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Commercial renewal project: Canada Goose Light Weight Down Jacket 2018

People are afraid of cold winter. The Canadian Outdoors brand, Canada Goose, was born in 1957 for the Canadian Arctic Guards, researchers and explorers of the scientific institutes of the polar regions, and those working in the extreme weather conditions. This brand became popular under the slogan of freeing people from the cold. The current ad about the Canada Goose Light Weight Down Jacket emphasizes its core feature with the phrase of “Where warm can take you” as well as its light weight. In sum, the ad emphasizes that the jacket is warm and light.

The current ad with the magnificent nature of Canada’s Avalon Peninsula conveys how warm the Canada Goose jackets are. However, will this add lead Korean customers to buy the jacket? Korea is quite cold in winter but not as cold as polar regions. Canada Goose Ad needs to prove why its jacket is valuable to Korean customers.

We have changed the background of the current advertisement from nature to city. The current advertisement is of interest to mountaineers but may not attract urban dwellers. While doing so, we tried not to dilute the unique brand image. We also newly generated a phrase, Beyond Boundaries, to break the existing frame and get close to Korean customers.

Written by Junhyuk Kwon, Baliworin Dastan, Jungtaek Lim, Jieun Lim, and Suna | Marketing Communication 2018 Fall | College of Business Administration, Kookmin University

Should we go noisy or quiet when exporting goods?

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People like imported goods. Some like them so much that they even pick up the old license plates and place them outside their buildings for an aesthetic reason. (Note that this tiny run-down building is located in the center of Seoul and must have nothing to do with Nebraska or Iowa)

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Imported goods are welcomed in particular when exporting countries are highly qualified. This, so called, COO (Country Of Origin) effect is well established for Germany, France and Japan. Recently, I found that Canada Goose is also enjoying the same effect. It is a popular fashion brand designed for extreme cold weather conditions. According to my undergraduate students, Canada Goose is hugely popular because it is made in Canada not in US, Russia or China. They particularly love its huge label saying “Canada Goose Arctic Program.”

Differently from Canada Goose, M0851, another successful Canadian fashion brand says nothing about Canada. Although it started in Montreal and seems to be well established in Canada, it has no clue about where it comes from. One Canadian fashion brand speaks loudly, while the other keeps silent about where it was born. Interestingly, they both run business well.

Canada Goose LabelM0851