Search Results for: brand equity

Mar 2015

Managing Brand Equity – Best Global Practice Assessment

Even though there are several definitions of brand equity and multiple methods of measuring it, one thing is accepted as a fact by all marketers, it is very difficult to measure.

May 2014

Branding By The Numbers – Measuring Brand Value, Equity And Marketing Activity

The primary objective of boardrooms is to build and sustain shareholder value over the long-term.

Nov 2023

Martin Roll Will Deliver Keynote Speaks and Masterclasses at The Largest Brand Conference in India

Martin Roll will deliver keynote speaks and run masterclasses at the largest brand management conference in India organized by The Confederation of Indian Industry.

Jan 2022

Banyan Tree – Branded Paradise From Asia

From an early start in 1994, Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts has grown into one of Asia’s most successful hospitality brands with numerous international awards and accolades from publications like the prestigious Condé Nast Traveler and others.

Nov 2021

How Nations And Brands Overcome Country of Origin Challenges

In a globalised world with more competitors vying for shelf space across the globe, consumers are overloaded with informa­tion and continue to place increasing importance on brands.

Nov 2021

The Essential Features of a Global Asian Brand

With increasing globalization and flattening of the world, more Asian brands are venturing into newer markets and embracing customers in various cultures.

Feb 2021

The Secret to Starbucks’ Brand Success

The concept of the world being flat has extended beyond geographical boundaries to the rapid blurring and demolition of economic ones.

Feb 2021

Shang Xia – Chinese Luxury Fashion Brand With A French Soul

Shang Xia is a Chinese luxury fashion brand backed by Hermès offering high-quality products with a contemporary twist on traditional Chinese aesthetics and crafts.

Jan 2021

Singapore Airlines – An Excellent, Iconic Asian Brand

Think about one of the strongest brands from Asia, and chances are that Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its long-serving, almost iconic Singapore Girl easily come to mind.

Dec 2020

Hermès – The Strategy Insights Behind The Iconic Luxury Brand

Hermès International, sometimes also referred to as Hermès of Paris or Hermes, is a French luxury goods manufacturer.

Nov 2020

Kering – Evolution of a Global Luxury Brand Company

Kering is one of the world’s largest luxury goods holding companies.

Nov 2020

Muji – The Global Strategy Behind The Japanese No-Brand Brand

In today’s marketplace full of brands screaming for attention, Muji represents the antithesis of consumerism.

Nov 2020

Giorgio Armani – The Iconic Global Fashion Brand

The Giorgio Armani brand owned and run by the founder designer Giorgio Armani has earned the much hallowed space in the fashion industry through its superior design, relevant themes and trends.

Nov 2020

Mandarin Oriental – An Iconic Asian Luxury Hotel Brand

Mandarin Oriental is an iconic global Asian luxury hotel brand competing on excellent service, high quality, unique Asian authenticity and prime hotel locations delivering exceptional customer experiences across touch points.

Nov 2020

Retail Branding In The New Digital Age

The traditional retail industry and associated business models have gone through a significant phase of disruption.

Oct 2019

Strong Brands Are Business Drivers

The fast changing business landscape has made strong brands highly crucial to a company’s success.

Mar 2019

Business & Brand Strategist

Martin Roll is an experienced global business strategist, senior advisor and facilitator to Fortune 500 companies, Asian firms and family-owned businesses and family offices.

Feb 2019

Brands, CEOs and Strategy

The relationship between brands and CEOs is precarious at best.

Feb 2019

Leadership and Branding – The Role of the CEO

In an analysis of the coming “Asian Century”, investment bank Goldman Sachs outlined the impending domination of China and India as economic and technological powerhouses in the global scene.

Jan 2019

TWG Tea – The Asian Brand That Made Tea Drinking A Luxury

The TWG Tea brand strategy is built on the promise of providing a high-quality tea experience and education for the discerning global tea consumer.

Jan 2019

Air China – The Quintessential Chinese Brand

Air China aims to become a global Chinese airline brand dedicated to excellent operations, service levels and quality across the entire organization.

Dec 2018

Charles & Keith – A Truly Successful Asian Global Fast Fashion Retail Brand

Founded in Singapore in 1996, Charles & Keith is a fast-fashion retailer of high-quality, stylish footwear and accessories including bags, eyewear and costume jewellery catered to modern Asian women.

Dec 2018

Country Branding Strategies For Nations And Companies

The last two decades have seen cities, islands and even countries very aggressively branding themselves in order to create a resonating identity among stakeholders and build sustainable customer relationships that last a lifetime.

Dec 2018

10 Steps To Build A Successful Asian Brand

The orientation of brand management has gone through substantial changes over the last decades, and has evolved as a more integrated and visible part of the overall corporate strategy.

