Are Corporate Brands Dead?
May 14, 20156 min
Recently Jan Rijkenberg raised some interesting points in an article in which he questioned the importance, indeed the relevance, of underpinning individual brands with the identities of their corporate owners. It does brands no favors, he suggests, to collectivize them as part of the bigger entity. In so doing, he maintains, they lose their individuality and therefore their specific appeal. It’s a well-argued and reasonable case that cautions against big picture corporate brands overshadowing their...
