Clever marketing helped Dietrich Mateschitz turn a so-so beverage into a billion-dollar brand.
Wonder, a preppy clothing chain bearing a striking resemblance to Tory's multi-billion dollar brand, but at a far cheaper price.
The photos come as a provocative response to contentious comments Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries made in a 2006 Salon article about the multibillion-dollar brand's target audience.
Coca Cola's Pulpy is now a billion-dollar global brand, but it was first a smash in China.
That may be a conservative estimate greater revenue synergies could be driven by expanding the Dollar Thrifty brand overseas, says Wells Fargo analyst David Lim.
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The company is an earnings machine, helped by the ability to rake in huge margins by getting consumers to pay top dollar for the Apple brand.
Those who drive a Mercedes Benz make a conscious decision to pay top dollar for their badge-brand of prestige.
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With its recognized brand, billion dollar revenues, and inflated costs begging to be pared, GM would have attracted bidders out of the Gazoo, even in 2009.
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Holders of Wells Fargo credit and debit cards earn up to 16 points for every dollar spent at more than 600 brand-name merchants through Dec. 31.
The high Aussie dollar is especially tough on a domestic brand portfolio that tilts toward cheaper labels. (Pardon me, Mr. Grange.) Australian commodity wine has been getting bum notices as it is, causing consternation-by-association among the better craft producers.
Her group lost their mice as well as their radiation equipment, including a brand new, half million-dollar machine that took two years to obtain.
Each franchise is a multibillion-dollar business, a decades-old entertainment brand that brings in huge revenue for everyone involved: movie studios, snack food manufacturers, toy makers and more.
Schultz transformed a 99 cent cup of coffee into a five dollar daily delicacy and built Starbucks into a brand evolved enough to evoke memories and even musical associations.
Bechtel actually got a brand-new hundred-million dollar no-bid contract.
Gone are aspirations to acquire the must-have brand-name purse and thousand-dollar bespoke suit.
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We looked at one list and we saw 39 name-brand, large mega-billion-dollar funds, all of which lost 10 percent or more in September.
On July 26, Manchester United signed a multimillion-dollar sponsorship deal with General Motors to have the Chevrolet brand adorn its jerseys starting in 2014.
But sitting on the plush purple seating on the 120ft yacht Sheleila, Mr Appleyard denies that allowing people onto multi-million-dollar boats for a few dollars a time cheapens his brand.
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In one brilliant stroke Microsoft dipped into its growing overseas cash pile, bought an iconic brand and set the stage for another multibillion-dollar business.
However, there is a good side to having the dollar stores and Walmarts as indirect competitors since they lower the value of brand names with their cheap prices.
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Over the same period Yellow Tail, though still the biggest-selling wine brand in the U.S., lost market share in dollar terms and was flat in volume.
And from my perspective, the success of this multi-billion dollar deal may well be predicated more on how and where Google focuses its brand in the years ahead than on its purchase of patents or hardware.
Much of what is on sale can be bought at dollar stores, Halloween shops and other discount stores for next to nothing but placed within the Lady Gaga brand and you have instant luxury prices.
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Colorado-based, luxury travel brand, Eleven Experiences is set to open (February 2013) Chalet Pelerin, bringing some high-dollar, ultraluxe competition for neighboring Gstaad.
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