Category: naming research

The Rise of Private Labels & The Role of Strong Brand Names »

By on Sep 7, 2011 in basic naming questions, brand naming, company names, competitive names, differentiators, master brands, naming research, naming strategy, product names, retail storefront names | 4 Comments

“Consumers are buying private label food and drink products in greater numbers, typically because these products represent better value” (Mintel, The Private Label Food and Drink Consumer, Dec. 2010). But, is this causation or correlation? Are consumers knowingly buying private labels in larger quantities because of their perceived value, or is something else driving the [...]

Competitive Brand Name Research »

By on Mar 7, 2010 in competitive names, name testing, naming research, naming strategy, trademarks | 0 Comments

Many of you may find yourselves constantly fighting to grab top of mind awareness and preference for your key brand names.  One tactic that will help insure victory is to thoroughly analyze your competitors’ names, nomenclature system and naming architecture.  Competitive brand name research can address issues like: Which names are driving the most traffic [...]

Great Tasting Names »

By on Jul 19, 2009 in best names, creative inspiration, descriptive names, naming research | 0 Comments

Research has shown that names that sound tasty can increase consumption of all types of food and beverage products as reported in this posting from Brand Strategy Insider: “Give a vegetable a catchy name – such as X-Ray Vision Carrots or Dinosaur Broccoli Trees or Tomato Bursts – and kids will eat nearly twice as [...]

Selecting the Best Name Candidate »

By on Jun 19, 2009 in best names, brand potential index - bpi, name testing, naming research, naming tips | 2 Comments

Better to have several good name candidates at the end of your name development effort than just one great candidate.  If you only have one clear winner, all too often it’s the one that doesn’t make it through final legal clearance or the linguistic screening or the customer testing.  Also, a name typically becomes “great” only after it [...]

Overcoming Trademark Issues in New Product Naming »

By on May 3, 2009 in naming research, naming tips, trademarks | 0 Comments

In working with trademark attorneys for over 20 years, we believe that most are very conservative when it comes to new product naming and interpreting trademark law.  While this may keep you out of trademark infringement lawsuits, it also sometimes eliminates potentially viable, strong names because they have some degree of TM registration risk.  We have seen cases where companies avoid using a “risky” name [...]

Name Testing Without A Budget »

By on Apr 24, 2009 in name testing, naming research, naming tips | 0 Comments

Prior to starting NameStormers, the founders managed a subsidiary of Nielsen, the global research / TV rating organization.  Nielsen’s success has proven the importance of marketing research and we believe name testing research is a critical part of the name selection process …  BUT … given today’s economic challenges, you may feel like name testing research [...]

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