A statement made by almost everyone who shops, but as time goes by retaining consumer loyalty seems to be getting harder for brands.
In the Meaningful Brands Study out of Havas, apparently there are a LARGER number of brands consumers don't "care" about. While we are waiting on the US results to come in it can be assumed, given the amount of brands to choose from, that the number in the US is higher - curious to find out if price plays a part in this.
In the Meaningful Brands Study out of Havas, apparently there are a LARGER number of brands consumers don't "care" about. While we are waiting on the US results to come in it can be assumed, given the amount of brands to choose from, that the number in the US is higher - curious to find out if price plays a part in this.
Number Of Indispensable Brands Falls To 23% Worldwide, 'Meaningful' Content Rises
MediaPost 2/22/19 by Joe Mandese
The percentage of brands consumers say they could care less about has grown to 77% worldwide -- the highest level in the period of more than a decade that global ad agency holding company Havas has been tracking it.
The findings, which come from the 2019 edition of Havas' every-other-year "Meaningful Brands" study, provide one of the most comprehensive views of consumer sentiment about the indispensability of brands -- as well as the components of brand "meaningfulness" -- ever conducted, sampling more than 350,000 consumers in 31 countries covering 1,800 brands.
Havas has not yet released the U.S. analysis, but historically, U.S. consumers are even more discerning, with the percentage of brands being deemed indispensable falling in or near the single digits. The reason for the relatively lower levels of brand meaningfulness in the U.S. is a function of the amount of brand choice that average U.S. consumers have, Havas analysts have historically said.
Following its acquisition by Vivendi, Havas rebooted the study to also look at the role that brand-related content plays in driving meaning for brands, and it published a baseline showing that on a global basis, only 40% of brand content was deemed "meaningful" by consumers. The good news is that two years later, that percentage is moving in a positive direction, rising to 42% of brand content.
The study's release is especially timely for global and U.S. marketers, given that "brand purpose" has become the buzzword du jour in the industry. The term was the Association of National Advertisers' "word of the year" for 2018.
The findings, which come from the 2019 edition of Havas' every-other-year "Meaningful Brands" study, provide one of the most comprehensive views of consumer sentiment about the indispensability of brands -- as well as the components of brand "meaningfulness" -- ever conducted, sampling more than 350,000 consumers in 31 countries covering 1,800 brands.
Havas has not yet released the U.S. analysis, but historically, U.S. consumers are even more discerning, with the percentage of brands being deemed indispensable falling in or near the single digits. The reason for the relatively lower levels of brand meaningfulness in the U.S. is a function of the amount of brand choice that average U.S. consumers have, Havas analysts have historically said.
Following its acquisition by Vivendi, Havas rebooted the study to also look at the role that brand-related content plays in driving meaning for brands, and it published a baseline showing that on a global basis, only 40% of brand content was deemed "meaningful" by consumers. The good news is that two years later, that percentage is moving in a positive direction, rising to 42% of brand content.
The study's release is especially timely for global and U.S. marketers, given that "brand purpose" has become the buzzword du jour in the industry. The term was the Association of National Advertisers' "word of the year" for 2018.