The Brand Bubble

The Looming Crisis in Brand Value and How to Avoid It

by John Gerzema , Ed Lebar

Number of pages: 272

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

BBB Library: Sales and Marketing, Corporate Success

ISBN: 9780470183878



About the Authors

John Gerzema : John is Chief Insights Officer for Young & Rubicam Group. One

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Ed Lebar : Ed manages BrandAsset® Consulting around the world. He has helped

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Editorial Review

In all bubbles, one constant always predicates a collapse. That is the optimistic assumption that someone else will always be willing to buy what you are selling, regardless of how irrationally high the price is relative to the bare facts of the product underlying value. Every bubble presents an appearance of value that is eventually contradicted by reality. In the case of the brand bubble, it begins with the value business places on intangibles.

Book Reviews

"The first half of the book reveals the surprising findings from extensive data. The authors' research not only uncovered the brand bubble, they discovered how companies can raise the value of their brand with the one factor that today's consumers respond to: energized differentiation, a brand's questing spirit for continuous evolution. Brands with this quality have proven to be irresistible to consumers and have higher valuations than other brands." WPP

"The brand bubble represents the growing disparity in the value that business and consumers apportion to brands. The markets think brands are more than the consumers who buy them." Emerald Group Publishing

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