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    <title>Ranking the Brands</title>
    <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com</link>
    <description>Ranking the Brands new Brand Rankings</description>
    <copyright>SyncForce | unify Marketing and Sales</copyright>
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      <title>BrandFinance Global Banking 500 (100) - 2012 (Brand Finance)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=84&amp;year=410</link>
      <description>Buzz and social dialogue on the web is tough to quantify. Marketeers wonder: How much would it have cost to attract the same media exposure through traditional advertising?</description>
      <pubDate>06 Feb 2012 10:22:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Global Top 20 Media Value Ranking - 2011 (General Sentiment)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=105&amp;year=409</link>
      <description>Buzz and social dialogue on the web is tough to quantify. Marketeers wonder: How much would it have cost to attract the same media exposure through traditional advertising?</description>
      <pubDate>31 Jan 2012 10:38:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=105&amp;year=409</guid>
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      <title>Best Car Brand Perception survey - 2012 (Consumer Reports)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=180&amp;year=407</link>
      <description>2012 Consumer Reports' ranking. The scores in the Best Car Brand Perception Survey, reflect consumers' total perception level of a car brand across seven categories; safety, quality, value, performance, design/style, technology/innovation and friendly/green.

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      <pubDate>30 Jan 2012 10:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=180&amp;year=407</guid>
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      <title>Computable 100 - 2011 (Computable)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=92&amp;year=370</link>
      <description>The 100 most powerful IT companies 2011 in the Netherlands with the best image.
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      <pubDate>30 Jan 2012 10:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=92&amp;year=370</guid>
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      <title>100 Best Companies to Work For - 2012 (Fortune )</title>
      <category>Human Resources</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=100&amp;year=405</link>
      <description>Fortune picked the 100 best companies to work for 2012 by conducting an extensive employee survey in corporate America.</description>
      <pubDate>24 Jan 2012 14:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=100&amp;year=405</guid>
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      <title>The Dutch Top 100 Corporate Brands - 2011 (Brand Competence)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=153&amp;year=404</link>
      <description>In cooperation with Amsterdam market research firm Motivaction, Brand Competence launches The 2011 Dutch Top 100 Corporate Brands ranking.</description>
      <pubDate>24 Jan 2012 14:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=153&amp;year=404</guid>
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      <title>GBBRand Top 100 British Brands - 2011 (MPP Consulting)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=223&amp;year=378</link>
      <description>MPP Consulting presents the 2011 top 100 most expensive British Brands, as well as their current market value, based on the performance of companies brand-owners, their market position and opportunities of companies and their brands.</description>
      <pubDate>23 Jan 2012 11:33:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=223&amp;year=378</guid>
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      <title>The NetProspex Social 50 - 2011 (NetProspex)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=138&amp;year=392</link>
      <description>This 2011 ranking shows the social network usage of employees, and ranks the top 50 organizations according to overall activity.  </description>
      <pubDate>17 Jan 2012 15:38:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=138&amp;year=392</guid>
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      <title>The 10 Most Hated Companies In America - 2011 (24/7 Wall St.)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=102&amp;year=402</link>
      <description>Customers, employees, shareholders and taxpayers hate large corporations for many reasons. 24/7 Wall St. has looked at many of these issues to choose the 2011, Top 10 most hated companies in America. </description>
      <pubDate>16 Jan 2012 10:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=102&amp;year=402</guid>
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      <title>Franchise 500 Rankings (100) - 2012 (Entrepreneur)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=80&amp;year=400</link>
      <description>To be eligible for the Franchise 500 ranking 2012, a franchise company must have a minimum of 10 units with at least one being a U.S.-based franchise. </description>
      <pubDate>16 Jan 2012 10:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=80&amp;year=400</guid>
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      <title>Sales Satisfaction Index Ranking - 2011 (J.D. Power and Associates)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=91&amp;year=399</link>
      <description>The Sales Satisfaction Index Ranking 2011 is a study perfomed by J.D. Power and Associaties.</description>
      <pubDate>16 Jan 2012 10:12:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=91&amp;year=399</guid>
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      <title>25 Top companies for leaders - 2011 (Fortune Magazine)</title>
      <category>Human Resources</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=88&amp;year=398</link>
      <description>Fortune teamed with human resources consultants Hewitt Associates and the RBL Group and find out which companies develope strong leaders in 2011.</description>
      <pubDate>10 Jan 2012 14:34:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=88&amp;year=398</guid>
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      <title>Guide to Greener Electronics Ranking - 2011 (Greenpeace)</title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=98&amp;year=397</link>
      <description>Who will be first to go green? The Guide to Greener Electronics 2011 ranks leading mobile phone, TV and PC manufacturers on their global policies and practice on eliminating harmful chemicals and on taking responsibility for their products once they are discarded by consumers.</description>
      <pubDate>09 Jan 2012 13:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=98&amp;year=397</guid>
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      <title>Top 10 Dutch most successful "Orange" brands - 2011 (Bureau Consumenten Onderzoek)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=230&amp;year=391</link>
      <description>Research shows that the Dutch have a positive association with Orange. In the Netherlands, Orange is associated with sport, the Royals and the events involved. </description>
      <pubDate>13 Dec 2011 16:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=230&amp;year=391</guid>
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      <title>Sociagility Top 50 most social brands - 2011 (Sociagility)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=231&amp;year=393</link>
      <description>The Sociagility Top 50 analyses the social brand value of the world's leading brands and the competitive influences that determine their social performance. </description>
      <pubDate>13 Dec 2011 12:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=231&amp;year=393</guid>
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      <title>Global Brand Simplicity Index - 2011 (Siegel plus Gale)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=229&amp;year=390</link>
      <description>SiegelGale fielded an online survey with over 6,000 respondents in 7 countries to gather perceptions on simplicity and the impact industries and brands have on people’s lives in relation to simplicity.</description>
      <pubDate>12 Dec 2011 14:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=229&amp;year=390</guid>
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      <title>SwissBrand Top 50 - 2011 (MPP Consulting)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=228&amp;year=389</link>
      <description>MPP Consulting presents the top 50 most expensive Swiss Brands, as well as their current market value, based on the performance of companies brand-owners, their market position and opportunities of companies and their brands.</description>
      <pubDate>12 Dec 2011 14:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=228&amp;year=389</guid>
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      <title>Kid's Top 100 Most Loved Brands - 2011 (Smarty Pants)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=214&amp;year=388</link>
      <description>Smarty Pants® reveals their annual study of brands that kids love most and why. The Kid's Top 100 Most Loved Brands 2011.</description>
      <pubDate>29 Nov 2011 15:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=214&amp;year=388</guid>
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      <title>Moms' Top 100 Most Loved Brands - 2011 (Smarty Pants)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=217&amp;year=387</link>
      <description>Smarty Pants® reveals their annual study of brands moms' love most and why in 2011.</description>
      <pubDate>29 Nov 2011 12:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=217&amp;year=387</guid>
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      <title>Green Rankings US (100) - 2011 (Newsweek)</title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=81&amp;year=386</link>
      <description>Exclusive environmental 2011 ranking of America’s 500 largest corporations.</description>
      <pubDate>28 Nov 2011 15:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=81&amp;year=386</guid>
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      <title>Sustainable Image Index - 2011 (MindWorld, MT, SSI, Synergie)</title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=227&amp;year=384</link>
      <description>The 2011 Sustainable Image Index, annual survey among 2000 Dutch citizens into the most sustainable brands in the Netherlands. People familiar with a brand have been asked to give an opinion on the four sustainability pillars: people, planet, persistence and performance.</description>
      <pubDate>21 Nov 2011 15:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=227&amp;year=384</guid>
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      <title>Sustainable Image Index - 2010 (MindWorld, MT, SSI, Synergie)</title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=227&amp;year=385</link>
      <description>The 2010 Sustainable Image Index, annual survey among 2000 Dutch citizens into the most sustainable brands in the Netherlands.</description>
      <pubDate>21 Nov 2011 15:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=227&amp;year=385</guid>
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      <title>US top 10 most Meaningful Brands - 2011 (Havas Media)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=226&amp;year=382</link>
      <description>A published Index which calculates how US consumers feel about brands sheds ligth on how to create brand engagement. </description>
      <pubDate>14 Nov 2011 10:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=226&amp;year=382</guid>
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      <title>Top 20 Global Meaningful Brands Index - 2011 (Havas Media)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=224&amp;year=380</link>
      <description>The Meaningful Brand Index shows that the more the brand contributes to improve the wellbeing of individuals, communities and the environment, the more meaningful it becomes.</description>
      <pubDate>14 Nov 2011 10:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=224&amp;year=380</guid>
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      <title>Dutch Most Customer Friendly Company Top 10 - 2011 (MarketResponse Nederland BV)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=164&amp;year=379</link>
      <description>A survey among 2500 consumers 2011. Consumers where asked about how customer friendly they were treated by Dutch organizations.</description>
      <pubDate>08 Nov 2011 11:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=164&amp;year=379</guid>
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      <title>US Brand Top 100 Brands of United States - 2011 (MPP consulting)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=179&amp;year=377</link>
      <description>MPP Consulting presents the 2011 top 100 American Brands, as well as their current market value, based on the performance of companies brand-owners, their market position and opportunities of companies and their brands. </description>
      <pubDate>07 Nov 2011 16:26:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=179&amp;year=377</guid>
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      <title>Top 100 Trends to Brands - 2011 (Trendslator &amp; NIBAA Institute)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=222&amp;year=376</link>
      <description>Trendslator and NIBAA Institute published the 2011 Trends to Brands top 100 in the Netherlands. </description>
      <pubDate>25 Oct 2011 10:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=222&amp;year=376</guid>
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      <title>Beauty Digital IQ Score - 2011 (L2 ThinkTank)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=181&amp;year=372</link>
      <description>This study attempts to quantify the digital competence of beauty brands</description>
      <pubDate>24 Oct 2011 12:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=181&amp;year=372</guid>
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      <title>Top 100 Brand Corporations Worldwide - 2011 (European Brand Institute - Vienna)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=221&amp;year=375</link>
      <description>European Brand Institute provides a 2011 Ranking of the top 100 most valuable brand corporations worldwide. </description>
