Färghandlarens nya färg. : En studie kring implementeringsprocessen av rebranding för en franchisetagare.

AbstractBrand management has in recent years become increasingly important where companies insights to the market and consumers reflects on their marketing activities. Sometimes companies during to an acquisition need to change their entire brand; this phenomenon is known as rebranding. Through this rebranding process there are several critical steps in the implementation of a new brand. This complex of problem is to be researched and the object of study is the company Happy Homes and its brand implementation to the franchisee Vaxjo Farg & Tapet. The purpose of this study is to examine and describe the implementation process of rebranding, and how it measures from a management perspective. This will conduce to see what acts and efforts need to be handled in the contributing to a brand change due to rebranding. This study will also contribute to a deeper understanding of both opportunities and openings as to pitfalls which could occur in the process of rebranding. This thesis has a qualitative research methodology with a deductive research strategy. This approach allows us to work from theory to collect empirical evidence and to analyze and conclude the specific situation. Our interviews with the respondents were based on semi-structured interviews in which the topics and question of the interview guide was operationalized from a theoretical ground.