Building Strong Brands

Dennis Carter Vice President, Director of Marketing, Intel Corporation A must for all marketing people. Stephen P. Weisz Senior Vice President, Lodging Brands, Marriott Lodging Group A breakthrough work on the strategic value of brands...required reading for anyone who must maximize the profitability of their brands. Peter A. Georgescu Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Young & Rubicam Inc. Aaker's "brand system" and his discussion of brand equity measurement should fundamentally change our perspectives on marketing. Peter Sealey, PH. D. Former Senior Vice President, Global Marketing, The Coca-Cola Company; presently Executive Consultant to the President, Sony New Technologies Inc. A must read...will take us to a new level of understanding...a treasure! Robert A. Lutz President and Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Corporation A failure to maintain strong brands is one of the key reasons the American auto industry encountered a "lost generation" of customers in the 1970"s and 1980"s. And one of our fundamental problems was mistaking "brand identity" (what we wanted to be) for "brand image" (what we really were)--just one of the many issues explored in this insightful book. Every American company could benefit from the kind of soul-searching about brands that Professor Aaker advocates. Joe Weller Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nestle USA, Inc. Managing Brand Equity established the baseline. This book builds on that solid foundation. Tom Peters Author of The Pursuit of WOW! A masterpiece...sophisticated, practical, and readable. It applies to the Big Guys....and makes sense for start-ups as well. Brand loyalty is anything but dead: Believe it! Joseph W. Tripoli Senior Vice President, Global Marketing, Products and Services, MasterCard International Incorporated Rarely is the sequel as good as the original. This time it's better! With compelling case studies and insightful discussion, Aaker extends the concepts put forth in Managing Brand Equity to create the first true owner's manual for brand managers. Aaker is the brand name in brand management!