      <pubDate>17 Oct 2011 16:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=221&amp;year=375</guid>
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      <title>Top 50 Europe's Brand Corporations - 2011 (European Brand Institute - Vienna)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=23&amp;year=374</link>
      <description>Eurobrand 2011 provides a Ranking of Europe's 50 most valuable brand corporations. </description>
      <pubDate>17 Oct 2011 16:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=23&amp;year=374</guid>
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      <title>Fashion Brands Ranked by Digital IQ Score - 2011 (L2 ThinkTank)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=220&amp;year=373</link>
      <description>This study establishes a metric that quantifies digital competence (“Digital IQ”) of fashion brands.</description>
      <pubDate>17 Oct 2011 10:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=220&amp;year=373</guid>
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      <title>Dutch Brand of the Year - 2011 (EFMI Business School - GfK Panel Services - FNLI)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=75&amp;year=369</link>
      <description>The brand with the greatest mental ‘Brand Power’ is rewarded with the Brand of the Year Award 2011.</description>
      <pubDate>10 Oct 2011 10:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=75&amp;year=369</guid>
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      <title>Best Global Brands - 2011 (Interbrand)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=37&amp;year=368</link>
      <description>Interbrands' annual ranking of the World's Most Valuable Brands 2011.</description>
      <pubDate>10 Oct 2011 10:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=37&amp;year=368</guid>
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      <title>The World's Top 50 Most Attractive Employers - 2011 (Universum)</title>
      <category>Human Resources</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=87&amp;year=367</link>
      <description>Universum, employer branding company, established the world's Top 50 most attractive employers 2011.</description>
      <pubDate>10 Oct 2011 10:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=87&amp;year=367</guid>
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      <title>Top 20 CoolBrands - 2011 (CoolBrands)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=64&amp;year=366</link>
      <description>CoolBrands is an annual initiative to indentify and celebrate the UK's coolest Brands. Since 2001 opinions of experts and consumers have been used to produce this annual barometer 2011/12.</description>
      <pubDate>03 Oct 2011 11:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=64&amp;year=366</guid>
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      <title>Dutch Strongest Brands - 2011 (BrandAsset Consult)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=151&amp;year=365</link>
      <description>Consumers prefer brands above products. They choose strong brands with an unique value. Dutch Strongest Brands 2011</description>
      <pubDate>20 Sep 2011 16:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=151&amp;year=365</guid>
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      <title>Dutch Empathy Monitor - 2011 (Ruigrok NetPanel &amp; Fronteer Strategy)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=143&amp;year=364</link>
      <description>The Empathy Monitor 2011 ranks brands that are very good at responding to its customer needs. </description>
      <pubDate>20 Sep 2011 10:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=143&amp;year=364</guid>
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      <title>BrandFinance Top 20 Airline Brands - 2011 (Brand Finance)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=218&amp;year=362</link>
      <description>A 2011 ranking of the most valuable Airline Brands in the World. Each brand has been assigned a brand rating based on a benchmark study of the strength, risk and future potential of a brand relative to its competitor set, as well as a Brand Value.</description>
      <pubDate>19 Sep 2011 12:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=218&amp;year=362</guid>
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      <title>Breakaway Brands - 2011 (Landor Associates)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=158&amp;year=361</link>
      <description>The Breakaway Brands survey 2011, conducted by Landor Associates using Young &amp; Rubicam's BrandAsset Valuator database, identifying those brands that exhibited the greatest increases in Brand Strength. </description>
      <pubDate>13 Sep 2011 10:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=158&amp;year=361</guid>
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      <title>Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Leaders - 2011 (Brand Keys)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=111&amp;year=360</link>
      <description>Brand Keys' research uncovers and quantifies the rational and the emotional motivations behind consumers' decisions by presenting the 2011 loyalty leaders ranking.</description>
      <pubDate>12 Sep 2011 15:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=111&amp;year=360</guid>
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      <title>Top 30 International Brands - 2011 (Drinks International Millionaires Supplement)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=36&amp;year=359</link>
      <description>Top 30 International Brands 2011, annual listing of the year-on-year sales performance of spirits brands worldwide with sales exceeding 1 million 9-litre cases.</description>
      <pubDate>12 Sep 2011 14:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=36&amp;year=359</guid>
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      <title>Social Media Monitor - 2011 (Social Embassy)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=122&amp;year=358</link>
      <description>The 2011 ranking shows a list of companies that are active using social networks in the Netherlands and see the potential of embedding social networks into their brand strategy.</description>
      <pubDate>12 Sep 2011 10:12:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=122&amp;year=358</guid>
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      <title>Moms' Top 100 Most Loved Brands - 2010 (Smarty Pants)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=217&amp;year=357</link>
      <description>Smarty Pants® reveals their annual study of brands moms' love most and why.</description>
      <pubDate>06 Sep 2011 16:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=217&amp;year=357</guid>
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      <title>Specialty Retail Ranked by Digital IQ Score - 2011 (L2 ThinkTank)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=156&amp;year=355</link>
      <description>The L2 Digital IQ Index 2011: Specialty Retail, ranks the Digital IQ of prestige specialty retail brands on the basis of site and e-commerce strength, digital marketing and mobile capabilities, social media and search engine marketing and optimization.</description>
      <pubDate>05 Sep 2011 11:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=156&amp;year=355</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>World's 50 Safest Banks - 2011 (Global Finance)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=216&amp;year=354</link>
      <description>This Global Finance ranking shows the 2011 World's top 50 Safest Banks. </description>
      <pubDate>05 Sep 2011 11:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=216&amp;year=354</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Kid's Top 100 Most Loved Brands - 2010 (Smarty Pants)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=214&amp;year=352</link>
      <description>Smarty Pants reveals their annual study of brands that kids and parents love most and why.</description>
      <pubDate>30 Aug 2011 14:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=214&amp;year=352</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Ten Brands That Will Dissapear Next Year - 2011 (24/7 Wall St.)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=213&amp;year=350</link>
      <description>Each year, 24/7 Wall st. regularly compiles a list of brands that are going to dissapear in the near-term.</description>
      <pubDate>30 Aug 2011 14:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=213&amp;year=350</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>Top 10 Most Sustainable Australian Tuna Brands - 2011 (Greenpeace) </title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=212&amp;year=349</link>
      <description>Tuna brands play a key role in the overfishing crisis by selling unsustainable tuna. Brands in this ranking offer Australian customers canned tuna caught using a sustainable fishing method.</description>
      <pubDate>30 Aug 2011 14:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=212&amp;year=349</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout study - 2011 (J.D. Power and Associates)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=46&amp;year=348</link>
      <description>The 2011 APEAL Study of J.D. Power and Associates examines how gratifying a new vehicle is to own and drive, based on owner evaluations. </description>
      <pubDate>16 Aug 2011 15:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=46&amp;year=348</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Best Global Green Brands - 2011 (Interbrand)</title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=210&amp;year=343</link>
      <description>Interbrand decided to measure leading brands' green efforts (environmental sustainability performance) because of potential misalignment between brand performance and perception and to acknowledge that brands excelling in this area receive credit for their initiatives. </description>
      <pubDate>16 Aug 2011 13:27:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=210&amp;year=343</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The World's Most Innovative Companies - 2011 (Fast Company)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=115&amp;year=281</link>
      <description>Ranking of companies which illustrates the power and potential of innovative ideas and creative execution in 2011. </description>
      <pubDate>16 Aug 2011 13:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=115&amp;year=281</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>UK's Kids Brand Index (100) - 2011 (Harris Interactive)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=209&amp;year=342</link>
      <description>The ranking shows what children aged seven tot 15, based in the UK, think of leading brands and ranks them in order of preference. In total 166 brands were assessed.</description>
      <pubDate>15 Aug 2011 15:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=209&amp;year=342</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>FranBrand Top 100 French Brands - 2011 (MPP Consulting)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=172&amp;year=340</link>
      <description>MPP Consulting presents the top 100 most expensive French Brands, as well as their current market value, based on the performance of companies brand-owners, their market position and opportunities of companies and their brands.</description>
      <pubDate>19 Jul 2011 14:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=172&amp;year=340</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Top 50 U.S. BrandIndex Buzz Ranking - 2010 (YouGov)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=208&amp;year=339</link>
      <description>Annual ranking of BrandIndex. BrandIndex Buzz is a key indicator of the positive or negative trajectory of a brand</description>
      <pubDate>18 Jul 2011 15:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=208&amp;year=339</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI) - 2011 (Pied Piper)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=40&amp;year=337</link>
      <description>Annual U.S. auto industry benchmarking study measures how each brand's dealerships treat car shoppers.</description>
      <pubDate>12 Jul 2011 15:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=40&amp;year=337</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Fortune Global 500 (100) - 2011 (Fortune ) </title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=50&amp;year=333</link>
      <description>Annual ranking of the world's largest cooperations. Companies are ranked by total revenues for their respective fiscal years.</description>
      <pubDate>12 Jul 2011 10:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=50&amp;year=333</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Top 10 strongest Austrian Brands - 2011 (European Brand Institute)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=205&amp;year=331</link>
      <description>Eurobrand provides a Ranking of the Top 10 strongest Austrian brands. The brand companies were selected based on criteria of the industry, brand awareness, development trend, brand and revenue potential. </description>
      <pubDate>11 Jul 2011 15:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=205&amp;year=331</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Top 20 Brands on Facebook - 2011 (The Next Web)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=204&amp;year=330</link>
      <description>Now that Facebook pages have been live for a couple of years this ranking gives an impression which brands are the biggest on the platform in terms of likes and what sorts of campaigns and apps running on their pages.</description>
      <pubDate>05 Jul 2011 14:34:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=204&amp;year=330</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 - 2011 (Gartner)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=94&amp;year=329</link>
      <description>Every year Gartner identifies the companies that best exemplify the demand-driven ideal for today's supply chain.</description>
      <pubDate>05 Jul 2011 10:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=94&amp;year=329</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>DeBrand Top 100 German Brands - 2011 (MPP Consulting)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=165&amp;year=328</link>
      <description>MPP Consulting presents the top 100 most expensive German Brands, as well as their current market value, based on the performance of companies brand-owners, their market position and opportunities of companies and their brands.</description>
