The top 100 global brands, 2006

Posted by: Krishna De | Posted on: July 30th, 2006 | 0 Comments | Posted in: Uncategorized

How strong is your brand?

Here are the top 100 brands as ranked using Interbrand’s criteria and reported in Business Week.

Here are some interesting facts:

• Moet and Chandon is the oldest brand in the top 100, founded in 1743
• Microsoft is the youngest brand in the top 100, founded in 1975
• The brand with the greatest increase in valuation over the last year is Google with an astounding 46% increase, followed by Starbucks at 20% and ebay at 18%
• The brand with the sharpest fall in th last year is Gap at 22%m followed by Ford at 16% and Kodak at 12%