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David A. Aaker: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

My first brand book, Managing Brand Equity defined brand equity and set forth its value to a firm and its customers. The second, Building Strong Brands, described the “brand identity&# model that many firms use to manage their brands and also introduced the Brand Equity Ten [.].

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Forget Brand Preference – Win the Brand Relevance War

Strategy Driven

Brand Relevance : Making Competitors Irrelevant by David Aaker. Not only are these brands phenomenally successful – they are examples of product categories where competitors are nearly irrelevant, says branding guru David Aaker. Defining and Managing the Category or Subcategory. Whole Foods Market. About the Author.

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How CMOs Build Brands by Collaborating Across Silos

Harvard Business Review

Chevron used a global brand team formed with top-level operating people representing country and product silos charged to sponsor a process that would lead to a coherent brand portfolio and brand management system. Too often silos are constrained and fail to create brilliant offering or marketing innovations. Any others come to mind?

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