List of Global Brands Keeps Coke on Top, and Apple Jumps Up

 

From the New York Times:

List of Global Brands Keeps Coke on Top, and Apple Jumps Up

Just a quick thought or so --

The sidebar to the left shows the 2012, 2011 and 2010.  Note that Apple jumped way up and Nokia fell like the proverbial rock.

If you go to the actual survey (link in the NYT article and here), you'll notice the presence of a number of luxury brands:

17.  Louis Vuitton
38.  Gucci
63.  Hermés
68.  Cartier (here's the Cartier commercial from the evening class)
70. Tiffany & Co.
84.  Prada

Remember where the growth for these brands is?  If you said China, you'd be right. 

Gucci on growth in China (video)

China’s rich feeds luxury brands and tourism in Europe

The Top 50 Most-Searched for Luxury Brands in China.

That is all.

Random thoughts about technolgy and Microsoft

Seems that the iPhone is now out; Apple and Motorola have developed a phone that will allow you to store and play 100 tunes.

Apple unveils iTunes phone

This I'd never have envisioned, but the entire point about major change is that it's something that we couldn't imagine in advance. Did any of us need a computer of our own before Bill Gates and Microsoft????

Speaking of Microsoft.......they filed another appeal today in the long-running battle between Microsoft and the EU over anti-trust issues. In this case, on of the major issues is whether or not Microsoft will have to open up its source code. We'll be talking bout this tonight in International; for the Principles folks, this is a good example of how any international involvement adds a huge amount of complexity to your external environment.

Microsoft Files Appeal Against EU Ruling