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Apple smashes records to exceed half a trillion dollars in brand value

After an incredible 74% increase in value, Apple has reclaimed its title as the world’s most valuable brand.

17 January 2024

Brand enforcement in the ‘.ai’ domain space needs to be a priority

New research finds major brands exposed in the ‘.ai’ TLD space, meaning that it needs to be at the top of the domain monitoring list – before it’s too late.

11 November 2023

Brand market crash: industry giants suffer major declines as Amazon ranked world’s most valuable brand

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alibaba.com are among some of the biggest names to have seen their brand value decline this year, Brand Finance’s annual Global 500 report reveals.

18 January 2023

WTR Brand Elite analysis: September 2022

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September was a challenging month in the stock markets, with the WTR Brand Elite dropping eight points and hitting its lowest level since October 2020. 

31 October 2022

Innovation performance and brand value diverge in new WIPO index

Countries that dominate brand value rankings are not necessarily the top performers in WIPO's Global Innovation Index 2022. 

29 September 2022

WTR Brand Elite analysis: August 2022

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Stock market volatility continued in August, despite being a positive month for media companies.

21 September 2022

When registrars and their proxy services enable abuse, liability may follow

 This week’s Saturday opinion argues that it is in the interest of privacy to support actions geared toward weeding out bad actors in the DNS space.

10 September 2022

WTR Brand Elite analysis: June 2022

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A rocky month in the stock markets saw the WTR Brand Elite drop eight points through June. The index is now at its lowest value since November 2020. 

18 July 2022

WTR Brand Elite analysis: March 2022

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While our indices of brand-focused companies lost ground to other stock market indices, there were a number of industries that performed well.

21 April 2022

WTR Brand Elite analysis: February 2022

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The WTR Brand Elite tumbled nine points in the month ending 28 February, hitting its lowest level in a year.

22 March 2022

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