CHALLENGER
BRANDS.
CHALLENGER BRANDS
WHAT IS A MARKET LEADER?
• Size advantage

• „Increasing returns‟
• First, best or only in their category

• Highest brand loyalty & purchase frequency
• Highest brand awareness

CHALLENGER BRANDS
WHAT IS A CHALLENGER BRAND?
• They aren‟t the number one brand in their

market
• Ambitious beyond their means
• They are successfully challenging the market
leader

CHALLENGER BRANDS
CHALLENGER BRANDS
EXERCISE

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THE 8 CREDOS
• Intelligent naivety

CHALLENGER BRANDS
“I‟ve had great fun turning quite a lot of industries on their head and making
sure those industries will never be the same again” – Sir Richard Branson

CHALLENGER BRANDS
THE 8 CREDOS
• Intelligent naivety
• Building a “lighthouse identity”

CHALLENGER BRANDS
CHALLENGER BRANDS
THE 8 CREDOS
• Intelligent naivety
• Building a “lighthouse identity”
• Become the thought leader

CHALLENGER BRANDS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czLTt2gtgfw

CHALLENGER BRANDS
THE 8 CREDOS
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Intelligent naivety
Building a “lighthouse identity”
Become the thought leader
Create a symbol of re-evaluation

CHALLENGER BRANDS
CHALLENGER BRANDS
THE 8 CREDOS
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Intelligent naivety
Building a “lighthouse identity”
Become the thought leader
Create a symbol of re-evaluation
Sacrifice

CHALLENGER BRANDS
“If you‟re not pissing off at least 50 percent of the people, you are not
trying hard enough” – Yvon Chouinard, CEO of Patagonia

CHALLENGER BRANDS
THE 8 CREDOS
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Intelligent naivety
Building a “lighthouse identity”
Become the thought leader
Create a symbol of re-evaluation
Sacrifice
Overcommit

CHALLENGER BRANDS
CHALLENGER BRANDS
THE 8 CREDOS
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Intelligent naivety
Building a “lighthouse identity”
Become the thought leader
Create a symbol of re-evaluation
Sacrifice
Overcommit
Enter popular culture

CHALLENGER BRANDS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR_naKxLEPc

CHALLENGER BRANDS
THE 8 CREDOS
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Intelligent naivety
Building a “lighthouse identity”
Become the thought leader
Create a symbol of re-evaluation
Sacrifice
Overcommit
Enter popular culture
Be ideas-centred
CHALLENGER BRANDS
CHALLENGER BRANDS
THE 8 CREDOS
 Intelligent naivety
 Building a “lighthouse identity”
 Become the thought leader
 Create a symbol of re-evaluation
 Sacrifice
 Overcommit
 Enter popular culture
 Be ideas-centred
CHALLENGER BRANDS
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
FOR SUITS?
These strategies of Challenger Brands can be
applied to any brand with challenges

CHALLENGER BRANDS
INTERESTED?
• „Eating the Big Fish: How challenger brands
can compete against brand leaders‟ - Adam
Morgan. $21.04 on Amazon
• http://eatbigfish.com/
• Find this presentation on SlideShare at
www.slideshare.net/JohnBlaskett
CHALLENGER BRANDS

Challenger Brands - strategies to make market leaders sweat