For this assignment you are to identify your favorite brand as a consumer and develop a detailed analysis that will discuss your loyalty to the brand and why other consumers would also identify with this brand.

You will also identify at least two competitors to your brand and define what you believe to be the competitive advantages of your brand as compared to the competition.

Be sure to provide a copy of the logo and any tag lines that support your brand. You can use the following thoughts to direct your analysis:

What is a brand?
Why is a brand important?
What is your favorite brand?
Why do people support your brand?
Write a 3-5 page paper addressing these questions. You will submit a copy in the drop box.

You are expected to appropriately cite all references and to use APA writing style guidelines. The body of your paper (not including title page, reference list, tables or illustrations) will be 3-5 pages in length, double-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman font. Header, footer and margins will be 1 inch, left justified.

Please be sure to cite others ideas and not to claim others work as your own through lack of citation.

Please ensure that your essay is free of misspellings, typographical and major grammatical errors. You will lose points for these mistakes.