The World's Best Brands

By Brendan Byrnes | More Articles
January 25, 2012 | Comments (1)

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which industrials editor/analyst Brendan Byrnes and consumer goods editor/analyst Austin Smith discuss topics across the investing world.

In this series, Brendan and Austin take a look at the world's most valuable brands in 2011 according to Interbrand. Today, they discuss the No. 11 through 15 most valuable brands in the world. Which companies on this list surprised them, and what does it mean for investors?

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Report this Comment On January 25, 2012, at 9:10 PM, jdwelch62 wrote:

Guys, WRT Nokia, get your heads out of North America and look at the rest of the world! Nokia is the #1 brand of cellphones in the world. Not "smartphones", but regular ol' cellphones, which is what most of the rest of the world has. A friend of mine from India mentioned to me a while ago that everyone he knows back in India, pretty much, has a Nokia cell phone. So, it's not surprising that their brand is still strong. Whether it'll stay strong is yet to be seen...

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