and services due to all experience of, communications with, and perceptions of the brand over time. This value can be measured in several ways: as the economic value of the brand asset itself, as the price premium (to the end Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 62 consumer or the trade) that the brand commands, as the long-term consumer loyalty the brand evokes, or as the market share gains it results in, among many others. From an economist‟s perspective, brand equity is the power of the brand to shift the consumer demand curve of a product or service (to achieve a price premium or a market share gain). To use a metaphor, brand equity is like a pond. People may not know how long the pond has been around or when it first filled with water, but they know that it supports life, from fish and frogs to ducks and deer. It also may be a source of recreation, irrigation, and possibly even human drinking water. Clearly it is a valuable resource. But many people take the pond for granted. It seems as if nothing can diminish its supply of water, but yet we sometimes notice that it rises with the spring rains or lowers after a long drought or excessive overuse for irrigation. Similarly, brand equity is a reservoir of goodwill. Brand-building activities consistently pursued over time will ensure that the reservoir remains full. Neglecting those activities or taking actions that might deplete those reserves will reduce the reservoir, imperceptibly at first, but soon all too noticeably until it is too late and all that is left is mud. Co-branding, which consists in marketing a product representing two brands or more, is increasingly used. There are different ways in which co-branding may be turned to advantage. Among these are reduced investment costs and risks, or faster paybacks (Boad, 1999). The literature distinguishes two types of co-branding strategies: symbolic co-branding and ingredient branding. The first strategy consists in associating to the host brand a second brand that will give it symbolic additional attributes (Cegarra and Michel, 2000). In the second one, key attributes of one brand are incorporated into another brand as ingredients (Desai and Keller, 2002). In the French co-branding literature, Michel and Cegarra (2003) further state that, apart from collaboration on physical attributes, ingredient branding can also be a combination of two Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 63 recognized know-how or expertise to manufacture the co-branded product. In a co-branding context, the host brand is the “brand originary from the product category in which the co-branded product is launched” (Cegarra and Michel, 2000), while the ingredient brand is the brand that manufactures the ingredient, or possesses the know-how, to be incorporated into the final product. Co-branding, and especially ingredient branding, is becoming increasingly popular among marketers. Previous research has shown the benefits (Norris, 1992) and negative effects (Shocker, 1995) of such a strategy for the brands involved, or its impact on consumer product evaluations (Hillier and Tikoo, 1995). The initial perceived quality of and attitude toward the partner brands might have implications on the outcome of an ingredient branding strategy, as well as on the selection of ingredient brands by host brand managers. The aim of this exploratory study is to examine if and how the elements formerly introduced influence the outcome of an ingredient branding operation for the host brand. We define, Ingredient Branding - as a process of bountiful identity and recognition to goods or services through uplifting the identity and recognition of its key ingredients or components through direct marketing communication with the final consumer and/or multiple parties on the market. Review of Literature An ingredient brand is exactly what the name implies: an ingredient or component of a product that has its own brand identity. In the light of the success stories of Intel, Gore Tex, Dolby, TetraPak, Shimano, and Teflon it can be expected that component suppliers will increasingly use ingredient branding strategies in the future. Replete with insightful case studies Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 64 of companies from a variety of industries that have successfully transformed their traditional brands into powerful new in brands, and have launched entirely new products and services employing in branding or I=ingredient branding. According to Aaker (1991), it provides a reason-to-buy and a point of differentiation It can be viewed as a set of assets linked to the brand, these assets including brand loyalty, name awareness, perceived quality, and associations (Aaker, 1991). In fact, Aaker (1991) highlighted that all the brand equity dimensions have causal interrelationships. For instance, perceived quality will in part be based upon associations (Aaker, 1991). Ingredient branding should be top on the list for all CMOs to read whose companies‟ "live or die" based upon the success of their brands. Branding is considered as a major success factor of many products and services, both in consumer and industrial markets. The value of branding has also been recognized by suppliers who produce ingredients or components that are incorporated into final products (Norris, 1992). This strategy can be very beneficial to both partner brands if successfully implemented (Norris, 1992). Keller (1993) viewed it as the perceptual beliefs about a brand's attribute, benefit, and attitude associations, which are frequently seen as the basis for an overall evaluation of, or attitude toward, the brand. Consumers‟ perceptions of