Oct 2018

Martin Roll as Keynote Speaker at The Maldives Branding & Leadership Symposium 2018

Martin Roll will be presenting a keynote address at the Maldives Branding & Leadership Symposium 2018 as well as providing a keynote address and an executive workshop at the Ember Blu Exchange 2018.

Aug 2018

Martin Roll Featured in Google Interview – 3 Lessons for Brand Marketers in the Digital Age

In August 2018, Martin Roll was interviewed about strategy and marketing in the digital age and featured on Google’s knowledge portal, Think with Google.

Jul 2018

Ralph Lauren – A Brand Capturing The American Spirit

Owned by its legendary founder, Ralph Lauren is an iconic American fashion brand built on an essential lifestyle promise.

Jun 2018

Strong Potential To Build Global South African Brands: Strategy And Road Map

South Africa for a long time has been in the global limelight for several reasons and in particular because the country is one of the leading economies in Africa.

May 2018

Next Frontier For Luxury Brands

Gone is the era in which the developed economies of Western Europe and North America ruled the global business landscape with their well-developed markets, massive middle class populations, considerable level of disposal income, well established institutional intermediaries and continually growing economies.

Feb 2018

Martin Roll Speaks At Skolkovo About Building Global Russian Brands

Martin Roll delivered an executive program on 26 February 2018 at the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo in Russia about business strategy, effective brand building and globalizing Russian brands.

Feb 2018

Five Steps to Build a Strong Luxury Brand

One of the most pervasive domains in the last forty years that has captured the attention of CEOs, consultants, managers and academics is branding.

Feb 2018

Branding and Celebrity Endorsements

Nike is known around the world for being one of the most iconic brands.

Feb 2018

Martin Roll Speaks At National University of Singapore On Global Asian Brands

Martin Roll was invited as a guest speaker by the National University of Singapore (NUS) to present and discuss the topic “Global Asian Brands: Myth or Reality” with its MBA students on 6 February 2018.

Jan 2018

Martin Roll Featured In CMO.com: Customers Belong In The Centre Of Asia Pacific Brand Strategies

Martin Roll’s opinion piece about the link between customers and company brand strategies in Asia Pacific was featured on CMO.

Jan 2018

Fiji Water – The Exotic Water Brand

There are few product categories where branding activities make such a dramatic impact on competitiveness and differentiation than in bottled water.

Jan 2018

Jim Thompson – The Asian Silk Brand

The Jim Thompson Thai Silk Company from Thailand is a well-known Asian brand with great potential to become a strong international lifestyle brand.

Jan 2018

Martin Roll Speaks On The CMO Show About Branding In Asia

Martin Roll was interviewed on The CMO Show on 14 December 2017.

Nov 2017

Samsung – The Global Asian Brand

Think of any high-end consumer durable like a camera, MP3 player, integrated mobile phone, plasma television, or even camcorders, and it is only natural that Samsung comes to mind.

Oct 2017

Alibaba – The Chinese Brand Leading Disruptive Innovation

The world had started noticing it some time back, but when a Chinese e-commerce company created the world’s biggest Initial Public Offering (IPO) valued at USD 25 billion in September 2014, it was really an event for everyone to take further notice.

Oct 2017

Martin Roll Speaks At DABGO Annual Conference About Denmark Brand 2.0

Martin Roll was invited as a guest speaker at the DABGO Annual Conference 2017 event on 2 Aug 2017 at the Copenhagen Marriott Hotel.

Sep 2017

Customer-centric and Consumer-driven Brands

With the immense power bestowed upon consumers by the Internet and an ever expanding means of communication, consumption and interaction, companies have been forced to rethink their branding and business models.

Sep 2017

Unleashing The Asian Brand Potential

In the next 10 years, a rapid changing landscape will emerge in Asia where the opportunities for Asian companies to benefit from branding efforts will be larger than ever before.

Aug 2017

Branding Beyond The CEO – The Role of The Organization

All companies aspire to build brands that eventually get etched in the culture of the society and become cultural icons.

Jun 2017

Martin Roll Featured in Ekonomist Magazine: Best Practices in Global Brand Management

In June 2017, Martin Roll was featured in an interview in Ekonomist Magazine Turkey.

May 2017

Brand Building In India – Strategic Imperatives

India’s beauty and attractiveness lies in its complexity and diversity.

Apr 2017

Brands Must Rely On Both Functional And Emotional Aspects

In April 2017, Martin Roll was featured in the Russian news website, Report.

Mar 2017

Martin Roll Featured In The Abacus Magazine: Get On With It, Build Your Brands!

Martin Roll was featured in the March 2017 edition of The Abacus, the official leading publication of CA Sri Lanka (the Institute of Chartered Accountants Sri Lanka).

