Distinctive brand assets act as emotional bookmarks that help people find their way back to a feeling
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Distinctive brand assets act as emotional bookmarks that help people find their way back to a feeling
A shared belief or emotional bond alone is not enough. The brain needs a recognisable signal to attach to the emotion it is feeling. Distinctive brand assets are emotional bookmarks - they help someone find their way back to a feeling.
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Be Distinctive Everywhere: The Experience Edition 2026 - Jones Knowles Ritchie x Kantar (2026)
Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR) x Kantar
p. 35; JKR x Kantar
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StatWhere brand equity is actually builtStatImproving customer experience makes a brand 2.5x more likely to significantly grow market shareStatDistinctiveness, experience and product factors drive 62% of what makes a brand different - communication only 20%StatMeaningful Difference accounts for 94% of a brand's pricing powerStatA shared belief gives brands 9x higher volume share, 2x higher price paid, and 4x greater odds of growing value shareStatAffinity nearly doubles repeat purchaseStatConsistency compounds into growthStatThe most distinctive brands more than doubled the growthStatOwn product experience and word of mouth score highest on brand impact; print ads, OOH, online ads and sponsorship score lowestPrincipleBrand experience is the moment a brand's promise comes true - in every interaction, from a phone call to an unboxingPrincipleThe distinctiveness test for any brand experience: could a competitor have offered this same experience?PrincipleThe Distinctive Experience Cycle: a shared belief drives Expression, Participation, Experience and Validation in a loop