Rebranding JCP
by Eileen Jiang
Market Research
 Implementing the marketing strategy too fast
 Customers don’t understand the platform
 Target audience is too broad
 Total brand experience doesn’t define the
distinctiveness of the brand
 a) Product
 b) Place
 c) Price
American flag & fair and
square pricing
Direct Competitors
 Macy – the magic of Macy’s
 Kohl's – expect great things
Financial Analysis
Marketing Weakness
 Website- well designed but lack of engagement
 Clothing brands- less choices
 Price – too low ( it positions itself as a cheap
department store with less choices ), even worse
than a outlet mall
Current Target Market
 Vision/mission: everyday saving, month long
value
 Target audience: middle/working class
households
 Income level: average household income =
$30,000-$49,999
 Key markets: private brand
 Key competitors: Macy’s and Kohl’s
Big Idea
 Vision/mission: Members save big
1. Everyday low price is only open to Members, who
spend a certain amount of money each year. The more
you spend, the bigger discount you can get. (discount
focuses on midrange brand and luxury brands)
 Target audience: Wealthy fashion-forward working adults
 Income level: average household income = $50,000-
$99,999
 Key markets: Private brands, mid range brand clothing,
Luxury brands.
 Key competitors: Macy’s and Kohl’s
Team
 Project manager
 Accountant
 Web designer
 Marketing specialist
 Advertising agency
 Social media specialist
Communication Protocols
 Email
 Fax communication
 Meeting summaries
 Teleconference summaries
 Contact sheets
 Sharing documents online
Marketing Tools
 Websites
 Advertising
 Social Media
Website
Website has no distinguishing characteristics
(intentionally shows squares on its website)
 it doesn’t use social media well to increase consumer
engagement and sales.
 having a poll for sharing pictures of clothing on Facebook
 Deals lack excitement
 having banner ads to let buyers know current deals
 Customer service: JC penny mentions about “ happy return”,
which discourages sales.
 when a product has been returned, asking customers “tell us
what you think “ with options of different reasons. Location:
return @ store – registrar. Return by shipping – emails
Website
 Online games ( button blizzard ) : it may increase
website traffic, but has no direct relation to
increasing brand awareness and promote sales.
 Fashion design game with choices of clothing
provided by JC penny – a conversation window will
be asking if customers want to purchasing the
clothes they design.
 Ecards: increase brand awareness among public but
don’t directly related to promotion of sale.
 Free gift card at check out with purchase of any JC
penny products
Measurement
 Numbers of Visitors to site
 Returning visitors
 Amount of time onsite
 Sales of visitors
 Call to customer service
 Page views
Advertising
 Display window
 TV commercial
 Direct mail
 Family oriented resorts - showing discount deals on
hotel’s brochure
 Mobile
 National holiday performance
 align with charity, asking donation with a JC
penny 10% reward points
Social Media
 Facebook (2,867,996 likes) – update events and
deals ( success )
 Twitter (71,549 followers) – news platform ( deals)
 Youtube ( 2465 subscribe) – special campaign –
JCP 12 days of giving tour
 Printerest ( 3376 followers ) – icon should be
added on the JC Penny webpage
A file naming system for the
team
 Surname first name – Re branding JC Penny 2013
 Correspondence
 Documents
 Notes
 Meeting
 Assets & paper
 Publicity- website, facebook, twitter, video
 Draft – sent to client
 --- signed documents
Benchmarks
Years
Website(1.5)
social media(
0.5)
advertising (2 )
Marketing(2 )
JC Penny logo through 1971
Redesign JCP Logo
 Look and feel - exclusive & modern
 Exclusive private brands (the brands you can
only buy from JCP)
 Exclusive everyday discount – only available to
JCP members
 Exclusive shopping experience – instant message
sent to your phone, reminding you of the
membership levels you have achieved. And the
exclusive discounting section you can get right
now if shop by phone.
Explore usage of design
 Membership card
 Shopping bag
 Home page
 Brochure cover
 Clothing tag
 Billboard
 Category
Legal Issues
 Trademark (conflicting trademarks, processing
time, description of trademark )
trademark search and obtain the trademark
rights to your brand name before you launch it.
