For starters, as one of the first name brand cable networks, ESPN locked up universal carriage early on.
Nissan is likely to unveil the first of the revived Datsun brand's cars in India in a few months, followed by the vehicle's formal introduction in February in New Delhi.
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The move is part of a concept just launched by BMW called Future Retail and kicked off with the grand opening of its first new BMW Brand Store in the most luxurious area of metropolitan Paris this week.
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Before, the first car visitors saw was a mid-1980s Honda Accord, one of the first Japanese-brand cars to be made in America.
Of course, society's perception of smoking has changed a lot since the days of doctors actually endorsing one brand or another in the first half of last century.
One of those reasons, as Brockert points out, could be that the purchasing team at Urban Outfitters is, perhaps, comprised of buyers of a certain age, who were either fans of the brand the first time around, or recognize its continued relevance.
Nationwide plans to complete the change by the middle of 2015, with Dunfermline the first brand to go.
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The website is the front porch of the brand and the first place potential customers go when researching a product so use it as a tool, not just a brochure.
With this in mind, and as two graduates of MBA programs, we want to help you take ownership of your brand from the first day of class, rather than letting it be decided for you.
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Trace the path of another first lady and keep the Obama political brand alive by running for office?
Students in the classes of 2013 and 2014 that the Swiss luxury watch brand is sponsoring celebrated their first day of school on September 13 with a reception hosted by Denis Jaquenoud, president of NAIOSW, and Hugues de Pins, president, Vacheron Constantin North America.
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He won't even change the line of a fender for years, but with the resignation of Ron Zarralla, the president of North American operations and the apostle of the despised brand-marketing, he has won his first power struggle.
That's 240 per year. (McDonald's counters that it has lost just 90 franchisees in 2002, many for innocuous reasons like retirement.) Cold comfort for anxious franchisees: While 30% of all restaurants fail within the first year, just 8% of brand-name franchise locations go under, says Christopher Muller, associate professor of restaurant management at the University of Central Florida who studies franchises.
The first responsibility of a brand custodian is to treat brands as dynamic and organic.
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Among the early potential renters looking at apartments at Mercedes House are renters who already live in the first phase of the development, looking to move into the brand-new building instead.
Activision has taken a big creative leap with X-Men Destiny, the first Marvel game to introduce three brand new members of the X-Men.
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But Disneyland was the first example of really taking a brand that lived in film and, to some extent, in toys and blowing it out across all dimensions.
She went on to become one of the first Asian designers to have her brand sold at Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue in the U.S., Harrods in London and Wako and Mitsuikoshi in Japan.
The King of Shaves brand, for instance, looks at first like something from the portfolio of a global consumer goods company.
One of the first lessons learned was that before we could import our trademark brand of quality guest service, we would have to embrace the cultural identity of each location, and seek a comfort level for our employees.
But even the government's firmest critics agree that the magnitude of the project and the involvement of a brand name such as Disney's will boost local confidence - a vital first step if people are to start spending again and the economy is to be reflated.
It's the first time we're doing this brand new way of managing the police in this particular policing area and across the rest of UK. I for one believe entirely in it.
They stress the importance of getting smokers to commit at an early age -- as early as 14, according to Waxman, though the company denies this -- to a specific brand of cigarette based on the belief that their first choice will be a lasting one.
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Question the audiophile about the best brand of headphones and you first learn how sound waves are registered by our tympanic membranes.
Beverage brands have been flagging and, for the first time, sales of its namesake brand Pepsi fell behind Diet Coke in 2010.
Many people in China are eagerly awaiting the day when the first truly global Chinese brand enters the top-10 ranking of the world's most valuable brands.
If the Japanese firm can keep up its momentum, this will be the first time that one of the Big Three has been overtaken by a foreign brand.
Meera Syal and Jo Brand joined one of the first groups, playing "dementia fact bingo" and testing their memory of everyday objects, such as the features on a one-penny piece.
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The first generic versions will go for sale, marking the end of a brand that has dominated the drug industry, lowered the cholesterol of tens of millions of patients, and generated more in annual sales than Major League Baseball or the entire box office of U.S. movies.
Over the course of its existence, the brand collected several patents, including one for its first waterproof trunk in 1854 and the ultralight Maille Anglaise in wicker that was introduced in 1873.
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