the co-branded product quality can, in turn, improve or reinforce the quality image of the host brand (Rao and Ruekert, 1994). According to Rooney (1995), a branding strategy is essentially aimed at building the brand image, increasing the brand‟s value to the customer which leads to brand loyalty. Branding strategy is essentially aimed at building brand image (Rooney, 1995). Therefore, the host brand entering an ingredient branding initiative can expect positive effects from such a strategy on its perceived quality, associations, and attitude. Indeed, a host brand will use ingredient branding to Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 65 improve its brand equity, and more particularly its associations (cognitive dimension of the attitude toward the brand), overall evaluation (affective dimension), as well as its perceived quality. According to Changeur and Dano, 1996, “Brand equity is added value that a brand brings to a product. Brand associations correspond to „the mark left in consumers‟ memory by all the communications and products of the brand.” Simonin and Ruth (1998) highlighted that “The line of research focused on consumer perceptions becomes even more critical for academics and practitioners alike.” Moreover, Simonin and Ruth (1998) argued that “brand alliance evaluations have spillover effects on attitudes toward each partner brand”. Co-branded products can provide a clue to product quality, leading to improvement of consumer product evaluation and acceptance (McCarthy and Norris, 1999). McCarthy and Norris (1999) also examined how consumers evaluate moderate- versus higher-quality host brands where branded ingredients are added to the product. They manipulate different host brands of varying quality (moderate- or high-quality) and high-quality ingredient brands. Their findings suggested that consumers evaluate a moderate-quality host brand more favorably when a high-quality branded ingredient is added, and that a high-quality host brand is only slightly more favorably valued when featuring a high-quality branded ingredient. According to, Michel (2000) and Lendrevie and Lindon (2000), further distinguish three dimensions of the attitude toward the brand. “The first dimension is the cognitive component, which concerns the knowledge accumulated about the brand.” Rust, Lemon, and Narayandas (2005) argued that, “customer attitude toward the brand is critical in building brand equity.” That if customers develop more favorable attitudes toward the brand, they are more likely to purchase the brand.” Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 66 Taking the same moderate-quality host brand and an ingredient brand of varying quality, it is inferred that the initial perceived quality and perceived impact of these ingredient brand will influence the quality perception of the host brand. According to Peter Schnedlitz and Stefan Zopf (2009) , in one of their article named as “Using Tetra Pak as an example of an ingredient brand” , examined whether an ingredient brand can be proved to have an added value affecting the market strength of the final product. According to Kotler (2010), ingredient branding is defined as the marketing or labeling of components or other industrial goods the promotion of a brand (Ingredient) within a brand (Host) to the final customer .It takes advantages of synergy of two or more brands that share a common brand within the value chain of the product. In other words, Kotler (2010), states that “The Ingredient Brand provides an increased performance credibility of specific featured benefit associated with the brands perceived expertise. “ Objectives of the study To study the perceived impact of ingredient branding on host brand. To analyze the perceived impact of ingredient branding on host brand equity. Research Methodology The study is based mostly on restoring the primary data collected through the method random sampling. The place of survey we have chosen is Indore. Preparing a structured and nondisguised type of questionnaire. We administered to 212 respondents .Our thrust was to determine the perceived impact of ingredient branding on host brand equity. We prepare set of 30 statements reflecting various attributes of the problem. The respondents were requested to rank the statements on a 5-point Likert scale basis (from strongly disagree to strongly agree). Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 67 Factor analysis was done to identify the factors of Ingredient branding which has perceived impact on host brand equity by adopting ingredient branding. We imported the data on SPSS to analyze the same for the study. Demographic profile of the respondents Out of 212 respondents, 132 are males and 80 are females. Qualification status of the respondent‟s shows that 29% respondents were qualified Upto 12 th 54% respondents are graduate, 15% respondents are post graduate and only 2 respondents were found illiterate. Apart from this, the category of respondents which we found are as : Around 67% Customers‟ purchasing decision depends solely on ingredient brand for (Food products, cosmetics ,oil,cloth,food product etc) which ultimately put impact on Host brand equity of these and other products. And also 17% Retailer, 13% Wholesaler and rest 3% are company executives were also responded for the same.