      <pubDate>04 Jul 2011 13:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=165&amp;year=328</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Best Laptop Brands: Overall Verdict - 2011 (LAPTOP Magazine)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=203&amp;year=327</link>
      <description>LAPTOP Magazine examined every aspect of the 10 most important notebook companies. </description>
      <pubDate>04 Jul 2011 09:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=203&amp;year=327</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Best Brazilian Brands - 2011 (Interbrand)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=150&amp;year=325</link>
      <description>Interbrand presents Brazilian Best Brands by Value in the Best Brazilian Brands Ranking 2011. The definitive guide to Brazilian most valuable brands.</description>
      <pubDate>28 Jun 2011 11:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=150&amp;year=325</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Ad Age Social-Media Ranking Top 10 - 2011 (Ad Age)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=202&amp;year=326</link>
      <description>Ad Age asked Infegy to examine the sentiment of online conversations around the top 200 megabrands as ranked by 2010 expenditures in measured media.</description>
      <pubDate>27 Jun 2011 14:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=202&amp;year=326</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>BrandFinance Top 50 Spirits - 2011 (Brand Finance)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=201&amp;year=324</link>
      <description>A ranking of the most valuable Spirits Brands in the World. </description>
      <pubDate>27 Jun 2011 12:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=201&amp;year=324</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Germany Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study - 2011 (J.D. Power and Associates)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=144&amp;year=322</link>
      <description>The annual J.D. Power and Associates study gives consumers access to reliable and accurate information about many vehicle models, and helps manufacturers provide high levels of satisfaction to their customers. </description>
      <pubDate>21 Jun 2011 15:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=144&amp;year=322</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>France Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study - 2011 (J.D. Power and Associates)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=145&amp;year=319</link>
      <description>High-ranking brands 2011 consistently understand the most important needs of their customers in France and exceed their expectations.</description>
      <pubDate>20 Jun 2011 09:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=145&amp;year=319</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Dutch WCM-Suppliers competition top 10 - 2011 (Customer Talk)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=149&amp;year=317</link>
      <description>Customer Talk launched the Dutch WCM-Supplier competition top 10. Customer Talk conducted a competition-analysis amongst WCM suppliers.</description>
      <pubDate>20 Jun 2011 09:56:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=149&amp;year=317</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>ADAC-AutomarxX Brand Ranking - 2011 (ADAC)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=170&amp;year=318</link>
      <description>German ADAC, publishes the AutoMarxX brand study 2011 which consists of individual criteria, brand image, market strength, customer satisfaction, product strength, environmental performance and safety.</description>
      <pubDate>14 Jun 2011 14:42:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=170&amp;year=318</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>ItalBrand Top 100 Italian Brands - 2011 (MPP Consulting)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=160&amp;year=316</link>
      <description>MPP Consulting presents the top 100 most expensive Italian Brands, as well as their current market value, based on the performance of companies brand-owners, their market position and opportunities of companies and their brands.</description>
      <pubDate>14 Jun 2011 12:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=160&amp;year=316</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Japan Winter Tire Customer Satisfaction - 2011 (J.D. Power Asia Pacific)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=141&amp;year=314</link>
      <description>The study measures customer satisfaction with winter tires by examining five key factors.</description>
      <pubDate>07 Jun 2011 14:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=141&amp;year=314</guid>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>BrandFinance Dutch Top 50 - 2011 (Brand Finance)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=79&amp;year=315</link>
      <description>The purpose of this 2011 ranking is to identify the most valuable and hardest working Dutch brand portfolios. It is also to estimate the value of those portfolios that can be attributed to corporate brands in the Netherlands.</description>
      <pubDate>07 Jun 2011 12:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=79&amp;year=315</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>UK Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study - 2011 (J.D. Power and Associates)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=146&amp;year=313</link>
      <description>High-ranking brands 2011 consistently understand the most important needs of their customers and exceed their expectations.</description>
      <pubDate>07 Jun 2011 10:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=146&amp;year=313</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>Prestige 100 Facebook IQ - 2011 (L2 ThinkTank)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=198&amp;year=312</link>
      <description>This study attempts to quantify the Facebook competence of 100 iconic (Prestige 100) brands.</description>
      <pubDate>06 Jun 2011 14:29:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=198&amp;year=312</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>Top 50 Facebook Brand Ranking - 2011 (Markenlexikon)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=197&amp;year=310</link>
      <description>Annual brand ranking executed by Markenlexikon from Germany. This ranking shows the top 50 of brands with the most fans on facebook.</description>
      <pubDate>06 Jun 2011 11:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=197&amp;year=310</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>BrandFinance Top 50 Cosmetics Brands - 2011 (Brand Finance)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=196&amp;year=309</link>
      <description>A ranking of the most valuable Cosmetics Brands in the World.</description>
      <pubDate>30 May 2011 10:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=196&amp;year=309</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>Global Reputation Pulse - U.S. Top 100 - 2011 (Reputation Institute)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=135&amp;year=308</link>
      <description>The Reputation Pulse measures the corporate reputations of the largest U.S. companies based on consumers' trust, esteem, admiration and good feeling about a company.</description>
      <pubDate>23 May 2011 10:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=135&amp;year=308</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>The Power 100 Spirits &amp; Wine - 2011 (Intangible Business) </title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=136&amp;year=307</link>
      <description>The Power 100 is produced by Intangible Business. This ranking shows the World's Most Powerful Spirits &amp; Wine brands.</description>
      <pubDate>16 May 2011 13:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=136&amp;year=307</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>Fortune U.S. 500 (100) - 2011 (Fortune) </title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=131&amp;year=305</link>
      <description>Annual ranking of America's largest corporations. Companies are ranked by total revenues for their respective fiscal years.</description>
      <pubDate>10 May 2011 11:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=131&amp;year=305</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>Brandz Top 100 Brand Ranking - 2011 (Millward Brown) </title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=6&amp;year=304</link>
      <description>Millward Brown's brand valuation analyses provide strong evidence of the importance of branding for business leaders. Brand is about reputation.</description>
      <pubDate>10 May 2011 08:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=6&amp;year=304</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>100-top CoreBrand Brand Power Ranking - 2010 (CoreBrand) </title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=85&amp;year=303</link>
      <description>CoreBrand tracks over 1.200 of the world’s best corporate brands and maintain the largest continuous brand benchmark tracking system. The CoreBrand ranking is based on the 100-top-scoring brands.</description>
      <pubDate>28 Apr 2011 14:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=85&amp;year=303</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>Dutch Reputation Award - 2011 (Reputation Institute)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=133&amp;year=301</link>
      <description>So what factors shape the public's image of businesses? Which companies do consumers trust and admire?</description>
      <pubDate>26 Apr 2011 10:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=133&amp;year=301</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>Top 20 Dutch Customer Performance Index - 2011 (MIcompany/RuG/MetrixLab)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=101&amp;year=300</link>
      <description>The Customer Insights Center of the University of Groningen, MIcompany and MetrixLab have developed the Dutch Customer Perfomance Index to measure the customer service of the largest Dutch service suppliers.</description>
      <pubDate>11 Apr 2011 14:31:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=101&amp;year=300</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>Top 25 Dutch Strongest Media Brands - 2011 (Interbrand)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=127&amp;year=299</link>
      <description>This ranking gives an impression of media brands Dutch consumers prefer the most.</description>
      <pubDate>11 Apr 2011 10:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=127&amp;year=299</guid>
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      <title>EU27 Hotel Brand Ranking - 2011 (MKG Hospitality)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=195&amp;year=298</link>
      <description>MKG Hospitality presents a ranking of hotel brands in Europe in the EU27 Hotel Brand Ranking.</description>
      <pubDate>05 Apr 2011 13:33:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=195&amp;year=298</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>Top 50 Lawyers - 2011 (SDU Uitgeverij)</title>
      <category>Human Resource</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=126&amp;year=296</link>
      <description>Annual ranking of law firms published in the “Legal Profession state report”, an annual publication of SDU Publishing.</description>
      <pubDate>04 Apr 2011 14:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=126&amp;year=296</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>The Most Valuable U.S. Retail Brands - 2011 (Interbrand Design Forum)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=82&amp;year=297</link>
      <description>A strong brand ensures relationships that create future earnings by growing customer preference and loyalty. This retail brands ranking 2011 sends a clear message: The rules of success have changed. Brand has arrived at retail.</description>
      <pubDate>04 Apr 2011 12:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=82&amp;year=297</guid>
    </item>
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      <title>Japan's Best Global Brands - 2011 (Interbrand)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=33&amp;year=295</link>
      <description>List of Japan's most valuable brands according to Interbrand.</description>
      <pubDate>29 Mar 2011 13:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=33&amp;year=295</guid>
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      <title>Customer Service Index Ranking Mass Market Brands - 2011 (J.D. Power and Associates)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=116&amp;year=294</link>
      <description>The 2011 U.S. Satisfaction ranking among vehicle owners who visit a service department for maintenance or repair work.</description>
      <pubDate>29 Mar 2011 13:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=116&amp;year=294</guid>
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      <title>Customer Service Index Ranking Luxury Brands - 2011 (J.D. Power and Associates)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=117&amp;year=293</link>
      <description>Satisfaction ranking among vehicle owners who visit a service department for maintenance or repair work.</description>
      <pubDate>29 Mar 2011 13:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=117&amp;year=293</guid>
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      <title>BrandFinance Global 500 (100) - 2011 (Brand Finance) </title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=83&amp;year=292</link>
      <description>An annual ranking of the most valuable brands in the world. Each brand has been accorded a brand rating: a benchmark study of the strength, risk and future potential of a brand relative to its competitor set as well as a Brand Value: a summary measure of the financial strength of the brand.</description>
      <pubDate>29 Mar 2011 13:21:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=83&amp;year=292</guid>
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      <title>Marketing's top 100 Advertisers - 2011 (Nielsen Media Research) </title>
      <category>Advertising</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=39&amp;year=291</link>
      <description>Annual advertising spending figures in the UK.
