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BEIJING—ThelikesofGoogle,Apple,MicrosoftandMcDonald'
shadbetterwatchout.MajorWesternbrandsareunlikelytobeabletobestridetheglobeinthesamewaytheyhavedoneoverthepast100yearsormore.ManyofthenewbrandsofthefutureareaslikelytocomefromemergingmarketssuchasChina,Brazil,RussiaandIndiacurrentdevelopedmarkets.
AccordingtotherecentBrandzTop100MostValuableGlobalBrands2010survey,13oftheworld'
sleading100brandsarefromemergingcountries,comparedwithjustonefouryearsagowhenthesurveywasfirstproduced.
Chinahasseveninthetop100withChinaMobileheadingthelistineighthpositionwithabrandvalueof$52.6billion,closelyfollowedbyICBCin11thspot,valuedat$43.9billion.OtherChinesebrandstomakethelistincludeBankofChina,ChinaConstructionBank,PetroChina,InternetsearchenginecompanyBaiduandChinaMerchantsBank.ThelistalsofeaturedforthefirsttimeanIndianbrand,ICICI,India'
slargestbank,aswellasonesfromRussia,BrazilandMexico.
SomeexpertsbelievecompaniesfromemergingmarketshadmademajorinroadsbecausetheyarelearninghowtoharnessnewopportunitiesprovidedbytheInternet,enablingthemtotargetcustomerspreciselyusingsocialnetworkingsites.AsaresulttheyarestealingamarchonsomeWesternbrandownersthatarestillweddedtotraditionaladvertisingandmethodsofmarketing.Thenewtechnologiesareenablingthemtoreachcustomerswithoutthemassivescaleofinvestmentnormallyrequiredtoachieveaglobalpresence.
MartinRoll,chiefexecutiveofVentureRepublic,abrandconsultancybasedinSingapore,saidcompaniesfromemergingmarketswereprovingtobeverysuccessfulinusingthenewtechnologies."
Thefaceofbusinessinemergingmarketsischangingfasterthanonecanblinkone'
seyes.Emergingmarketcompaniesthatusedtobeback-endworkhorses,manufacturingconsumergoodscheaplyforWesterncompanies,areslowlyrealizingthebenefitsofbrandsandinnovation,"
hesaid."
Fromabrandbuildingangle,digitalandnewmediaareprovidingamuchfasterandcheapermeansofbuildingandsustainingbrandsinglobalmarkets."
ZhangTianbing,partnerininternationalmanagementconsultantsATKearneyinShanghai,believeswhatishappeningisfundamental."
Whatyouareseeingissomethinglikeasuddenchangetotheecosystem.Thenewtechnology,however,isbringingaboutamajorchangetotheeconomicsystem,whereyouareseeinganewspeciesemerge.Itisenablingemergingmarketbrandstomakeamajoradvance,"
hesaid.
AChinesecompanythathasmanagedtoestablishabrandinoverseasmarketsistelecommunicationsoperatorZTECorporation.Thecompany,whichhas62,000employees,10,000ofthemworkingabroad,suppliesitsproductsandservicesinaround140countries.Althoughverywellknowninitsfield,itsuppliesmainlyinabusiness-to-businessmarket.
GuYongcheng,generalmanager,corporatebrandingandcommunication,forZTECorporation,saidtherewasadifferencebetweenestablishingabrandinAsianmarketsandinEuropeandNorthAmerica."
InemergingcountrieslikeinAsiaandAfricawetriedtoestablishourbrandbysellinghigh-qualityandlow-costproducts,"
ThedevelopedmarketsofEuropeandNorthAmericaimposehigherrequirementsonourbrandandwearefocusingoureffortsonenhancingourbrandmanagementcapability."
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Business-to-businessandbusiness-to-customermodelsruninquitedifferentways.Unfortunately,noChineseenterprisehasbeensuccessfulineither,"
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Tocreateworld-classbrands,Chinesecompaniesneedtoshiftcompletelyfromthetraditionalproduct-marketingconcepttothebrandmarketingone,whichrequiresaprocessofconsistentbrandbuildingandcontinuousinvestment.Thisissomethingweareactivelydoing."
JamesB.Heimowitz,presidentandchiefexecutiveofficer,,ofglobalpublicrelationsconsultancyHill&
Knowlton,basedinHongKong,isskepticalthatbeingabletousenewtechnologiestocommunicatewithcustomershasbeenbehindthesuccessofemergingmarketbrands."
Whatevertechnologyenablesyoutodo,ifyouwantyourbrandtosucceedyoustillhavetogetclosetoyourcustomer.Thereisnosubstituteforthat,"
hesaid
Ifacompanyfromanemergingmarketknowswhatisimportanttoconsumersinaparticularmarketandwhatresonateswiththem,itwillprovemoreimportantthanwhetherthedigitalworldismorecost-efficientorseenasmorehip."
Itmaybe,however,thatcompaniesfromemergingmarketsthatarenotsodependentontraditionalchannelsofcommunicationmightbemoreopentowhatcustomershavetosayandhowtheywanttobecommunicatedwith."
OnecompanythathasbeenabletodevelopaworldwidebrandisBraziliancompanySaoPauloAlpargatas,whichmakesth