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Inside this issue

View the top 100 global brands and the top 20 rising brands
• The brands that do best balance evoking happy memories with innovation
• Ups and downs for banks and falls for insurers - -

Content

Old-timers and high-tech prosper

Financial services apart, many areas show resilience to the economic storm, says John Gapper

Global reach: Success results when there is trust among colleagues

Even with the global economy in recession, the idea of taking a successful brand and expanding it to new markets continues to be an appealing proposition

Methodology: A detailed and quantified view

The global top 100 brand ranking is based on customer research and indepth financial analysis, explains Joanna Seddon

Across the sectors: tables and analysis

The impact of the credit crunch and the global recession it has caused is apparent in this detailed look at brand values in 17 categories, with tables of each category and year-on-year growth in all brand categories

Five newcomers reach regional top 10s

Five brands have broken in the BrandZ top 10s, highlighting some of the broader changes in Millward Brown Optimor’s rankings over the past year

Banks and insurers: All change for once-mighty financial names

The rise of China’s banks is noteworthy, says Andrew Baxter

Online interviews with brand experts

Executives from Nespresso, Visa and Pampers talk to Andrew Baxter about their brands’ development and marketing

Nestlé Nespresso: fast-rising brand

Joachim Richter, Nespresso’s corporate communications director, is interviewed by Andrew Baxter

Visa: new entrant following IPO

Antonio Lucio, Visa’s chief marketing officer, is interviewed by Andrew Baxter

Pampers: highest new entrant in top 100

Frances Roberts, brand franchise leader at Pampers, is interviewed by Andrew Baxter

Nostalgia: The retro brandwagon rolls in