</description>
      <pubDate>21 Mar 2011 11:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=39&amp;year=291</guid>
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      <title>Social Brands Top 100 - 2011 (Headstream ) </title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=194&amp;year=290</link>
      <description>The Social Brands top 100 conducted by social brand consultancy Headstream. Headstream created a ranking of 100 different brands based on their social activity.
</description>
      <pubDate>15 Mar 2011 14:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=194&amp;year=290</guid>
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      <title>Franchise 500 Rankings (100) - 2011 (Entrepreneur)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=80&amp;year=282</link>
      <description>To be eligible for the 2011 Franchise 500 ranking, a franchise company must have a minimum of 10 units with at least one being a U.S.-based franchise.
</description>
      <pubDate>14 Mar 2011 13:12:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=80&amp;year=282</guid>
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      <title>World's Most Admired Companies - 2011 (Fortune)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=118&amp;year=287</link>
      <description>Fortune and survey partner Hey Group established the World's Most Admired Companies ranking.
</description>
      <pubDate>08 Mar 2011 11:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=118&amp;year=287</guid>
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      <title>Best Business Brands Germany - 2011 (Das Deutsche Markenranking)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=26&amp;year=285</link>
      <description>Annual German brand ranking executed by Das Deutsche Markenranking. The 2011 publication sets out the strongest product brands and corporate brands in Germany.</description>
      <pubDate>01 Mar 2011 15:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=26&amp;year=285</guid>
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      <title>Best Product Brands Germany - 2011 (Das Deutsche Markenranking)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=27&amp;year=286</link>
      <description>Annual German brand ranking executed by Das Deutsche Markenranking.</description>
      <pubDate>01 Mar 2011 15:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=27&amp;year=286</guid>
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      <title>Consumer Superbrands Official Top 500 (100) - 2011 (The Centre for Brand Analysis)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=68&amp;year=284</link>
      <description>The brands are voted by a nationally representative sample of more than 2,100 British consumers aged 18 and above. These individuals are accessed via a YouGov panel. According to the consumers and Expert Council the judged and voted brands in this ranking are deemed to be Superbrands.</description>
      <pubDate>28 Feb 2011 14:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=68&amp;year=284</guid>
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      <title>Business Superbrands Official Top 500 (100) - 2011 (The Centre for Brand Analysis)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=57&amp;year=283</link>
      <description>he UK's strongest B2B brands 2011 were selected by the Business Superbrands Council and thousands of individual business professionals on the YouGov panel.</description>
      <pubDate>28 Feb 2011 14:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=57&amp;year=283</guid>
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      <title>Dutch Brand Top 100 - 2010 (Symphony IRI Group)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=114&amp;year=280</link>
      <description>IRI 's annual ranking of the Dutch Brand Top 100 shows the revenu of the Dutch biggest brands in the Dutch supermarkets. SymphonyIRI Group is the global provider of market information, solutions and services in the areas of FMCG, retail, drugstores and petrol.</description>
      <pubDate>21 Feb 2011 10:21:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=114&amp;year=280</guid>
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      <title>Top 50 Brands in Social Media (SMR) - 2011 (Yomego)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=193&amp;year=279</link>
      <description>This ranking has been developed by social media agency Yomego. SMR is a popularity index to rank brands' popularity in social spaces. The Social Media Reputation (SMR) score is derived by averaging the noise around a brand ('reach') with its popularity ('satisfaction').</description>
      <pubDate>21 Feb 2011 10:21:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=193&amp;year=279</guid>
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      <title>Top 20 Swiss Brands on Facebook - 2011 (Unic)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=192&amp;year=278</link>
      <description>UNIC published a ranking of the Top 20 SwissBrands on Facebook. Which Swiss brands are the most popular and have the most fans on Facebook?</description>
      <pubDate>21 Feb 2011 10:21:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=192&amp;year=278</guid>
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      <title>Top 10 Super Bowl XLV Media Value Ranking - 2011 (General Sentiment)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=190&amp;year=276</link>
      <description>General Sentiment released The Super Bowl Media Value Report which examines all of the brands and companies that advertised during Sunday's game. The top 10 winners are calculated by measuring the Media Value change that brands experience during the Super Bowl period in comparison to a three-month baseline period.</description>
      <pubDate>15 Feb 2011 11:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=190&amp;year=276</guid>
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      <title>Top 20 Most Desired Brands in the U.S.: Women - 2011 (Buyology Inc)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=188&amp;year=274</link>
      <description>Neuromarketing firm Buyology Inc, has released its "first annual" list of the most desired brands in the U.S. for women. The list is based on the firm's Neurotypes brand profiling technique, which uses a combination of EEG brain monitoring and eye-tracking data.</description>
      <pubDate>08 Feb 2011 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=188&amp;year=274</guid>
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      <title>Top 20 Most Desired Brands in the U.S.: Men - 2011 (Buyology Inc)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=189&amp;year=275</link>
      <description>Neuromarketing firm Buyology Inc, has released its "first annual" list of the most desired brands in the U.S. for men. The list is based on the firm's Neurotypes brand profiling technique, which uses a combination of EEG brain monitoring and eye-tracking data.</description>
      <pubDate>08 Feb 2011 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=189&amp;year=275</guid>
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      <title>Responsible Supply Chain Management Benchmark - 2010 (VBDO)</title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=185&amp;year=270</link>
      <description>This annual ranking has been developed by the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) in order to assess the way in which Dutch publicly listed companies hold suppliers to their sustainability policies. VBDO has made use of information made publicly available by the companies themselves, sustainable reports, annual reports and websites.</description>
      <pubDate>08 Feb 2011 13:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=185&amp;year=270</guid>
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      <title>Global Top 20 Media Value Ranking - 2010 (General Sentiment)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=105&amp;year=267</link>
      <description>Buzz and social dialogue on the web is tough to quantify. Marketeers wonder: How much would it have cost to attract the same media exposure through traditional advertising? General Sentiment has released a report that calculates the dollar value of the "buzz", content and conversation taking place online.</description>
      <pubDate>01 Feb 2011 14:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=105&amp;year=267</guid>
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      <title>BrandFinance Global Banking 500 (100) - 2011 (Brand Finance)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=84&amp;year=269</link>
      <description>This annual ranking is the only direct comparison of brand value within the bank industry. Each brand has been accorded a Brand Rating: a benchmark study of the strength, risk and future potential of a brand relative to its competitor set as well as a brand value: a summary measure of the financial strength of the brand.</description>
      <pubDate>01 Feb 2011 12:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=84&amp;year=269</guid>
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      <title>100 Best Companies to Work For - 2011 (Fortune)</title>
      <category>Human Resources</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=100&amp;year=268</link>
      <description>Fortune picked the best 100 companies by conducting an extensive employee survey in corporate America. Over 300 companies participated in this year's survey. The survey contained questions related to employees attitudes about the management's credibility, job satisfaction, camaraderie, pay and benefit programs, hiring, communication, and diversity.</description>
      <pubDate>31 Jan 2011 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=100&amp;year=268</guid>
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      <title>Guide to Greener Electronics Ranking - 2010 (Greenpeace)</title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=98&amp;year=265</link>
      <description>Who will be first to go green? The 2010 Guide to Greener Electronics ranks leading mobile and PC manufacturers on their global policies and practice on eliminating harmful chemicals and on taking responsibility for their products once they are discarded by consumers.</description>
      <pubDate>25 Jan 2011 15:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=98&amp;year=265</guid>
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      <title>The 100 most desired brands - 2011 (Marketing Week)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=183&amp;year=264</link>
      <description>Marketing Week exclusively shows UK's 100 most desired brands, according to the research by brand consultancy Clear, which spoke to 4,000 UK consumers. Brands were ranked according to whether they are something a consumer respects, is attracted to and would love to use in the future.</description>
      <pubDate>25 Jan 2011 10:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=183&amp;year=264</guid>
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      <title>Top 7 Green Corporations - 2010 (Greenopia)</title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=182&amp;year=263</link>
      <description>Greenopia conducted a survey among dozens of companies in a variety of categories to compile a trusty list of the greenest corporations, by category.</description>
      <pubDate>18 Jan 2011 16:07:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=182&amp;year=263</guid>
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      <title>Beauty &amp; Skincare Digital IQ Score - 2010 (L2 ThinkTank)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=181&amp;year=262</link>
      <description>This study attempts to quantify the digital competence of beauty brands. Which beauty brands have made investments in search, email marketing, contextual retargeting and are building strong social media communities to drive online sales.</description>
      <pubDate>18 Jan 2011 13:27:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=181&amp;year=262</guid>
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      <title>Best Car Brand Perception survey - 2011 (Consumer Reports)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=180&amp;year=261</link>
      <description>Consumer Reports' annual ranking. The scores in the Best Car Brand Perception Survey, reflect consumers' total perception level of a car brand across seven categories; safety, quality, value, performance, design/style, technology/innovation and friendly/green.</description>
      <pubDate>11 Jan 2011 16:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=180&amp;year=261</guid>
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      <title>The 15 Most Hated Companies In America - 2010 (24/7Wall St.)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=102&amp;year=256</link>
      <description>Customers, employees, shareholders and taxpayers hate large corporations for many reasons. 24/7 Wall St. has looked at many of these issues to choose the 15 most hated companies in America 2010.</description>
      <pubDate>10 Jan 2011 15:32:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=102&amp;year=256</guid>
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      <title>The Vitrue 100 - Top Social Brands - 2010 (Vitrue)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=38&amp;year=255</link>
      <description>The Vitrue 100 is the result of Vitrue's daily analysis of over 2.000 popular brands on the social web. The Vitrue 100 helps provide the industry with overall trends. This ranking list highlight the most social brands and help demonstrate the value of social media marketing.</description>
      <pubDate>10 Jan 2011 11:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=38&amp;year=255</guid>
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      <title>US Brand Top 100 Brands of United States - 2010 (MPP consulting)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=179&amp;year=253</link>
      <description>MPP Consulting presents the top 100 most expensive Brands of United States, as well as their current market value, based on the performance of companies brand-owners, their market position and opportunities of companies and their brands. This ranking only includes brands that were created in United States or for American goods (services).</description>
      <pubDate>21 Dec 2010 11:32:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=179&amp;year=253</guid>
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      <title>Davis Brand Capital 25 - 2010 (Davis Brand Capital)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=90&amp;year=254</link>
