Brands: Petrobras Loses, Corona Wins
Latin America’s top brands, Latin America ad growth leads the world, Mexico best TV ad.
BY LATINVEX STAFF
Corona
has replaced Petrobras as the most valuable Latin American brand, according to
the latest ranking from Millward Brown.
The Brand Z Top 50 Most Valuable Latin
American Brands 2014 shows the Mexican beer brand having a brand value of $8
billion versus $3.3 billion for Brazil’s state oil giant, which fell to 14th
place.
While
Corona’s brand value grew 21 percent compared to last year, the Petrobras brand
saw a 44 percent decline.
Meanwhile,
Brazilian beer brand Skol and Chilean retailer Falabella have Latin America’s
second- and third-most valuable brands, respectively.
The
top ten rank includes three more beer brands: Brahma from Brazil (8th place),
Aguila from Colombia (9th place) and Modelo from Mexico (10th
place).
The
top ten also includes Mexican wireless carrier Telcel (4th place),
Brazilian bank Bradesco (5th place), Chilean retailer Sodimac (6th
place) and Mexican media giant Televisa (7th
place).
MEXICO GAINS, BRAZIL FALLS
Mexico
remains in first place in the BrandZ Top 50 Most Valuable Latin American Brands 2014.
Its contribution
to the ranking grew from 28 percent in 2013 to 33 percent in 2014, led mainly
by Beer, Communication Providers, Retail and Financial Institutions, the combined
value of which rose 27 percent in the period, according to Millward Brown.
Top Brands in Latin America | ||||
Brand value in millions of US dollars | ||||
Change from 2013 | ||||
Rank |
Brand |
Value |
Ch | |
1 |
Corona, MX |
$8,025 |
21% | |
2 |
Skol, BR |
$7,055 |
8% | |
3 |
Falabella, CH |
$6,084 |
8% | |
4 |
Telcel, MX |
$5,308 |
-19% | |
5 |
Bradesco, BR |
$4,177 |
-24% | |
Source: Brand Z Latin America 2014, Millward Brown |
Brazil
decreased its contribution to the BrandZ Top 50 LatAm 2014 from 28 percent to
24 percent, mainly due to the weak performance of almost all of its brands: of
the eleven Brazilian brands in the ranking, eight dropped in value. The
categories Energy, Financial Institutions and Cosmetics displayed the worst
performance, a reflection of the Brazilian stock exchange, which in 2013
experienced the second largest drop globally (-34 percent in dollar). “This was
mainly due to the commodities companies’ and investors’ insecurity about the
country’s economic performance,” Millward Brown said in a statement on the
Brazn Z results.
Chile, in third place, increased its contribution to the ranking in 2014 from
19 percent to 20 percent. From nine Chilean brands in the ranking, the retail
category domains with six, which clearly shows the power of well-positioned
brands. Meanwhile, Colombia and Peru basically maintained their positions in
the BrandZ Top 50 LatAm 2014. The Financial Institutions category dominates the
Colombian contribution to the ranking while for Peru, the Beer category is the
most representative.
Argentina, in last place, contributed only 1 percent of the Brand Z Top 50
LatAm 2014, generated by YPF, from the Oil Industry category.
The Beer, Food & Personal Care category continues to be the leader in value contribution to the BrandZ Top 50 LatAm 2014, with an increase of 9 percent in terms of value. The category enhanced its presence in the Latin America region, contributing 33 percent of the total brand value, against 29 percent of the previous year ranking.
Meanwhile, financial institutions (bank and insurance) is still the second most important
in the region, contributing
22 percent of the total brand value, in spite of a fall of 3 percent from 2013
to 2014 driven by Brazil (-20 percent) and Chile (-13 percent). The Mexican brand
value increased 43 percent, compensating for the poor performance of the other
countries, according to the 2014 ranking from Millward Brown.
LATIN AMERICA ADS GROW
Latin
America remains the world’s advertising growth champion, according to the
latest estimate from London-based ad agency ZenithOptimedia.
Ad spending in Latin America will likely grow by 14.3 percent this year. That’s
more than any other region in the world and compares with a global average of
5.3 percent.
A key driver was the World Cup in Brazil and the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 will similarly help drive ad spending in Latin America that year, ZenithOptimedia says.
Brazil
last year ranked as the sixth-largest ad market in the world, thanks to ad
spending of $14.8 billion. That ranked
it ahead of countries like France, Australia, South Korea and Canada, according
to ZenithOptimedia.
Meanwhile, digital ad spending jumped 27.6 percent in Colombia druing the first
half of the year, according to a report in Colombian newspaper Portafolio
quoting
data from IAB.
BEST AD IN MEXICO
Meanwhile, “I Want an Ikon” from JWT, Wunderman y Mindshare on behalf of Ford, won the Grand Effie in Mexico.
The campaign was hugely successful, generating more than two million visits on YouTube, more than 300,000 visits to the dedicated product web site and a 300 percent jump in actual sales for the car during the campaign, El Financiero reports.
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