A new appliance brand gained five points of awareness in a year, and read six sub-categories as six different positions
A young appliance brand entered a category where ten brands compete and consideration sets run deep, across six sub-categories at once.
Three waves of tracking on a constant base kept the trend comparable; each sub-category was read on its own category-aware base, with consideration overlap against every competitor.
Mother-brand awareness rose five points in a year while the established brands drifted down, and every funnel stage moved the same way. By sub-category the brand was at six different stages against six different rivals, with the newest categories growing fastest. One marketing budget became six separate decisions, aimed at the one rival the brand kept meeting.
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- The question
- Is a new entrant making progress in a crowded appliance category, and where in a six-category portfolio should the next rupee go?
- Approach
- Online brand health tracker on a constant centre base; awareness and consideration-set overlap read within each sub-category
- Where
- Twelve centres across four zones, India; three waves
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