National brand

A national brand is the brand of a product that is distributed nationally under a brand name - owned by a producer or distributor - as opposed to local brands (products distributed only in some areas of a country), and to private-label brands (products that carry the brand of the retailer rather than the producer.)

National brands compete with local and private brands. National brands are produced by, widely distributed by, and carry the name of the manufacturer.^{[citation needed]}

• Local brands may appeal to those consumers who favor small, local producers over large national or global producers, and who may prefer to pay a premium to "buy local".
• Private-label producers can offer lower prices because they avoid the cost of marketing and advertising to build and protect a brand. In North America, large retailers such as Loblaws, Walgreens and Wal-Mart offer private-label products as store brands.

On the other hand, marketing and advertising may give consumers the impression that a national-brand product is superior to a local- or private-branded product. Both types use an advertising tactic involving giving away promotional products. Entrepreneur Magazine explains more concisely, "physical gifts with your advertising on it such as balloons, smartphone wipes, key chains, fridge magnets, pens and notepads are always popular too."^[1]

References[]

• According to Kotler: The World's Foremost Authority on Marketing Answers Your Questions / Philip Kotler, 2005
• Retail Price Cutting and Its Control by Manufacturers / Albert Haring, 1976
• National Brand and Store Brand Price Competition: Who Hurts Whom? / Raj Sethuraman, 1995
• Dunn, Chris W. (2016-12-13). "8 Powerful Ways to Market Your Business on a Limited Budget". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2019-06-07.

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