Executive Summary
The prevalent positioning has diverted the brand image of all the Daimler products to be luxurious in use and niche in pricing, in spite of the corporate brand aiming at building an image based on product quality, safety features, and services. In case of Daimler, the management of the corporate brand, the eventual positioning of the corporate identity (through integrated marketing communications), and the strategic association between the brand portfolio and corporate brand is managed under the Daimler’s brand architecture framework (Keller, 2009, p.251). The latest target for focusing the product and corporate branding for Mercedes comes in ...