Sharing the Spotlight: Is There Room for Two Brands in One Advertisement?
Jenni Romaniuk
Ehrenberg-Bass Institute
Imagine these marketing scenarios: A retailer approaches a brand to engage in some co-branded advertising.
- A senior executive suggests putting Heidi Klum in his company’s advertising campaign.
- A marketer’s R&D department has evidence that a brand performs better in blind taste tests; its advertising agency wants to include this test in the advertisement to illustrate this superior performance.
- To enhance the company’s image, the CEO wants the company’s sponsorship of a program with the ASPCA highlighted in a television advertisement.
Although each scenario...