      <description>The Davis Brand Capital 25 2010 is an annual ranking, which evaluates brand beyond its traditional marketing function and considers it as an amalgam of intangibles creating value in the intellectual ecomomy.</description>
      <pubDate>21 Dec 2010 11:32:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=90&amp;year=254</guid>
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      <title>Ru.Brand Top 100 Russian Brands - 2010 (MPP Consulting)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=166&amp;year=243</link>
      <description>MPP Consulting presents the top 100 most expensive Russian Brands, as well as their current market value, based on the performance of companies brand-owners, their market position and opportunities of companies and their brands. This ranking only includes brands that were created in Russia or for Russian goods (services).</description>
      <pubDate>21 Dec 2010 11:32:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=166&amp;year=243</guid>
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      <title>FranBrand Top 100 French Brands - 2010 (MPP Consulting)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=172&amp;year=251</link>
      <description>MPP Consulting presents the top 100 most expensive French Brands, as well as their current market value, based on the performance of companies brand-owners, their market position and opportunities of companies and their brands. This ranking only includes brands that were created in France or for French goods (services).</description>
      <pubDate>14 Dec 2010 15:26:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=172&amp;year=251</guid>
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      <title>The Coolest Brands - 2010 (Allegro234)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=42&amp;year=252</link>
      <description>Allegro 234 conducted the "Coolest &amp; Gaps Branding Survey" 2010. This survey is the first in which the question about the coolest brand has been opened without a predetermined list [spontaneous, not induced].</description>
      <pubDate>13 Dec 2010 14:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=42&amp;year=252</guid>
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      <title>ADAC-AutomarxX Brand Ranking - 2010 (ADAC)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=170&amp;year=249</link>
      <description>German ADAC, publishes the AutoMarxX brand study which consists of individual criteria, brand image, market strength, customer satisfaction, product strength, environmental performance and safety.</description>
      <pubDate>30 Nov 2010 12:33:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=170&amp;year=249</guid>
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      <title>UK's Business Thought Leaders - 2010 (TLG Communications)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=168&amp;year=247</link>
      <description>TLG Index measures the influence of brands in Britain by asking key opinion formers to rank leading companies according to their "thought leadership" power.</description>
      <pubDate>29 Nov 2010 16:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=168&amp;year=247</guid>
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      <title>US Business Thought Leaders - 2010 (TLG Communications)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=169&amp;year=248</link>
      <description>TLG Index measures the influence of brands in the US by asking key opinion formers to rank leading companies according to their "thought leadership" power.</description>
      <pubDate>29 Nov 2010 16:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=169&amp;year=248</guid>
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      <title>Singapore's Top Ten Favourite Brands - 2010 (Superbrands)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=167&amp;year=245</link>
      <description>Brands ranked as Singapore consumer's most favorite brands according to the latest brand survey from Superbrands. Brands were ranked according to the greatest number of consumers identifying the brand as their favorite.</description>
      <pubDate>29 Nov 2010 09:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=167&amp;year=245</guid>
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      <title>Sales Satisfaction Index Ranking - 2010 (J.D. Power and Associates)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=91&amp;year=244</link>
      <description>The Sales Satisfaction Index Ranking 2010 is a study perfomed by J.D. Power and Associaties. The study is a comprehensive analysis of the new-vehicle purchase experience among luxury brands in satisfying buyers with the new-vehicle sales process.</description>
      <pubDate>23 Nov 2010 13:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=91&amp;year=244</guid>
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      <title>EURIB Top 100 of Indispensable Brands - 2010 (EURIB)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=76&amp;year=242</link>
      <description>EURIB performed a 2010 survey in which the central question is: What brands Dutch consumers would miss if they will be taken out of the market?</description>
      <pubDate>22 Nov 2010 09:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=76&amp;year=242</guid>
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      <title>DeBrand Top 100 German Brands - 2010 (MPP Consulting)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=165&amp;year=241</link>
      <description>MPP Consulting presents the top 100 most expensive German Brands, as well as their current market value, based on the performance of companies brand-owners, their market position and opportunities of companies and their brands. This ranking only includes brands that were created in Germany or for German goods (services).</description>
      <pubDate>15 Nov 2010 14:56:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=165&amp;year=241</guid>
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      <title>Dutch Most Customer Friendly Company Top 10 - 2010 (MarketResponse Nederland BV)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=164&amp;year=240</link>
      <description>A survey among 2500 consumers. Consumers where asked about how customer friendly they were treated by Dutch organizations.</description>
      <pubDate>09 Nov 2010 14:44:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=164&amp;year=240</guid>
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      <title>Top 20 most loved brands - 2010 (New Media Metrics)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=162&amp;year=237</link>
      <description>An annual ranking of brands by NewMediaMetrics based on consumers' emotional attachment to brands; in other words, what brands consumers love the most. NewMediaMetrics surveyed a representative sample of the U.S. population (3,500 people ages 13 through 54).</description>
      <pubDate>09 Nov 2010 13:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=162&amp;year=237</guid>
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      <title>Businesscar of the Year (NL) - 2010 (MT MediaGroep)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=163&amp;year=238</link>
      <description>Magazine Management Team asked Dutch business managers to mention THE business carbrand they desire the most to drive. This resulted in the Businesscar of the year ranking which was published in Management Team magazine.</description>
      <pubDate>08 Nov 2010 14:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=163&amp;year=238</guid>
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      <title>Top Social Network Stars - 2010 (Famecount)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=161&amp;year=236</link>
      <description>Ranking of the world's most popular consumer and media brands. The study examined the popularity of traditional and new-media brands across three channels (Facebook, Twitter and YouTube).</description>
      <pubDate>08 Nov 2010 14:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=161&amp;year=236</guid>
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      <title>ItalBrand Top 100 Italian Brands - 2010 (MPP Consulting)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=160&amp;year=235</link>
      <description>MPP Consulting presents the top 100 most expensive Italian Brands, as well as their current market value, based on the performance of companies brand-owners, their market position and opportunities of companies and their brands. This ranking only includes brands that were created in Italy or for Italian goods (services).</description>
      <pubDate>02 Nov 2010 10:13:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=160&amp;year=235</guid>
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      <title>Green Rankings US (100) - 2010 (Newsweek)</title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=81&amp;year=234</link>
      <description>Exclusive environmental ranking of America’s 500 largest corporations. Newsweek worked with leading environmental researchers KLD Research &amp; Analytics, Trucost, and CorporateRegister.com to rank the 500 largest U.S. companies 2010 based on their actual environmental performance, policies, and reputation. </description>
      <pubDate>26 Oct 2010 10:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=81&amp;year=234</guid>
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      <title>Green Ranking Global Top 100 - 2010 (Newsweek)</title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=159&amp;year=233</link>
      <description>The 2010 Green Global 100 ranking list includes the largest publicly traded companies based in developed and merging markets.</description>
      <pubDate>25 Oct 2010 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=159&amp;year=233</guid>
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      <title>Luxury Brands Ranked by Digital IQ Score - 2010 (L2 ThinkTank)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=66&amp;year=230</link>
      <description>This 2010 study establishes a metric that quantifies digital competence (“Digital IQ”) for many of the luxury industry’s iconic brands.</description>
      <pubDate>19 Oct 2010 11:56:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=66&amp;year=230</guid>
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      <title>Breakaway Brands - 2010 (Landor Associates)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=158&amp;year=228</link>
      <description>The Breakaway Brands survey, conducted by Landor Associates using Young &amp; Rubicam's BrandAsset Valuator database, identifying those brands that exhibited the greatest increases in Brand Strength. Growth in brand strength indicates how much the brand's raw strength score has risen over the past three years, expressed in percentage terms.</description>
      <pubDate>18 Oct 2010 14:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=158&amp;year=228</guid>
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      <title> Dutch Brand of the Year - 2010 (EFMI Business School - GfK Panel Services - FNLI)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=75&amp;year=226</link>
      <description>EFMI Business School and GfK Panel Services performed, in collaboration with FNLI (Dutch Federation of Food Industry), a major annual survey for the Brand Power of the (in terms of supermarket sales) largest food brands. The brand with the greatest mental ‘Brand Power’ is rewarded with the Brand of the Year Award 2010.</description>
      <pubDate>18 Oct 2010 14:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=75&amp;year=226</guid>
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      <title>Computable 100 - 2010 (Computable)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=92&amp;year=225</link>
      <description>The 100 most powerful IT companies in the Netherlands with the best image 2010.</description>
      <pubDate>11 Oct 2010 11:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=92&amp;year=225</guid>
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      <title>Top 20 CoolBrands - 2010 (CoolBrands)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=64&amp;year=223</link>
      <description>CoolBrands is an annual initiative to indentify and celebrate the UK's coolest Brands. Since 2001 opinions of experts and consumers have been used to produce this annual barometer 2010/11.</description>
      <pubDate>04 Oct 2010 14:38:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=64&amp;year=223</guid>
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      <title>  Top 50 Europe's Brand Corporations - 2010 (European Brand Institute - Vienna)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=23&amp;year=222</link>
      <description>Eurobrand provides a Ranking of Europe's 50 most valuable brand corporations. The study includes also non-listed companies which are of tremendous importance for Europe’s economy.</description>
      <pubDate>04 Oct 2010 13:28:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=23&amp;year=222</guid>
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      <title>Top 25 most valuable European Single Brands - 2010 (European Brand Institute - Vienna)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=22&amp;year=221</link>
      <description>Eurobrand provides a Ranking of Europe's 25 most valuable single brands. The study includes also non-listed companies which are of tremendous importance for Europe’s economy.</description>
      <pubDate>04 Oct 2010 13:28:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=22&amp;year=221</guid>
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      <title>The World's Top 50 Most Attractive Employers - 2010 (Universum)</title>
      <category>Human Resources</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=87&amp;year=220</link>
      <description>Universum, employer branding company, established the world's Top 50 most attractive employers. An index of employer attractiveness, companies that excel in talent attraction and retention. The ranking is based on the employer preferences of students at top academic institutions who have chosen their ideal companies to work for.</description>
      <pubDate>28 Sep 2010 14:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=87&amp;year=220</guid>
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      <title> Hotel Brand Ranking - 2010 (tophotelchains.com)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=157&amp;year=218</link>
      <description>The L2 Digital IQ Index: Specialty Retail, ranks the Digital IQ of prestige specialty retail brands on the basis of site and e-commerce strength, digital marketing and mobile capabilities, social media and search engine marketing and optimization.Ranking of the Largest Hotel Brands by Guest Rooms.
