Executive Summary Branding is one of the most valid practices of marketing management in firms. Best practices in brand management result in the attainment of high volumes of sales by the company. This paper presents a case of branding and its impact on Saturn, which is one of the key brands of the General Motors Company. The paper is subdivided into three major parts. The first part of the paper is the background, which gives an overview of the case. The second part of the paper is the situational analysis, which explores the issue of brands and branding that are brought out in the case. The third part of the paper is the analysis of alternatives, in which suggestions to the issues of brand management identified in the case are given. Introduction Marketing is one of the most critical practices of firms amidst the competition that prevails in the market in which firms operate. Each company keeps coming up with marketing strategies as a way of improving the capacity of the firm to ease the competitive pressure that emanate from the practices of other firms in the market. Firms often develop a number of strategies, some of which favor the company while other marketing strategies result in complications and impact negatively on market sustenance (Ferrell & Hartline, 2011). The General Motors Company is one of the world’s most renowned companies in the global automotive industry. This implies that the company has managed to produce brands that have ensured its competitiveness in the industry. It should be observed that the automotive industry is a technical industry, which makes it one of the most competitive industries in the world. For any firm in the industry to thrive in the market, it has to continuously embrace innovation and creativity. There are a number of other established companies in the industry. These include Ford, Nissan and Toyota. This paper presents a case analysis of marketing practices in General Motors. The case presented in the paper focuses on Saturn, one of the brands of the General Motors Company. The paper begins by expounding the problem in the case, after which an analysis of marketing issues that comes out of the case is done. Background of the case General Motors has managed to sustain its operational competitiveness in the industry and the market at large through the production and positioning of different brands in the market. Therefore, this case centers on the marketing initiatives and practices that appertain to one of the General Motors Company brands in the market. The case revolves around the marketing decision by Saturn to produce and market other brands of cars. Since its establishment, Saturn has emerged to be a strong and independent brand, irrespective of the fact that the brand still lies under the umbrella of General Motors Company. This was an aggressive development basing on the fact that General Motors had only relied on three brands in the 1990 decade. While this was seen as a step of bringing about a revolution in Saturn, a number of concerns were raised over the influence of this development of the company and its position in the market. The main concern came from the fact that the company had been dwelling on a narro