Entries Tagged as 'country brand'

Countrybranding: Country Brand Index 2009

Country brand index 2009 FuturebrandFuturebrand introduceerde in november 2009 de vijfde editie van de Country Brand Index. Hierin wordt aan de hand van een groot aantal variabelen de sterkte van de verschil-lende countrybrands gemeten onder zakelijke en toeristische reizigers.  Opvallend is onder andere het ‘Obama effect ‘op de sterkte van het merk U.S.A. De opkomst van Obama heeft veel effect op de beoordeling van de U.S.A.  Australië werd daarmee van de eerste naar de derde plaats verdreven. Nederland scoort van alle landen het hoogst op ‘political freedom’ en ‘ease of travel’.

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Branding Sweden & Ikea

IKEA is doing more for the image of Sweden than all governmental efforts combined. That might be a sad statement coming from a governmental official tasked with enforcing “the brand of Sweden.” But IKEA’s 285 stores in 37 countries feature the blue-and-yellow national colors, serve Swedish meatballs and sell blond-wood Swedish designs and books about Sweden. To visit IKEA is to visit Sweden.

Every “nation brand” is a simplification. But even though it may be paradoxical in a globalized world, most countries have found that they must stress their individuality to be able to compete. Reputation is the new currency now that countries are beginning to understand that soft power can be more forceful than the hard power that has so often failes to succeed. [Read more →]

Country Brand Index

Country Brand Index

CBI, now in its fourth year, is a comprehensive study of approximately 2,700 international business and leisure travelers from nine countries conducted by FutureBrand, a leading global brand consultancy, in conjunction with public relations firm Weber Shandwick’s Global Travel & Lifestyle Practice. This year’s index includes rankings and trends as well as travel motivations, challenges and opportunities within the worlds of travel, tourism and country branding (visit http://www.countrybrandindex.com for complete results).

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