Should GM Go Through A Corporate Name Change?
There have been quite a lot of corporations that have replaced their names subsequent to coming under attack and falling into bankruptcy. Some of the companies that have done that include ValuJet or now known as AirTran, Altria or as you may have once known it, Philip Morris, and Xe, which was once known as Blackwater. Even electronics maker LG has changed its name from Lucky Goldstar to just LG and claimed that it stood for Lifes Good and now its performing superbly with its sales of consumer electronics and appliances.
These corporations have done well with the name modification; it is as if they are cracking what they once were and becoming a another company with a polished, pure representation.
Marketing professionals nationally agree that the rebranding of GM could be a good thing. If the goal is to try and put this company on a massive diet and just turn it into a smaller car manufacturing company, Im not certain thered be that much harm in rebranding, said Jean-Pierre Dube, a University of Chicago marketing professor. The name isnt in good shape, he said, so they have not much to lose.
The General Motors brand has already grown to be a stained brand, with a reputation of constructing poor quality cars and now with a gigantic bankruptcy filing under its belt, not to mention what everyone thinks about the business taking all that national cash to keep from having to file for the vast bailoutwhich they filed nonetheless.
Certainly, at the moment many GM officials are sticking to what they know and not wanting to rebrand the business. CEO Fritz Henderson stated that rebranding wasnt awfully high on his list of things to do in the business. Which is probably a good thing to do considering all the troubles he inherited, but couldnt rebranding be handed off to the marketing section? After all, GM still has one of those and it really doesnt have the money to be throwing into high-cost tv spots at present.
Bits and pieces of GM have already begun to be rebranded; GMAC financial services has changed its name to Ally Bank and General Motors Asset Managemnet is now known as Promark Global Advisors.
But, with a business that is as well identified as GM might it work?
I dont think anything wrong with attempting to perhaps advertise the company in a different way than previously, but an entire new brand could be difficult to pull off for the corporation. I believe that the best implementation of rebranding could come from if it were to rebrand some of its brands such as Chevy or Cadillac. - 23223
These corporations have done well with the name modification; it is as if they are cracking what they once were and becoming a another company with a polished, pure representation.
Marketing professionals nationally agree that the rebranding of GM could be a good thing. If the goal is to try and put this company on a massive diet and just turn it into a smaller car manufacturing company, Im not certain thered be that much harm in rebranding, said Jean-Pierre Dube, a University of Chicago marketing professor. The name isnt in good shape, he said, so they have not much to lose.
The General Motors brand has already grown to be a stained brand, with a reputation of constructing poor quality cars and now with a gigantic bankruptcy filing under its belt, not to mention what everyone thinks about the business taking all that national cash to keep from having to file for the vast bailoutwhich they filed nonetheless.
Certainly, at the moment many GM officials are sticking to what they know and not wanting to rebrand the business. CEO Fritz Henderson stated that rebranding wasnt awfully high on his list of things to do in the business. Which is probably a good thing to do considering all the troubles he inherited, but couldnt rebranding be handed off to the marketing section? After all, GM still has one of those and it really doesnt have the money to be throwing into high-cost tv spots at present.
Bits and pieces of GM have already begun to be rebranded; GMAC financial services has changed its name to Ally Bank and General Motors Asset Managemnet is now known as Promark Global Advisors.
But, with a business that is as well identified as GM might it work?
I dont think anything wrong with attempting to perhaps advertise the company in a different way than previously, but an entire new brand could be difficult to pull off for the corporation. I believe that the best implementation of rebranding could come from if it were to rebrand some of its brands such as Chevy or Cadillac. - 23223
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