Ad Campaign Alternatives

There are three basic alternatives from which Levi Strauss can choose with regard to its international advertising strategy. It can choose to create advertising campaigns on a local or regional basis using input and control from headquarters; this is the current strategy. The company could also choose to create advertising campaigns locally without input from headquarters, leading to a far more independent campaign which does not have corporate control. Or, the company could use centralized control to create advertising at a single point for all of the international markets.

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oducts as essentially "more American" than the competition. Using a local advertising agency makes this possible since they are likely to have a strong understanding of the reasons that consumers are interested in products by Levi Strauss, and the creative ability to appeal to those motivations. However, lacking input from the headquarters makes this a risky way to approach the international market since the level of quality associated with a particular campaign can vary greatly from country to country. Since Levi Strauss has already experienced creative problems even though it exercises some input with its international agencies, it is highly likely that this problem would grow if input from headquarters were removed. Different advertising agencies operate on different budgets, and some may be cutting corners which result in lower overall value to Levi Strauss and lower quality of advertising overall. This may be evident not only in the actual advertising that is produced, but also in the market research and demographic analysis which determines which media is appropriate. Without input from the central office, this strategy could have disastrous results for Levi Strauss. The last option is that Levi Strauss produce all of
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