(Refer to Table 1 ) Table 1: Characteristics of Respondents:N=212 No. Of Respondents Gender: Male 132 Female 80 Qualification : Upto 12 63 Graduate 115 PG and above 32 Illiterate 2 Respondent Category : Customer 143 Retailer 38 Wholesaler 28 Company 4 Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 68 Analysis, Interpretation and Results Reliability Measurement Thirty variables were identified for use in the survey .Cronbach‟s Alpha is the most widely used measure of reliability. The generally agreed upon lower limit for Cronbach‟s Alpha is 0.7, although it may decrease to 0.60 in exploratory research. Table 2 shows that the variables used resulted in a Cronbach‟s Alpha value of 0.8239 which is greater than 0.7, and hence establish the reliability of the scale developed by the authors. Table 2: Reliability Analysis. Reliability Coefficients N of Cases = 212.0 N of Items = 18 Alpha = .8239 Factor Analysis KMO measure of sampling adequacy and Bartlett’s test of sphericity:KMO measure of sampling adequacy is an index used to test appropriateness adequacy of the factor analysis .The minimum required KMO is 0.5. Table 3 shows that the index for this data is 0.772 and chi-square statistics is significant (0.000 < 0.05).This means the principal component analysis is appropriate for this data. Bartlett‟s test of sphericity is used to ensure that the variables are uncorrelated in the population. High correlation is required among the variables for the application of factor analysis .Therefore, we test for the null hypothesis that the population correlation matrix is an identity matrix (I.e. each variable correlates perfectly with itself, but is uncorrelated with the other variables). Table 3 Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 69 shows that the result of Bartlett‟s test (the chi-square value is 517.427 at 0.000 significance level) clearly rejects the null hypothesis that the population correlation matrix is an identity matrix. Therefore we can proceed with factor analysis. Table 3: KMO and Bartlett‟s Test:KMO an d Bartlett's Test Kaiser-Mey er-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy . Bart let t's Test of Sphericity Approx. Chi-Square df Sig. .772 517.427 136 .000 According to Kaiser Criterion, only the first six factors should be used because subsequent Eigen values are less than one. The output in Table 4 gives the variance explained by the initial solution .This table gives the total variance contributed by each component .We may note that the percentage of total variance contributed by the first component is 21.343, by second component is 8.640 and by the third component is 7.476.It may be noted that the percentage of total variances is the highest for the first factor and it decreases thereafter. It is also clear from this table that there are total three distinct factors for the given set of variables. Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 70 Table 4:-Total Variance Explained Initial Eigen values Compo Nent 1 2 3 4 5 6 Extraction Sums of Squared Loadings % of Cumulative Total % of Cumulative Variance % Variance % 21.343 21.343 3.628 21.343 21.343 8.6403 29.984 1.468 8.6403 29.984 7.476 37.46 1.27 7.476 37.461 6.425 43.886 1.092 6.425 43.886 6.244 50.131 1.061 6.244 50.131 6.021 56.151 1.024 6.021 56.151 Total 3.628 1.468 1.271 1.092 1.061 1.023 Rotation Sums of Squared Loadings Total % of Cumulative Variance % 2.054 12.087 12.087 1.813 10.665 22.753 1.613 9.488 32.242 1.54 9.0637 41.305 1.366 8.037 49.343 1.157 6.808 56.151 Extraction method: Principal component analysis Scree Test Figure 1 shows Scree plot. It gives the number of factors against the Eigen values, and helps to determine the optimal number of factors .The factors having the steep slope indicate that larger percentage of total variance is explained by that factor. The shallow slope indicates that the contribution to total variance is less. In the above plot, the first three factors have steep slope and later on the slope is shallow. It may be noted from the above plot that the number of factors for Eigen value greater than one are three. Hence ideal number of factors is 3. Figure 1 Scree Test:- Sc ree Plot 4 3 Eigenvalue 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Component Numbe r 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 71 Rotated Component Matrix: Table 5 is the most important table for interpretation .The maximum of each row (ignoring sign) indicates that the respective variable belongs to the respective component. The variables „Perceived quality and Attitudinal Loyalty‟ are highly correlated and contributed to a single component. „Measuring host brand equity‟ contributes to second component. And „top of mind, Price enhancement, Brand loyalty, Reduces marketing cost , Anchor , Familiarity , Brand reliability, Marketing outlay , Brand extension , Trade leverage ,Positive brand association , Trustworthiness, Perception ,Convenience and Compliance‟ contribute to the rest of the components respectively. Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 72 Table 5: Rotated Component Matrix Component Perceived Quality Attitudinal loyalty Measuring host brand equity Top of mind Price enhancement Brand loyalty Reduces marketing cost Anchor Familiarity Brand Reliability Reduces Marketing outlay Brand extension Trade leverage Positive brand association Trust worthiness Perception convenience Compliance 1 2 3 4 5 6 0.609 0.294 0.031 0.072 0.070 0.098 0.632 -0.021 0.011 0.277 0.103 0.158 0.304 0.566 0.169 -0.029 -0.245 0.452 0.194 0.104 0.098 0.696 0.067 -0.030 0.124 0.471 0.145 0.066 0.599 -0.150 0.362 0.098 0.357 0.455 -0.164 -0.0631 0.06 0.168 0.155 0.396 0.256 0.136 0.065 0.212 0.635 -0.029 0.017 0.092 0.296 0.051 0.021 0.143 0.054 0.804 0.303 0.584 0.089 0.27 0.066 -0.138 0.117 -0.114 0.092 0.106 0.815 0.179 0.634 0.148 0.035 0.128 0.070 0.093 0.002 0.445 0.359 -0.259 0.368 0.011 0.394 0.346 0.102 0.421 0.007 0.097 -0.139 0.136 0.664 0.227 0.032 0.236 0.513 -0.119 0.505 -0.273 0.029 -0.310 0.067 -0.023 