What is the most well known brand name world wide?

Cheap Cola · 07-10-2013 2:29pm #1

For me it's got to be Coca cola.

tomdempsey200 · 07-10-2013 2:31pm

tayto

Ace Attorney · 07-10-2013 2:32pm

durex

Fighting Irish · 07-10-2013 2:32pm

coca cola with google close behind

Diageio_Man · 07-10-2013 2:33pm

TK Red lemonade.

MisterDrak · 07-10-2013 2:33pm

Apple

paulbok · 07-10-2013 2:34pm

Jo, with Russel a close second

titan18 · 07-10-2013 2:34pm

McDonalds or Coca-Cola

Hersheys · 07-10-2013 2:34pm

http://brandirectory.com/league_tables/table/global-500-2012

Apple

SEPT 23 1989 · 07-10-2013 2:36pm

Country Spring

o1s1n · 07-10-2013 2:38pm

Coca Cola has to be the most widely known. From high streets to slums to everywhere else, people are drinking coke.

inforfun · 07-10-2013 2:38pm

Heineken.

BeerWolf · 07-10-2013 2:39pm

As those that have mentioned;

McDonald's and Coca-Cola.

These two are basically EVERYWHERE.

Even on the moon!

Tiddlypeeps · 07-10-2013 2:39pm

Hersheys wrote: »

http://brandirectory.com/league_tables/table/global-500-2012

Apple

That directory tells you the value of brands not how well known they are. They are not the same thing. Coca cola is probably more widely known than the brands that rank above it in value, but since coca cola only really has one application it is not as valuable as something like Apple which is a brand that could be put on any piece of computer hardware almost doubling it's retail value because of the brand alone.

7ofBrian · 07-10-2013 2:40pm

Definitely Nike. Don't think there's anyone in the world who wouldn't recognise the "Swoosh"

jimgoose · 07-10-2013 2:40pm

Ford.

Muise... · 07-10-2013 2:41pm

Acme

Duggy747 · 07-10-2013 2:47pm

Nintendo.

Even if it's a Playstation you're on, it's still a Nintendo to Mammies :pac:

lukesmom · 07-10-2013 2:49pm

Nike

IM0 · 07-10-2013 2:49pm

nike

cashback · 07-10-2013 2:53pm

Definitely Coca-Cola.

You'd be surprised at how many countries that have no McDonald's. None in Mongolia, Cambodia, Vietnam from personal experience. Probably lots more countries too. KFC is a lot more popular in Asia.

Coke's everywhere though.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 07-10-2013 2:54pm

The Catholic Church.

LiamoSail · 07-10-2013 3:01pm

The Catholic Church.

Millions of unwavering, loyal customers, a branch in a prominent position on near enough every Main Street of every main town/city/village in the Europe, America, Africa and Australia, coupled with an instantly recognisable and simple logo and a level of advertising (albeit free) that the likes of coca cola could only dream of

Knex* · 07-10-2013 3:02pm

Thatdoesnt looksafe tome AHHHHHHH wrote: »

durex

Surely the least potent brand around.

/gets coat

MarkR · 07-10-2013 3:05pm

Apple and Google may have the larger brand values, but I think coke reaches more people through their distribution network. They actually piggy back medicine onto coca cola crates in africa, to get it to where it needs to go.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-03/28/colalife

BigBrownBear · 07-10-2013 3:06pm

7ofBrian wrote: »

Definitely Nike. Don't think there's anyone in the world who wouldn't recognise the "Swoosh"

But can they pronounce it........
Is it Nike (as in like) or Nike (as in Mikey)

gregers85 · 07-10-2013 3:07pm

McDonalds is surely up there i would think!

Wanderer2010 · 07-10-2013 3:22pm

Cadet Cola.

Kilgore__Trout · 07-10-2013 3:24pm

Mc Daid's Football Special

Stojkovic · 07-10-2013 3:25pm

Real Madrid

constance tench · 07-10-2013 3:29pm

Guinness

murphm45 · 07-10-2013 3:33pm

Marlboro, strange hasn't been mentioned. Although I'm 99.9% sure it's second to coca cola.

UCDVet · 07-10-2013 4:05pm

constance tench wrote: »

Guinness

The UK beer? I didn't think it was that popular...

biko · 07-10-2013 4:06pm

Carlsberg

Zebra3 · 07-10-2013 4:08pm

Yellow Pack.

PizzamanIRL · 07-10-2013 4:17pm

Super Valu Rice Krispies

lukesmom · 07-10-2013 4:21pm

BigBrownBear wrote: »

But can they pronounce it........
Is it Nike (as in like) or Nike (as in Mikey)

Nike as in Mike......I think

Jimoslimos · 07-10-2013 4:23pm

Thatdoesnt looksafe tome AHHHHHHH wrote: »

durex

Unfortunately Africa begs to differ.

playedalive · 07-10-2013 4:31pm

Mc Donalds for its golden arches. They are even used to measure GDP in many countries in the world.

ScumLord · 07-10-2013 4:37pm

I would say coca cola too, it is everywhere and we pay a bloated price for it here in the west. Mcdonalds is still too expensive for some places, I've heard in some poorer countries it's more expensive than regular food so it's a treat in those places.

Google would probably be known but people in countries like China wouldn't be allowed to use it.