Mar 2017

Martin Roll Speaks At Edinburgh International Asia Conference (EIAC) 2017 On Global Branding

On 6 March 2017, Martin Roll delivered a keynote speak at the Edinburgh International Asia Conference (EIAC) 2017 at the University of Edinburgh, on the topic of “Global Branding – A Fresh Perspective from Asia”.

Feb 2017

Martin Roll Believes Startups Can Help to Rebrand Russia

In February 2017, Martin Roll gave a speech to Russian entrepreneurs and leading business people about doing business in Asia at the Singapore Embassy in Moscow, Russia.

Nov 2016

Martin Roll Speaks at INSEAD Global Luxury Forum 2016 on Digital Luxury Branding

In November 2016, Martin Roll provided a keynote speak at the inaugural “INSEAD Retail, Consumer and Luxury Goods (RCLG) Forum” in Paris, on the topic of “Building an Iconic Luxury Brand in the Digital Universe”.

Oct 2016

Martin Roll Speaks At EWHA Womans University (Korea) About Global Asian Brands

On 7 October 2016, Martin Roll gave a guest lecture to graduate students at EWHA Womans University in Seoul, South Korea, on “Building Global Asian Brands: Myth Or Reality?”.

Oct 2016

Digital Branding – Implications On Strategy

Nike, Starbucks, Disney, McDonald’s, IKEA, Nokia, IBM, Coca-Cola and LEGO are some of the best known global brands around.

Jun 2016

Brand Guardrails – How To Keep Successful Brands On Track

It is paramount that brands stand for something in today’s complex and ever-evolving local and global marketplaces.

Jun 2016

Hello Kitty – The Iconic Japanese Brand

Created by Sanrio Ltd, founded in 1960 by Shintaro Tsuji, Hello Kitty is one of the truly phenomenal brands to emerge from Japan.

Jun 2016

Aman – The Unbranded Asian Luxury Resort Brand

Amanresorts is one of the most iconic brands to have emerged from Asia.

Feb 2016

Martin Roll Speaks At BI Norwegian Business School About Building Iconic Brands

Martin Roll delivered a keynote speak on 9 Feb 2016 at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, Norway about how to build an iconic brand.

Feb 2016

Rebranding – Best Practices For Success

The concept of rebranding is an often-misunderstood one.

May 2015

How To Create Strong Brand Positioning

Brand positioning is the process of creating a distinctive offering for a brand, which differentiates the brand in the hearts and minds of the consumer, enhances its appeal and positively impacts current and future purchase potential.

Apr 2015

Brand Architecture – Strategic Imperatives for M&A

In the recent past, organisations were using brand architecture to manage increasingly complex brand portfolios and implement business strategies that would allow them to manage their innovation pipelines.

Apr 2015

Brand Valuation: Evolution of a strategic practice

Brand valuation is a domain of branding that is marred by inconsistencies and controversies.

Jan 2015

Brand Architecture: Key Drivers of Success

The importance of having a strategic vision and a clearly defined management process for brand architecture has increased significantly over the years.

Oct 2014

Boardroom Structure – Brand Consciousness And Diversity Are Key

No resource allocation is more important than the allocation of the most senior leaders responsible for shaping the identity and future of a brand.

Sep 2014

Branding Is Building A Relation – It Takes Time

For Suitable For Growth, Martin Roll talks about the state of branding in China and the strategies that will provide a solid management foundation for strong brands.

May 2014

Branding – The Strongest Value Driver for Asia

Branding drives shareholder value.

Apr 2014

Cross-Cultural Branding And Leadership

Globalization has had a tremendous impact on businesses in general.

Apr 2014

Brand Community – Creating Differentiation Through Consumption

Marketing thought has strongly advocated differentiation of products and services as a means of achieving competitive advantage.

Mar 2014

Market Orientation – The essential foundation for strong brands

Apple Computers, Starbucks Coffee, Virgin Group, L’Oreal, Louis Vuitton, Nike, Singapore Airlines, Banyan Tree and Samsung are among some of the most successful brands in the world.

Mar 2014

Brand globalization – Strategy pitfalls to avoid

Global companies face a constant need to grow.

Mar 2014

Challenges That Undermine Rebranding Efforts

Many potential challenges exist when a company tries to reinvent itself.

Mar 2014

Asian Brand Strategy: A New Paradigm For Boardrooms

The face of business in Asia is changing faster than one can blink one’s eyes.

Feb 2014

Strong Profitable Brands And Emerging Markets

One of the biggest challenges for Asian companies apart from the prevailing trading mindset is the “Made In” tag in order for them to build and sustain strong brands.

Feb 2014

Brands as Value Drivers

Branding enhances shareholder value, it can become a catalyst for better leadership, it enables to drive a shared vision throughout the organization, and it can help to balance short- and long-term perspectives and performance.