0.732 0.089 0.029 0.014 Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis. a) Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization. b) Rotation converged in 6 iterations. c) Al stands for Attitudinal loyalty Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 73 Interpretation of the Results Table 6: Interpretation and Results. Factor Facto r No. Label s Factor Name Statement Loadings F1 S1 Perceived quality Ingredient Branding adds quality to the host brands equity 0.609 Ingredient Branding increases attitudinal loyalty toward the host brand equity. Ingredient Branding helps in creating positive brand associations with the host brand. Ingredient Branding assures for the convenience perceptions towards the host brand Ingredient Branding helps in measuring of Host brand equity at market place. Ingredient Branding acts as an anchor to which other association with the host brand increases. Ingredient Branding helps in enhancing brand extensions of host brand. Ingredient Branding helps in providing trade leverage of host brand. Ingredient Branding increases trust worthiness of the host brand. Ingredient Branding helps in making the host brand compliance. Ingredient Branding helps in making Top-of-mind brand associations with the host brand. Ingredient Branding reduces marketing cost of host brand. 0.633 S15 S25 S29 F2 S16 Brand esteem S21 S23 S26 F3 S28 Reliability S30 F4 S17 Memorabl e S20 S19 S27 F5 18 Cost effective 24 F6 22 Likeability Ingredient Branding supports in increasing the brand loyalty of host brand. Ingredient Branding helps in creating positive brand associations with the host brand. Ingredient Branding enhances price of host brand sensitivity Ingredient Branding reduces outlay involved in marketing of host brand. Ingredient Branding creates familiarity of the host brand. 0.634 0.514 0.566 0.635 0.585 0.446 0.665 0.732 0.697 0.397 0.455 0.421 0.601 0.815 0.804 Naming of the Factors: A factor loading represents the correlation between an original variable and its factor. The signs are interpretated just like any other correlation coefficient. On each factor „like signs‟ Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 74 of factor loading means factors and factors are positively correlated and „opposite signs‟ of factor loadings means that factor loadings and factors are negatively correlated. The names of the factors , statement labels and factor loading are summarized in Table 6, which has been formulated from SPSS data output. Factor 1: Perceived Quality It is one of the most important factor, statements such as „Ingredient Branding adds quality to the host brands equity (0.609)‟, „Ingredient Branding increases attitudinal loyalty toward the host brand equity(0.633)‟, „Ingredient Branding helps in creating positive brand associations with the host brand (0.634)‟, and „Ingredient Branding assures for the convenience perceptions towards the host brand (0.514)‟. This factor signifies that the ingredient branding help in increasing the quality of host brand by enhancing through brand extension, convenience perception and attitudinal loyalty which in turn also supports brand equity. Factor 2: Brand Esteem This is second significant factor comprises of statements viz.,‟ Ingredient Branding helps in measuring of Host brand equity at market place (0.566),‟ „Ingredient Branding acts as an anchor to which other association with the host brand increases(0.635),‟ „Ingredient Branding helps in enhancing brand extensions of host brand (0.585),‟ and „Ingredient Branding helps in providing trade leverage of host brand(0.446)‟.This factor indicates Brand esteem is the most important factor that host brand enjoys by opting ingredient branding. Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 75 Factor 3: Reliability Two factors are been loaded on to this factor. The factor „Reliability‟ is the third significant factor. The statement –„Ingredient Branding increases trust worthiness of the host brand(0.665)‟, and „Ingredient Branding helps in making the host brand compliance(0.732)‟. This implies that ingredient branding helps in increasing the reliability towards the host brand. Factor 4: Memorable Four factors have been loaded on to this factor. The factor „Memorable „is the fourth significant factor. The statements „Ingredient Branding helps in making Top-of-mind brand associations with the host brand (0.697), „Ingredient Branding reduces marketing cost of host brand (0.397)‟, „Ingredient Branding supports in increasing the brand loyalty of host brand(0.455) and „Ingredient Branding helps in creating positive brand associations with the host brand (0.421)‟. This implies that ingredient branding helps in making the host brand memorable by earning brand loyalty so that to create image the top of mind brand choice of the customer. Factor 5: Cost effective This factor comprises of two factors, „Ingredient Branding enhances price of host brand sensitivity (0.601), and „Ingredient Branding reduces outlay involved in marketing of host brand (0.815). This implies that ingredient branding not only supports and enhance price of host brand sensitivity but also helps in reducing involved outlay in host brand. Factor 6: Likeability Journal of Marketing and Management, 3 (1), 60-77, May 2012 76 Single statement has been loaded on to this last factor that is „Ingredient Branding creates familiarity of the host brand (0.804). This factor emphasizes that ingredient branding helps in creating good acquaintance for the host brand. Conclusion The concept behind the study is concerned with the evolution of ingredient branding tied to the host brand. 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