While most brands belong to individual enterprises, some brands belong to groups of enterprises based in a single territory. This conceptual paper examines the characteristics of these territorial brands using the lens of the wine of Champagne in France. Employing a series of past studies the paper first explores the nature of the territorial brand (including its overarching nature and emergent development), then develops an analysis of the preconditions for a strong territorial brand. The proposition is that these include a specific type of brand manager, a strong willingness to co-operate, a common mythology and local engagement. The paper is significant as it considers territorial goods rather than services such as tourism.
Keywords: place marketing, territorial brand, champagne.
Authors: Steve CHARTERS, David MENIVAL
Reims Management School, 59 rue Pierre Taittinger, 51100 France
Email: stephen.charters@reims-ms.fr