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      <pubDate>27 Sep 2010 14:57:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=157&amp;year=218</guid>
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      <title>Specialty Retail Ranked by Digital IQ Score - 2010 (L2 LuxuryLab) </title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=156&amp;year=217</link>
      <description>The L2 Digital IQ Index: Specialty Retail, ranks the Digital IQ of prestige specialty retail brands on the basis of site and e-commerce strength, digital marketing and mobile capabilities, social media and search engine marketing and optimization.</description>
      <pubDate>23 Sep 2010 08:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=156&amp;year=217</guid>
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      <title>Top 10 Greenest Car Brands - 2009 (JATO)</title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=77&amp;year=215</link>
      <description>Which car brand is the greenest in 2009! A research of the overall average CO2 emissions.</description>
      <pubDate>20 Sep 2010 10:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=77&amp;year=215</guid>
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      <title> Best Global Brands - 2010 (Interbrand)
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      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=37&amp;year=214</link>
      <description>Interbrands' annual ranking of the World's Most Valuable Brands.</description>
      <pubDate>16 Sep 2010 12:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=37&amp;year=214</guid>
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      <title> Fortune Global 500 (100) - 2010 (Fortune )</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=50&amp;year=213</link>
      <description>Annual ranking of the worlds largest cooperations. Companies are ranked by total revenues for their respective fiscal years.</description>
      <pubDate>06 Sep 2010 16:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=50&amp;year=213</guid>
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      <title>The Dutch Top 100 Corporate Brands - 2010 (Brand Competence)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=153&amp;year=212</link>
      <description>In cooperation with Amsterdam market research firm Motivaction, Brand Competence launches The Dutch Top 100 Corporate Brands ranking. This research profiles the most valuable Dutch corporate brands, in which is included the Product Brand Portfolio value and the value of the corporate brand itself.</description>
      <pubDate>31 Aug 2010 14:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=153&amp;year=212</guid>
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      <title>Social Media Monitor - 2010 (Social Embassy)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=122&amp;year=211</link>
      <description>This ranking shows a list of Dutch companies that are active using social networks and see the potential of embedding social networks into their brand strategy. These brands were active in several networks like Linkedin, Twitter, YouTube, Hyves and Facebook, for several purposes such as marketing, spreading news and customer service.</description>
      <pubDate>30 Aug 2010 11:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=122&amp;year=211</guid>
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      <title>Best Product Brands Germany - 2010 (Das Deutsche Markenranking)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=27&amp;year=210</link>
      <pubDate>30 Aug 2010 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=27&amp;year=210</guid>
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      <title>UK Most Valuable Brands - 2010 (Brand Finance)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=152&amp;year=207</link>
      <description>The Brand Finance ranking system examines the effect of the brand on the company’s bottom line in financial value. Brand Finance uses a combination of financial results and market analysis to produce a list of the 50 most valuable brands with British origins.</description>
      <pubDate>03 Aug 2010 13:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=152&amp;year=207</guid>
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      <title>  Dutch Strongest Brands Top 10 - 2010 (BrandAsset Consult)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=151&amp;year=206</link>
      <description>Consumers prefer brands above products. They choose strong brands with an unique value. Stronger brands are more profitable and therefore more attractive for companies. The annual Dutch Brand Asset Valuator is executed by Brand Asset Consult. The publication sets out the strongest brands in the Netherlands.</description>
      <pubDate>03 Aug 2010 10:16:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=151&amp;year=206</guid>
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      <title>Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout study - 2010 (J.D. Power and Associates)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=46&amp;year=204</link>
      <description>The APEAL Study of J.D. Power and Associates examines how gratifying a new vehicle is to own and drive, based on owner evaluations.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:26:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=46&amp;year=204</guid>
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      <title>Top 30 International Brands - 2010 (Drinks International Millionaires Supplement)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=36&amp;year=203</link>
      <description>Annual listing of the year-on-year sales performance of spirits brands worldwide with sales exceeding 1 million 9-litre cases. The definitive ranking of the world's biggest spirits brands.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=36&amp;year=203</guid>
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      <title>Best Brazilian Brands - 2010 (Interbrand)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=150&amp;year=201</link>
      <description>Interbrand presents Brazilian Best Brands by Value in the Best Brazilian Brands Ranking. The definitive guide to Brazilian most valuable brands.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=150&amp;year=201</guid>
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      <title>Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI) - 2010 (Pied Piper)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=40&amp;year=202</link>
      <description>Annual U.S. auto industry benchmarking study measures how each brand's dealerships treat car shoppers. The independent study sent over 3,000 hired anonymous "mystery shoppers" into auto dealerships nationwide, then used the patent-pending PSI process to compile the results into an accurate measurement of how each brand's dealerships treat car shoppers.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=40&amp;year=202</guid>
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      <title>Dutch Strongest Charity brands Top 10 - 2010 (Hendrik Beerda Brand Consultancy)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=140&amp;year=181</link>
      <description>This survey performed by Hendrik Beerda Brand Consultancy gives an impression of the most strongest Dutch charity brands. Charity organisations who focuse on health are appreciated the most and are also the best known brands amongst Dutch people. Having a quality mark hardly plays a role.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:28:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=140&amp;year=181</guid>
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      <title>Japan's Best Global Brands - 2010 (Interbrand)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=33&amp;year=198</link>
      <description>List of the most valuable brands according to Interbrand.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=33&amp;year=198</guid>
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      <title>Coolest Brands (14) - 2010 (MTV Networks)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=147&amp;year=195</link>
      <description>MTV Networks Belgium and InSites Consulting picked the Coolest Brands by conducting a survey among the Belgium youth.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=147&amp;year=195</guid>
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      <title>Dutch WCM-Suppliers competition top 10 - 2010 (ITcommercie)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=149&amp;year=197</link>
      <description>ITcommercie launched the Dutch WCM-Supplier competition top 10. ITcommercie conducted a competition-analysis amongst WCM suppliers. Almost eighty WCM suppliers were asked to mention other WCM suppliers which they see as a competitor for their own business.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=149&amp;year=197</guid>
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      <title>UK Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study - 2010 (J.D. Power and Associates)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=146&amp;year=194</link>
      <description>High-ranking brands 2010 consistently understand the most important needs of their customers in the UK and exceed their expectations. </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:43:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=146&amp;year=194</guid>
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      <title>France Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study - 2010 (J.D. Power and Associates)
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      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=145&amp;year=193</link>
      <description>High-ranking brands 2010 consistently understand the most important needs of their customers in France and exceed their expectations. </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:43:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=145&amp;year=193</guid>
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      <title>Germany Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study - 2010 (J.D. Power and Associates)
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      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=144&amp;year=190</link>
      <description>High-ranking brands 2010 consistently understand the most important needs of their customers in Germany and exceed their expectations. </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:43:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=144&amp;year=190</guid>
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      <title>Dutch Empathy Monitor - 2010 (Ruigrok NetPanel &amp; Fronteer Strategy)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=143&amp;year=188</link>
      <description>Fronteer Strategy and Ruigrok Netpanel have launched the Dutch Empathie Monitor. It ranks major Dutch brands on perceived empathy, attractiveness, innovativeness and approachability levels. Empathy is the awareness and understanding of other people's feelings and motives.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:43:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=143&amp;year=188</guid>
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      <title> 50 Best Large Workplaces in Europe - 2010 (Great Place to Work Institute)</title>
      <category>Human Resources</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=142&amp;year=186</link>
      <description>The list of the Best Workplaces in Europe is produced by the Great Place to Work Institute Europe. The list is based on national Best Workplaces studies carried out in Europe.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=142&amp;year=186</guid>
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      <title>The AMR Research Supply Chain Top 25 - 2010 (AMR Research)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=94&amp;year=183</link>
      <description>The AMR Research Supply Chain Top 25 is about leadership. Every year, AMR Research identifies the companies that best exemplify the demand-driven ideal for today's supply chain.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2010 12:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=94&amp;year=183</guid>
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      <title>  Japan Winter Tire Customer Satisfaction - 2010 (J.D. Power Asia Pacific)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=141&amp;year=182</link>
