Friday, November 20, 2015

Brand Identity Prism by Kapferer

The brand identity prism by Kapferer represents the visible expression of the brand, including its name, trademark, communications and visual appearance. This is fundamental for customers’ recognition and help to symbolize the brand differentiation from competitors.



1)  Physique: the set of the brand’s physical features which come to customers’ mind when the brand name is mentioned.
2)  Personality: it is the brand’s character. It represents the way the brand speaks to its customers.
3)   Culture: it is the system of values and basic principles the brand base its behavior on.
4)  Relationship: it represents the strength of the relationship between the brand and its customer.
5)   Reflection: it makes reference to stereotypical user of the brand.
6)   Self-image: it is the way customers see themselves compared to a brand

Singapore Airlines


1)    Physique
When we speak about Singapore airlines, the first thing that come to customers’ mind is the Singapore Girls, who actually are flight stewardesses. They represent the Asian grace and hospitality and have a unique uniform designed by Parisian couturier Pierre Balmain. They are a very designated and visual part of the entire brand experience.
The logo of Singapore Airlines is also something important for the brand image and is composed of a “bird” also known as the Silver Kris.


2)    Personality
Singapore airlines is considered as being a luxury and premium airline. According to the 5 dimensions of brand personality, we can deduce that Singapore Airlines personality is based on “sophistication” and “excitement” thanks to its luxury and innovative image.


3)    Culture
The values Singapore Airlines stands for mostly results from the heritage of Asian values and tradition based on hospitality, kindness, respect, elegance and serenity.


4)    Relationship


Singapore Airlines put an emphasis on providing a unique and glamourous travel experience to its customers. They are very focus on customer satisfaction and they also work on building relationships with them through high-quality services, personal approach, loyalty program… In this way, Singapore Airlines aim to be the best company not only in the airlines industry, but also in the entire service sector.




5)    Reflection
Singapore Airlines is often associated with high social class and prestige. The stereotypical customer of the brand can be describe as rich, elegant and multicultural.

6)    Self image
Customers of Singapore Airlines will for sure see themselves as unique, privileged and premium thanks to the premium services offered by the company. This is even more true for the first and business class who receive unique and personal services but economic classes have also their top services as on-demand entertainment option, seats innovative design, delightful Asian and International dishes…

Emirates


1)    Physique
As Singapore Airlines, Emirates is very often associated to its air hostesses which their unique uniform with a red hat and a white scarf. When people see these women with this uniform, they immediately know that they are Emirates’ crew.
The logo is also very representative of the brand and consists in the name "Emirates" written with Arabic calligraphic letters.






2)    Personality
Regarding the brand personality, we would position Emirates in “Excitement” and “Competence “. Indeed, Emirates is known to be the first mover regarding new innovation and offers very high quality services: they are the first entertainment provider for all classes.

3)    Culture
The culture of Emirates is mostly based on some values that drive the company to do their best. These values are: innovation, community engagement, leadership and reliability.

4)    Relationship
Customer satisfaction is a core value for Emirates. They consider that the emotional ties and bonds as the key factors of being the #1 consumers’ choice. Everything the brand propose is made to admire people. Emirates want to create long term relationship by being engaged with customers but also with people all around the world. They also empathize a lot on they loyalty program who are very important and reward customers.

5)    Reflection
With its high-quality services and innovation vision, Emirates customers can be defined as business people from 30 to 60 years’ old who are looking for luxury and comfort in travel. They target all customers regardless of nationality.

6)    Self image
People who travel with Emirates feel like being at home, in the move and being able to do what they want in flight. The comfort of the first and business classes are incomparable (business suites, lounge…) with innovative offers and services, this is an exception and personalized way to travel all around the world without realizing it.


(Sources : Singapore and Emirates Corporate Websites
Photo credits : Singapore and Emirates Corporate Websites )

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