 Website copyright ( originality of web content)
Design standards and guidelines
Thank You
 Questions

Jcp rebranding

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  • 2.
    Market Research  Implementingthe marketing strategy too fast  Customers don’t understand the platform  Target audience is too broad  Total brand experience doesn’t define the distinctiveness of the brand  a) Product  b) Place  c) Price
  • 3.
    American flag &fair and square pricing
  • 4.
    Direct Competitors  Macy– the magic of Macy’s  Kohl's – expect great things
  • 5.
  • 6.
    Marketing Weakness  Website-well designed but lack of engagement  Clothing brands- less choices  Price – too low ( it positions itself as a cheap department store with less choices ), even worse than a outlet mall
  • 7.
    Current Target Market Vision/mission: everyday saving, month long value  Target audience: middle/working class households  Income level: average household income = $30,000-$49,999  Key markets: private brand  Key competitors: Macy’s and Kohl’s
  • 8.
    Big Idea  Vision/mission:Members save big 1. Everyday low price is only open to Members, who spend a certain amount of money each year. The more you spend, the bigger discount you can get. (discount focuses on midrange brand and luxury brands)  Target audience: Wealthy fashion-forward working adults  Income level: average household income = $50,000- $99,999  Key markets: Private brands, mid range brand clothing, Luxury brands.  Key competitors: Macy’s and Kohl’s
  • 9.
    Team  Project manager Accountant  Web designer  Marketing specialist  Advertising agency  Social media specialist
  • 10.
    Communication Protocols  Email Fax communication  Meeting summaries  Teleconference summaries  Contact sheets  Sharing documents online
  • 11.
    Marketing Tools  Websites Advertising  Social Media
  • 12.
    Website Website has nodistinguishing characteristics (intentionally shows squares on its website)  it doesn’t use social media well to increase consumer engagement and sales.  having a poll for sharing pictures of clothing on Facebook  Deals lack excitement  having banner ads to let buyers know current deals  Customer service: JC penny mentions about “ happy return”, which discourages sales.  when a product has been returned, asking customers “tell us what you think “ with options of different reasons. Location: return @ store – registrar. Return by shipping – emails
  • 13.
    Website  Online games( button blizzard ) : it may increase website traffic, but has no direct relation to increasing brand awareness and promote sales.  Fashion design game with choices of clothing provided by JC penny – a conversation window will be asking if customers want to purchasing the clothes they design.  Ecards: increase brand awareness among public but don’t directly related to promotion of sale.  Free gift card at check out with purchase of any JC penny products
  • 14.
    Measurement  Numbers ofVisitors to site  Returning visitors  Amount of time onsite  Sales of visitors  Call to customer service  Page views
  • 15.
    Advertising  Display window TV commercial  Direct mail  Family oriented resorts - showing discount deals on hotel’s brochure  Mobile  National holiday performance  align with charity, asking donation with a JC penny 10% reward points
  • 16.
    Social Media  Facebook(2,867,996 likes) – update events and deals ( success )  Twitter (71,549 followers) – news platform ( deals)  Youtube ( 2465 subscribe) – special campaign – JCP 12 days of giving tour  Printerest ( 3376 followers ) – icon should be added on the JC Penny webpage
  • 17.
    A file namingsystem for the team  Surname first name – Re branding JC Penny 2013  Correspondence  Documents  Notes  Meeting  Assets & paper  Publicity- website, facebook, twitter, video  Draft – sent to client  --- signed documents
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    JC Penny logothrough 1971
  • 20.
    Redesign JCP Logo Look and feel - exclusive & modern  Exclusive private brands (the brands you can only buy from JCP)  Exclusive everyday discount – only available to JCP members  Exclusive shopping experience – instant message sent to your phone, reminding you of the membership levels you have achieved. And the exclusive discounting section you can get right now if shop by phone.
  • 21.
    Explore usage ofdesign  Membership card  Shopping bag  Home page  Brochure cover  Clothing tag  Billboard  Category
  • 22.
    Legal Issues  Trademark(conflicting trademarks, processing time, description of trademark ) trademark search and obtain the trademark rights to your brand name before you launch it.  Website copyright ( originality of web content)
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