      <description>The study measures customer satisfaction with winter tires by examining five key factors. In order of importance, the factors are: tire performance on snow-covered road conditions, icy road conditions, regular road conditions, tire appearance and tire quality/durability.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:38:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=141&amp;year=182</guid>
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      <title>Canadian Manufacturer Web Site Evaluation Study - 2010 (J.D. Power and Associates)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=139&amp;year=180</link>
      <description>According to J.D. Power and Associates, Canadian new vehicle shoppers who are highly satisfied with their automotive manufacturer Web site experience are more likely to test drive a vehicle from that manufacturer's lineup.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:38:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=139&amp;year=180</guid>
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      <title>The NetProspex Social 50 - 2010 (NetProspex)</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=138&amp;year=179</link>
      <description>This ranking shows the social network usage of employees, and ranks the top 50 organizations according to overall activity.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=138&amp;year=179</guid>
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      <title>Best Canadian Brands - 2010 (Interbrand)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=137&amp;year=177</link>
      <description>Interbrand presents Canada's Best Brands by Value in the Best Canadian Brands Ranking.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 09:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=137&amp;year=177</guid>
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      <title>The Power 100 - 2010 (Intangible Business)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=136&amp;year=176</link>
      <description>The Power 100 is produced by Intangible Business. This ranking shows the World's Most Powerful Spirits &amp; Wine brands. Almost 10.000 brands in the spirits and wine sectors were researched.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2010 15:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=136&amp;year=176</guid>
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      <title> Global Reputation Pulse - U.S. Top 100 - 2010 (Reputation Institute)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=135&amp;year=175</link>
      <description>The Reputation Pulse measures the corporate reputations of the largest U.S. companies based on consumers' trust, esteem, admiration and good feeling about a company. It assigned each company a score--0 to 100--based on responses and then ranked them.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2010 16:22:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=135&amp;year=175</guid>
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      <title>  Top 10 Best Employer to Work for in Finance - 2010 (Financieel-Management)</title>
      <category>Human Resources</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=132&amp;year=170</link>
      <description>An annual survey that indicates financials find a new job and which companies are best to work for. With the knowledge from this research employers can be more responsive to employees. Financials will know what is going on among their peers.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2010 16:22:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=132&amp;year=170</guid>
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      <title>Brandz Top 100 Brand Ranking - 2010 (Millward Brown)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=6&amp;year=173</link>
      <description>Millward Brown's brand valuation analyses provide strong evidence of the importance of branding for business leaders. Brand is about reputation. A brand generates trust for a company, for its products, and for its services. The brands mentioned in the BrandZ top 100 list are the world's most trusted brands.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2010 16:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=6&amp;year=173</guid>
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      <title>Dutch Reputation Award - 2010 (Reputation Institute)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=133&amp;year=172</link>
      <description>So what factors shape the public's image of businesses? Which companies do consumers trust and admire? The Reputation Institute asked people about their perceptions Dutch companies' products and services. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=133&amp;year=172</guid>
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      <title>Top 25 Dutch Strongest Media Brands - 2010 (Interbrand)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=127&amp;year=162</link>
      <description>This ranking gives an impression of media brands Dutch consumers prefer the most. Research shows their is an unmistakable connection between brand and mediatype and the way the brands are accessible.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=127&amp;year=162</guid>
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      <title> Best Global Web Sites - 2010 (Byte Level Research)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=129&amp;year=164</link>
      <description>This ranking identifies the best global web sites with the best practices, emerging trends, and the hottest languages on the Internet.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=129&amp;year=164</guid>
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      <title> Dutch Most Brand Appeal Top 10 - 2010 (BR-ND Positioneringsgroep en MetrixLab)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=128&amp;year=163</link>
      <description>BR-ND Positioneringgroep and MetrixLab launched an investigation of the question why some brands are more attractive to people than other brands. This ranking shows the Dutch top 10 of brands with the most Brand Appeal.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=128&amp;year=163</guid>
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      <title>  Top 50 Lawyers - 2010 (KSU Uitgeverij)</title>
      <category>Human Resources</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=126&amp;year=161</link>
      <description>Annual ranking of law firms published in the “Legal Profession state report”, an annual publication of KSU Publishing. This ranking shows the change (increase/decrease) in number of layers per firm.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=126&amp;year=161</guid>
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      <title> European Trusted Brand study - 2010 (Reader's Digest)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=125&amp;year=159</link>
      <description>Which European brand is the most favorite and trusted by Dutch consumers.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=125&amp;year=159</guid>
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      <title> 27 Great Brands of Tomorrow - 2010 (Credit Suisse Research Institute) </title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=119&amp;year=155</link>
      <description>Research of Credit Suisse indicates that companies focused on brand building consistently generate outsized long-term growth, profitability and returns.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=119&amp;year=155</guid>
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      <title>The World's Most Innovative Companies - 2010 (Fast Company)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=115&amp;year=150</link>
      <description>Ranking of companies which illustrates the power and potential of innovative ideas and creative execution. These businesses provide creativity at work in the global marketplace. </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=115&amp;year=150</guid>
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      <title>Customer Service Index Ranking Luxury Brands - 2010 (J.D. Power and Associates)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=117&amp;year=152</link>
      <description>Satisfaction ranking among vehicle owners who visit a service department for maintenance or repair work. Five measures are examined to determine overall customer satisfaction with dealer service: service quality, service initiation, service advisor, service facility and vehicle pick-up. (PDF available).</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=117&amp;year=152</guid>
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      <title>Customer Service Index Ranking Mass Market Brands - 2010 (J.D. Power and Associates)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=116&amp;year=151</link>
      <description>Satisfaction ranking among vehicle owners who visit a service department for maintenance or repair work. Five measures are examined to determine overall customer satisfaction with dealer service: service quality, service initiation, service advisor, service facility and vehicle pick-up (PDF available).</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=116&amp;year=151</guid>
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      <title>The Most Valuable U.S. Retail Brands - 2010 (Interbrand Design Forum)
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      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=82&amp;year=149</link>
      <description>A strong brand ensures relationships that create future earnings by growing customer preference and loyalty. The 2010 ranking sends a clear message: The rules of success have changed. Brand has arrived at retail.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=82&amp;year=149</guid>
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      <title>Dutch Brand Top 100 - 2009 (IRI Nederland)
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      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=114&amp;year=147</link>
      <description>IRI 's annual ranking of the Dutch Brand Top 100 shows the revenu of the Dutch biggest brands in the Dutch supermarkets.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:29:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=114&amp;year=147</guid>
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      <title> Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Leaders - 2009 (Brand Keys)</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=111&amp;year=146</link>
      <description>The UK's strongest B2B brands were selected by the Business Superbrands Council and thousands of individual business professionals on the YouGov panel. Both 2008 and 2009 have been added to RankingTheBrands.com</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=111&amp;year=146</guid>
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      <title>Business Superbrands Official Top 500 (100)  - 2010 (The Centre for Brand Analysis)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=57&amp;year=144</link>
      <description>The UK's strongest B2B brands 2010 were selected by the Business Superbrands Council and thousands of individual business professionals on the YouGov panel.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=57&amp;year=144</guid>
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      <title>Consumer Superbrands Official Top 500 (100) - 2010 (The Centre for Brand Analysis)


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      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=68&amp;year=80</link>
      <description>The brands are voted by a nationally representative sample of more than 2,100 British consumers aged 18 and above.
</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=68&amp;year=80</guid>
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      <title>BrandFinance Global Banking 500 (100) - 2010 (Brand Finance)
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      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=84&amp;year=142</link>
      <description>Annual report of the world's most valuable Banking brands.
</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=84&amp;year=142</guid>
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      <title>BrandFinance Global 500 (100) - 2010 (Brand Finance)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=83&amp;year=141</link>
      <description>Annual report of the world's most valuable brands.
