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Procter & Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive live off the consumer appetite for branded products. It turns out that this appetite costs these consumers an additional $44 billion a year.
ThinkstockWith all the news and hope around SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ: SODA), it may be of little surprise that news has surfaced that the company could be taken private at $40 per share....
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY) has a turnaround that remains caught between a rock and a hard place. The consumer move into iPhone and Android smartphones has...
courtesy of Alex Proimos, via Wikimedia CommonsWhen it comes to companies we dread dealing with, we all know who they are. Let’s put it this way, would you rather go to the Apple Genius Bar to fix...
Wikimedia CommonsWhich companies do Americans enjoy dealing with the most? Truth is, many of the names that top this annual list of best companies for customer service will not surprise you —...
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyJust because people are familiar with a brand doesn’t mean that the brand is well-liked or well-respected. And if a relatively few people like a brand but it is not...
BlackBerry Ltd.Each year, 24/7 Wall St. identifies 10 American brands that we predict will disappear before the end of the next year. This year’s list reflects the fact that mergers and...
ThinkstockWe might have a little trouble defining what we mean when we say that a brand is “patriotic,” but the fact is most Americans know it when they see it. Or at least we think we do. Brand...
Since car companies are not usually considered paragons of green business practices, their presence in the first four spots on Interbrand's "Best Global Green Brands 2014" list is surprising.
Wikimedia CommonsEven before global marketing campaigns, television commercials, and social media, a company’s logo has been important. Over time, as businesses and consumers have changed, most...
ThinkstockThe American auto industry nearly collapsed during the recession as car sales plummeted and companies struggled to stay afloat. Since then, U.S. car and light truck sales have steadily...
Among Ford's successes over the last half decade are that it did not fall into Chapter 11, it recruited one of the most widely regarded chief executives of the past 25 years and it held on to its...
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanySuccessful companies frequently depend on just one product for a large share of their sales. That’s true for some of the most iconic brands, including Coca-Cola,...
GM CEO Mary Barra told an audience of employees Thursday morning that the report on the company's handling of the defective ignition switch found a "pattern of incompetence and neglect" but no...