{"id":16407,"date":"2017-05-19T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=16407"},"modified":"2017-05-19T12:07:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T10:07:17","slug":"the-worlds-10-most-valuable-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/the-worlds-10-most-valuable-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"The World&#8217;s 10 Most Valuable Brands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For years, the lustre and premium branding of Apple has made them the most valuable brand in the world, however for the first time since 2011, Apple has lost it&#8217;s number one spot to Google. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <a href=\"http:\/\/brandfinance.com\/knowledge-centre\/reports\/brand-finance-global-500-2017\/\">Brand Finance&#8217;s Global 500<\/a> report for 2017, Apple&#8217;s brand value has dropped by 27% since 2016. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon.com occupies the third spot with less than US$1 Billion separating it from Apple&#8217;s number 2 position. The e-commerce juggernaut saw a 53% brand value growth since 2016 which meant that it nearly secured the top spot this year. Amazon&#8217;s relentless innovation in reshaping the retail market and redefining the way we interact with technology, thanks to products like Alexa &#8211; the company&#8217;s AI assistant &#8211; has helped propel its brand worth to new heights. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16408\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chartoftheday_9475_brand_value_of_10_most_valuable_brands_2017_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chartoftheday_9475_brand_value_of_10_most_valuable_brands_2017_n.jpg 960w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chartoftheday_9475_brand_value_of_10_most_valuable_brands_2017_n-300x214.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chartoftheday_9475_brand_value_of_10_most_valuable_brands_2017_n-768x547.jpg 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chartoftheday_9475_brand_value_of_10_most_valuable_brands_2017_n-269x192.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As can be seen from the top from the infographic, the top 10 is dominated by technology, with telecommunications companies &#8211; AT&amp;T and Verizon &#8211; occupying two spots, retail &#8211; in the form of Walmart &#8211; occupying a single spot, and banking taking the number 10 spot thanks to China&#8217;s ICBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, the lustre and premium branding of Apple has made them the most valuable brand in the world, however for the first time since 2011, Apple has lost it&#8217;s number one spot to Google. According to Brand Finance&#8217;s Global 500 report for 2017, Apple&#8217;s brand value has dropped by 27% since 2016. Amazon.com occupies<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/the-worlds-10-most-valuable-brands\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[152,166,351,396,676],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/original_images-Google_Logo.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16407"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16407"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16421,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16407\/revisions\/16421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}