Branding the Islam.
Sep. 22nd, 2012 01:02 am.
It just hit me. Please, give me one, just one Muslim brand name I can easily recognize. Please prove me wrong.
In the last century Korea was in the deepest shit imaginable, suffered in turn colonialism, occupation, civil war, state division (still active), dictatorship...
But somehow we all know word "Samsung" today.
Really - how come that acclaimed 1,5 billion Muslims - thirty times as many people - provided the world with nothing but "Al-Qaeda"?
The same happens in the mass culture - not even something as recognizable as Bollywood grows in a shadow of a minaret.
On both planes - in the popular culture and in the marketing Land of Islam is one huge empty space for a westerner. Like another Africa. It wasn't planned - it just happened.
Brands are living things - they grow through borders whenever they can. If Muslim brands can't do it - the division between Islam andthe West the rest is really deep. And it is really really really dangerous.
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On the bright side - I happen to remember BEKO - Turkish consumer electronics (cheap but reliable) brand thanks to this chart

So, say, in a hundred years from now?
It just hit me. Please, give me one, just one Muslim brand name I can easily recognize. Please prove me wrong.
In the last century Korea was in the deepest shit imaginable, suffered in turn colonialism, occupation, civil war, state division (still active), dictatorship...
But somehow we all know word "Samsung" today.
Really - how come that acclaimed 1,5 billion Muslims - thirty times as many people - provided the world with nothing but "Al-Qaeda"?
The same happens in the mass culture - not even something as recognizable as Bollywood grows in a shadow of a minaret.
On both planes - in the popular culture and in the marketing Land of Islam is one huge empty space for a westerner. Like another Africa. It wasn't planned - it just happened.
Brands are living things - they grow through borders whenever they can. If Muslim brands can't do it - the division between Islam and
______
On the bright side - I happen to remember BEKO - Turkish consumer electronics (cheap but reliable) brand thanks to this chart

So, say, in a hundred years from now?
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Date: 2012-09-22 04:09 pm (UTC)Задумался, почему в Израиле нет Самсунга и LG? Из израильских брендов на шоссе всех стран постоянно встрежаю контейнеры ZIM, и еще известна косметика Мертвого моря, AHAVA. Кое какие еврейские "бренды", не имеющие никакого отношения к Израилю, есть в США: сосиски Hebrew National, сеть "Бублики братьев Эйнштейн" и др. Еще есть соленые огурцы, которые в Америке почему-то называют kosher dill (независимо от кашерности) и повареную соль без йода почему-то называют kosher salt. Но это не бренды, а продукты. Вообще о религиозной принадлежности брендов сложно говорить.
Кроме того есть множество продуктов для мусульман -- халальные банки, магазины, сети ресторанов.
Еще задумался, много ли мы знаем латиноамериканских брендов?
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Date: 2012-09-22 04:37 pm (UTC)Египетское кино и близко не лежит к Болливуду.
Израиль слишком легковесен для собственных брендов. А вот латинская америка - разумное возражение. Не знаю что сказать.
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Date: 2012-10-14 02:30 pm (UTC)Латинская америка - Калуа.