The lack of IBM knowledge here is just pure ignorance. While it may not seem all that exciting, their stuff just "works".
Actually, they wrote the book on it. Fairly detailed in fact.
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Apple Again Ranked as World's Most Valuable Brand
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The lack of IBM knowledge here is just pure ignorance. While it may not seem all that exciting, their stuff just "works".
Actually, they wrote the book on it. Fairly detailed in fact.
This.
IBM is less visible to the common consumer because they've largely left the consumer space, but they do big business with big customers (meaning governments and other large companies), and are involved in enormous amounts of cutting edge research and development.
I know we all love Apple and use their consumer products, but when did Apple develop AIs that could defeat the world's best human players in chess or Jeopardy?
Yeah, Google Chrome has been quite annoying. I always get ads telling me that it will speed up my internet browsing or something. I tried it, and it was slower and hogged CPU and RAM, then it eventually just stopped loading any pages at all.
It's all a big scheme to get people sucked in. The problem is that their half-baked idea of a cloud-based PC failed, so I guess they have to stay in the advertising industry.
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Not really... most of the stuff here is good. As long as there isn't so much junk that it makes me miss the good articles or waste a lot of my time, I'm fine.
This article is pretty sketchy. Where is Disney? And why is Marlboro so high up?
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My dad told me about IBM in the old days. They were super super advanced. I've never used an IBM consumer product (because of course they don't make many), but I don't doubt their high value.
This list could really help me on Logos Quiz, lol.
They also mentioned BMW as the most valuable automaker. Pretty stoked about that.
They also mentioned BMW as the most valuable automaker. Pretty stoked about that.
Nike's brand has lowered significantly in the past 10-15 years. I don't find that surprising at all.
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Americans are worth more than other people and Texans are worth more than other Americans. What one Texan buys is worth like what 500 people in France buy.
I agree with you, but it would be worth noting that Nike isn't as popular in the rest of the world, as it is in the U.S.
Even tho 44 is way to low, top 20 seems like a better spot
Yeah Vodafone has a market cap of 138 billion and AT&T has one of 198 billion.
Sometimes I think people get confused about how different European and American cell service is.
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You must live in a bizarro world.
Yeah, because the only thing we need more of is censorship...
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Unfortunately for you, this list is not governed by popularity or fame. It's populated by the most VALUABLE companies.
Using your method, Facebook would be #1. It's not about raw numbers. It's about brand respect and goodwill worldwide.
Of course not. I never claimed that. I'm just saying that for a big part, Apple can sit back and watch its money grow.
AT&T and Verizon- world's top 10 most valuable brands?
I'd never heard of either until I visited the US.
I'd never heard of either until I visited the US.
I have witnessed Apple's explosion in the past 10 years, curious how the next 10 will pan out...
lmao i do like your statement (about texans more so then americans) but can you explain haha
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i think the majority of you people are confusing the meaning of "most valuable brand NAME" with "Most Valuable Companies in the World(money-wise)"
in which case apple still is number one of course haha, and the rest are very different.
I'm having a hard time trusting these values. There are a lot of companies I would have thought more valuable than IBM or Verizon.
This list seems to correlate very highly to the net profits of the companies listed, but that's not a fair indicator of brand power. Brand power is more about the ability to create consumer confidence, maintain it, and transcend barriers. I'd say the likes of Coke or Disney are more powerful in that regard than a lot of the first 7 on that list.
This list seems to correlate very highly to the net profits of the companies listed, but that's not a fair indicator of brand power. Brand power is more about the ability to create consumer confidence, maintain it, and transcend barriers. I'd say the likes of Coke or Disney are more powerful in that regard than a lot of the first 7 on that list.
I'm not surprised since IBM provides a very comprehensive set of exemplary enterprise services, to large scale corporations around the world. Those unfamiliar with big business would not be aware of this.
Jobs was an amazing marketer. He knew how to sell Apple products. What remains to be seen is if Cook can either emulate that marketing power, find new talent to replace it, or find a new way to make Apple a powerhouse.
I too have been very close to Apple for many years. Between the slide to near extinction, then the resurgence to astronomical highs, has made Apple an interesting company to follow.
I'm very interested to see how long Apple can keep up this success before the decline creeps up on them. History of business teaches us that sooner or later their fortunes will change. It's only a matter of time.
When your on the top of the mountain you're a sitting duck
Now that definitely doesn't explain microsoft
Let's look at Disney. For instance, if I want to build a theme park and I work with six flags, I can charge around $40 for admission. Let's say Disney slaps its name on a theme park. The result is single day $80 tickets.
The Apple name is simply worth so much more than it's competitors. More people wait for Apple's response to a product or new technology than anyone else. Apple doesn't just double revenue like Disney over Six Flags, it makes 100 times as much as its competitors by selling more expensive products to hundreds of times the number of people.
Yeah, except I don't know anyone who trusts Microsoft. Even Windows users think MS sucks, but they like Dell or whatever hardware they are using.
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I too have been very close to Apple for many years. Between the slide to near extinction, then the resurgence to astronomical highs, has made Apple an interesting company to follow.
I'm very interested to see how long Apple can keep up this success before the decline creeps up on them. History of business teaches us that sooner or later their fortunes will change. It's only a matter of time.
When your on the top of the mountain you're a sitting duck
Facebook, for one, has nowhere to go but down. I am very confident that it is just a trend that will subside. People at my school who previously lived on facebook.com are now already ignoring it somewhat. And their IPO's failure was predictable with all of the overrating of Facebook.
I use Google Chrome on both my Mac and PC and have none of the issues you're experiences. I like Chrome's simple GUI. Odd that it would stop loading pages for you.
It's good to see Google sliding down the rankings. They'll fall even further when iWeb is relaunched as the world's most revolutionary and magical search engine with the total iAds experience.
Marlboro?!?!?
Do you live in a cave...?