Richard Branson Quotes

I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand.

I'm a massive believer in brands. Silicon Valley has tried to reprogram everybody to think brands aren't valuable. Or theirs are, but yours aren't.

You can't back-engineer a brand.

As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you.

The most dangerous thing for a branded product is low interest.

I think I am one of the smallest surviving brands.

What drew me to this job is that Univision is a brand unlike any other in all of media. Univision has the highest brand affinity of any brand, and that includes Microsoft and Apple and some of the iconic brands in all of industry.

Branding experts believe that just because they have rethought a company's image or name, the rest of us will automatically fall in line.

I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.

If a company is second rate, the logo will eventually be perceived as second rate. It is foolhardy to believe that a logo will do its job immediately, before an audience has been properly conditioned.

Brands are born, not created.

Unfortunately, being a brand is really important nowadays.

I do feel strongly that we have got to do a little brand-positioning work. Wouldn't it be great to have something that everybody could say: 'Yep, that's Chicago.'

I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.

Sometimes all the 'marketing' insight in the world can't move a client, but the creation of a truly great brand name can become a billion-dollar idea!

Channel brand is so key.

We feel a brand should be free.

What we have wanted to do is build an amazing brand experience and an amazing way that people can engage with the brand.

My first remit when I came to WWE was to help build up NXT as a global brand. It was a mission that I took on fully and was more than willing to attack, and lo and behold, here we are.

Our awareness gap and the fuzziness about how people might understand Ulta today is a ripe opportunity for us as we think about going forward. I imagine this is like almost relaunching the brand of Ulta.

You know what, every decision I make is in the best interest of my brand.

I'm not really concerned if people have this purist view of the New York Supreme thing. If they think opening our shop in Paris is going to harm our brand, then we can't really be that strong of a brand.

We wanted people to remember the name as soon as they heard it. When people become so accustomed to the Wii name, nobody is going to say it's a strange name, just like nobody is going to say that Google is a strange name or IKEA is a strange name today.

I do think brands are like people.

Build a lifestyle around your brand, and the audience will follow.