Nov 2013

Boardrooms Need To Focus On Branding

Are global Asian brands a myth or reality? Martin Roll contributed an opinion piece for China Daily Asia about the challenges and opportunities for Asian businesses to create and sustain global brands.

Nov 2013

Brand Glossary

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Jan 2013

When To Kill A Brand

Brands are strategic assets of companies.

Oct 2021

Korean Wave (Hallyu) – The Rise of Korea’s Cultural Economy & Pop Culture

The Korean Wave (Hallyu) refers to the global popularity of South Korea’s cultural economy exporting pop culture, entertainment, music, TV dramas and movies.

Nov 2019

Martin Roll Featured in SMU Asian Management Insights Magazine on How To Compete Globally

How to Compete Globally, an opinion article written by Martin Roll, was featured in the November 2019 edition of Singapore Management University (SMU)’s bi-annual business magazine, Asian Management Insights.

Nov 2019

Leadership In The 21st Century

The 21st century has been characterized by constant change and disruption.

Sep 2019

Martin Roll Speaks At Thinkers50 On Winning in The New World – Journey from Europe to Asia

Martin Roll was invited to speak at the Thinkers50 European Business Forum from 25-26 September 2019 held in Odense, Denmark.

May 2019

Martin Roll Spoke At The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) CEO Congress

Martin Roll delivered keynote speak about corporate branding and the importance of building strong brand equity at the exclusive CEO Congress held on 30 May 2019 in Singapore.

May 2019

Martin Roll Featured In Boardkarte Magazine: Transformation In The Digital Age

Martin Roll’s article on how business models and brands can transform successfully in the digital age was featured in German magazine Boardkarte in May 2019.

Mar 2019

Consulting & Advisory

Martin Roll is senior advisor, management consultant and mentor within global leadership, strategy, business development, branding and marketing.

Aug 2018

Martin Roll Featured In Interview with Women’s Forum 2018

Leading up to the Women’s Forum 2018 held in Singapore from 12 – 14 November, Martin Roll was featured in an exclusive interview with the event organizers in August 2018.

Aug 2018

Martin Roll Featured In Interview with Women’s Forum

Leading up to the Women’s Forum 2018 held in Singapore from 12-14 November, Martin Roll was featured in an exclusive interview with the event organizers in August 2018.

Dec 2017

AmorePacific – Korean Beauty Company Going Global

AmorePacific aims to become a global Korean beauty company with a brand portfolio competing on innovation, quality, marketing and authentic Korean cool.

May 2017

Martin Roll Speaks At Turkish Exporters Assembly Meeting in Istanbul (May 2017)

On 26 May 2017, Martin Roll spoke at the Turkish Exporters Assembly meeting in Istanbul on “The 10 steps To Build Iconic Brands And The Next Drivers For Brand Turkey”.

May 2017

Martin Roll Speaks at The Arab Luxury World Conference (Dubai 2017)

Martin Roll was a contributor and panelist at the plenary session “Passions and Emotions” at The Arab Luxury World Conference held in Dubai on 23 May 2017.

May 2017

Net-A-Porter – Revolutionizing Global Fashion Retail

The luxury online fashion retailer Net-A-Porter was launched in London by Natalie Massenet in June 2000.

Sep 2016

BritishIndia – Reliving The British Colonial Era Through Fashion

Originally from Malaysia, BritishIndia has carved out a niche for itself in the lifestyle segment of the Asian fashion retail market over the last 18 years.

Mar 2016

Singapore Airlines Stands The Test Of Time

Singapore Airlines has been globally recognized for decades as one of Asia’s most iconic global brands.

Mar 2015

Sony – The Battle To Stay Relevant

A highly relevant and discussed topic in the domain of branding is the importance of maintaining consistency for brands in marketplaces characterized by diverse cultures, increasingly empowered customers and ever changing trends and customer preferences.

Mar 2014

How Boardrooms Must React To A World Of Devices, Data & Social Media

So much of a brand’s future success now depends on how they manage the mobile, social and digital revolution.

Nov 2013

Speaking topics

Martin Roll has vast experience as a world-renowned speaker and he is in constant demand at some of the most global influential business conferences worldwide.

Apr 2023

What is The Purpose And Value of a Family Office? A Global Overview

In today’s fast-paced world, wealthy individuals and business families face a myriad of challenges when it comes to managing their businesses, assets, finances, heritage and legacy.

Apr 2023

Strategy And Succession in Family Business – Charting The Future

Family firms account for 70% of the global GDP and 60% of global employment according to a recent study by INSEAD Business School.

Mar 2020

Martin Roll Will Publish New Management Book: Family Office Strategy

Martin Roll will publish a new management book titled “Family Office Strategy – Creating a Multi-Generation Legacy” in 2023.

Mar 2020

Family Office Strategy

Martin Roll will publish a new management book titled “Family Office Strategy – Creating a Multi-Generation Legacy” in 2023.