</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=83&amp;year=141</guid>
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      <title>European Passion Study 2010 by Panelteam</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=108&amp;year=139</link>
      <description>This ranking was conducted among 10.000 Europeans by the European online research agency Panelteam. This ranking shows the top 5 brands that Europeans are most passionate about.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=108&amp;year=139</guid>
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      <title>Dutch Top 135 Best Employers</title>
      <category>Human Resources</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=104&amp;year=136</link>
      <description>This ranking presents the emloyee satisfaction at the largest organisations in the Netherlands.  </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=104&amp;year=136</guid>
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      <title>Global Top 20 Media Value Ranking 2009</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=105&amp;year=137</link>
      <description>General Sentiment has released a report that calculates the dollar value of the "buzz", content and conversation taking place online. </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=105&amp;year=137</guid>
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      <title>100 Best Companies to Work For (2010 en 2009) by Fortune</title>
      <category>Human Resources</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=100&amp;year=131</link>
      <description>Fortune picked the best 100 companies by conducting an extensive employee survey in corporate America. </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=100&amp;year=131</guid>
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      <title>Dutch Top 100 Best Brand Awareness by Je Zuster</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=103&amp;year=135</link>
      <description>This ranking gives an impression of the brandawareness of Dutch people. Over one hundred of Dutch men and women, in different ages, were asked to mention the brands they like or use the most. Almost 300 brands were mentioned, Je Zuster made a top 100 of the best brands. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:23:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=103&amp;year=135</guid>
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      <title>The 15 Most Hated Companies In America by 24/7 Wall St.</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=102&amp;year=133</link>
      <description>Customers, employees, shareholders and taxpayers hate large corporations for many reasons. 24/7 Wall St. has looked at many of these issues to choose the 15 most hated companies in America.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=102&amp;year=133</guid>
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      <title>Top 20 Dutch Customer Performance Index</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=101&amp;year=132</link>
      <description>The Customer Insights Center of the University of Groningen, MIcompany and MetrixLab have developed an index to measure the customer service of the 80 largest Dutch service suppliers.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=101&amp;year=132</guid>
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      <title>Consumer Superbrands Official Top 500 </title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=68&amp;year=80</link>
      <description>According to the consumers and Expert Council the judged and voted brands in this ranking are deemed to be Superbrands.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=68&amp;year=80</guid>
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      <title>The Coolest Brands 2009 by Allegro234</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=42&amp;year=130</link>
      <description>With the participation of more than 1,400 people during the months of December 2009, Allegro 234 conducted the "Coolest &amp; Gaps Branding Survey". This survey is the first in which the question about the coolest brand has been opened without a predetermined list [spontaneous, not induced].</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=42&amp;year=130</guid>
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      <title>Automobile Brands Ranked by Digital IQ Score 2009 by L2 LuxuryLab</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=99&amp;year=129</link>
      <description>his study attempts to quantify the U.S. digital competence of the world's top 44 automobile brands and rank them by Digital IQ. </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:07:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=99&amp;year=129</guid>
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      <title>Business Superbrands Official Top 500 (100) 2009 (2008 is also added)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=57&amp;year=79</link>
      <description>The UK's strongest B2B brands 2009 were selected by the Business Superbrands Council and thousands of individual business professionals on the YouGov panel.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=57&amp;year=79</guid>
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      <title>Guide to Greener Electronics Ranking - 2009 by Green Peace</title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=98&amp;year=127</link>
      <description>Who will be first to go green? The Guide to Greener Electronics ranks leading mobile and PC manufacturers on their global policies and practice on eliminating harmful chemicals and on taking responsibility for their products once they are discarded by consumers.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=98&amp;year=127</guid>
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      <title>The Vitrue 100 - Top Social Brands 2009</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=38&amp;year=126</link>
      <description>The Vitrue 100 is the result of Vitrue's daily analysis of over 2.000 popular brands on the social web.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=38&amp;year=126</guid>
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      <title>Social Radar Top 50 Social Brands</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=97&amp;year=125</link>
      <description>This ranking measures the brands with the most active Web presence based on overall online conversation volume.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=97&amp;year=125</guid>
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      <title>The AMR Research Supply Chain Top 25</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=94&amp;year=120</link>
      <description>The AMR Research Supply Chain Top 25 is about leadership.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=94&amp;year=120</guid>
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      <title>Bovag - RAI Dutch Car sales 2009 (2008 is also added)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=96&amp;year=122</link>
      <description>Annual ranking of the Dutch top 50 car sales</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=96&amp;year=122</guid>
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      <title>Computable 100 2009</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=92&amp;year=118</link>
      <description>The 100 most powerful IT companies in the Netherlands with the best image.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=92&amp;year=118</guid>
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      <title>Sales Satisfaction Index Ranking 2009 by J.D. Power</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=91&amp;year=116</link>
      <description>The Sales Satisfaction Index Ranking is a study perfomed by J.D. Power and Associaties. The study is a comprehensive analysis of the new-vehicle purchase experience among luxury brands in satisfying buyers with the new-vehicle sales process.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=91&amp;year=116</guid>
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      <title>Davis Brand Capital 25 for 2009</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=90&amp;year=115</link>
      <description>The Davis Brand Capital 25 is an annual ranking, which evaluates brand beyond its traditional marketing function and considers it as an amalgam of intangibles creating value in the intellectual ecomomy.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 14:56:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=90&amp;year=115</guid>
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      <title>Top 10 brands on Facebook by The Big Money</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=89&amp;year=114</link>
      <description>The Big Money ranks brands that are currently making the best use of Facebook. </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=89&amp;year=114</guid>
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      <title>25 Top companies for leaders 2009 by Fortune Magazine</title>
      <category>Human Resources</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=88&amp;year=113</link>
      <description>Fortune teamed with human resources consultants Hewitt Associates and the RBL Group and find out which companies develope strong leaders.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:31:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=88&amp;year=113</guid>
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      <title>Top Taiwan Global Brands 2009 by Interbrand </title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=86&amp;year=110</link>
      <description>The Top Taiwan Global Brands continues to put an emphases on brand performance. The ranking provides brand values that are measures of economic performance, stating what the brand is worth overall and among competitors.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=86&amp;year=110</guid>
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      <title>The World's Top 50 Most Attractive Employers for 2009 by Universum</title>
      <category>Human Resources</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=87&amp;year=112</link>
      <description>Universum, employer branding company, established the world's Top 50 most attractive employers. An index of employer attractiveness, companies that excel in talent attraction and retention.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=87&amp;year=112</guid>
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      <title>EURIB Top 100 of Indispensable Brands for 2009</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=76&amp;year=111</link>
      <description>EURIB performed a 2009 survey in which the central question is: What brands Dutch consumers would miss if they will be taken out of the market?</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:05:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=76&amp;year=111</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>100-top CoreBrand Brand Power Ranking 2008 (2007 is also listed)</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=85&amp;year=108</link>
      <description>CoreBrand tracks over 1.200 of the world’s best corporate brands and maintain the largest continuous brand benchmark tracking system.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=85&amp;year=108</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>BrandFinance Global Banking 500 (100)</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=84&amp;year=106</link>
      <description>2009 report of the most valuable global banking brands. </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:24:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=84&amp;year=106</guid>
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      <title>Franchise 500 Rankings (1-100) by Entrepreneur 2009</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=80&amp;year=101</link>
      <description>To be eligible for the Franchise 500 ranking, a franchise company must have a minimum of 10 units with at least one being a U.S.-based franchise. </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=80&amp;year=101</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>BrandFinance Global 500 (1-100) 2009</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=83&amp;year=104</link>
      <description>Annual report on the world's most valuable brands.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=83&amp;year=104</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>The Most Valuable U.S. Retail Brands by Interbrand Design Forum</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=82&amp;year=103</link>
      <description>A strong brand ensures relationships that create future earnings by growing customer preference and loyalty. The ranking sends a clear message: The rules of success have changed. Brand has arrived at retail.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=82&amp;year=103</guid>
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      <title>Newsweek Green Rankings (100) 2009</title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=81&amp;year=102</link>
      <description>Exclusive environmental ranking of America’s 500 largest corporations. Newsweek worked with leading environmental researchers KLD Research &amp; Analytics, Trucost, and CorporateRegister.com to rank the 500 largest U.S. companies based on their actual environmental performance, policies, and reputation.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=81&amp;year=102</guid>
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      <title>Top 50 Europe's Brand Corporations by Eurobrand</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=23&amp;year=100</link>
      <description>Eurobrand provides a Ranking of Europe's 50 most valuable brand corporations. The study includes also non-public listed companies which are of tremendous importance for Europe’s economy.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:34:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=23&amp;year=100</guid>
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      <title>Top 25 most valuable European Single Brands by Eurobrand</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=22&amp;year=97</link>
      <description>Eurobrand provides a Ranking of Europe's 25 most valuable single brands. The study includes also non-public listed companies which are of tremendous importance for Europe’s economy.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:34:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=22&amp;year=97</guid>
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      <title>The Dutch Top 50 League of Corporate Brands by Brand Finance</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=79&amp;year=96</link>
      <description>The purpose of this ranking is to identify the most valuable and hardest working Dutch brand portfolios. It is also to estimate the value of those portfolios that can be attributed to corporate brands in the Netherlands.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:34:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=79&amp;year=96</guid>
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      <title>Top 10 Greenest Car Brands 2008 by JATO</title>
      <category>Brand Sustainability</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=77&amp;year=94</link>
      <description>Which car brand is the greenest! A research of the overall average CO2 emissions. </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 014:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=77&amp;year=94</guid>
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      <title>Cool Brands, the Guru book 2009, 2008 and 2007 by CoolBrandsHouse</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=74&amp;year=93</link>
      <description>Coolbrands, the Guru Book and online platform with the most exceptional brands. The cool criteria include being desirable, authentic, innovative, rebellious, and having fans. </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 012:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=74&amp;year=93</guid>
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    <item>
      <title>EURIB Top 100 of Indispensable Brands 2008</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=76&amp;year=92</link>
      <description>EURIB performed a recent survey in which the central question is: What brands Dutch consumers would miss if they will be taken out of the market?</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=76&amp;year=92</guid>
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      <title>Dutch Retail Top 10 Brands of the Year 2009 (2008 is also added today)</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=75&amp;year=89</link>
      <description>EFMI Business School and GfK Panel Services performed, in collaboration with FNLI (Dutch Federation of Food Industry), a major annual survey for the Brand Power of the (in terms of supermarket sales) largest food brands. The brand with the greatest mental ‘Brand Power’ is rewarded with the Brand of the Year Award 2009.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=75&amp;year=89</guid>
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      <title>The 12 Coolest Webshops 2009 by Jungle Minds</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=71&amp;year=84</link>
      <description>Internet consulting Jungle Minds publishes the Finest Fifty e-commerce book together with the top 12 finest web shops. The authors of the book expose the secrets of successful websites and describe new trends in online marketing, personalization, social networking and mobile commerce. </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=71&amp;year=84</guid>
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      <title>The World's Best Companies by Business Week</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=72&amp;year=85</link>
      <description>A commitment to innovation, diversified portfolios, aggressive expansion, strong leadership, and a clear vision for the future-these are some of the strategies employed by the best companies to get to the top of the World's Best Companies/Global Top 40 list compiled for BusinessWeek by management consulting firm A.T. Kearney.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=72&amp;year=85</guid>
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      <title>Covalence Ethical Ranking by Covalence Health Care</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=69&amp;year=81</link>
      <description>Covalence Ethical Ranking for companies in the Health Care sector. The ranking combines the EthicalQuote (measure of popularity) and the scores calculated in each criteria group (measure of diversified performance).</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=69&amp;year=81</guid>
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      <title>America's 10 Greenest Brands</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=67&amp;year=78</link>
      <description>What are the "greenest" brands in the U.S.?</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=67&amp;year=78</guid>
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      <title>The Digital IQ Index</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=66&amp;year=77</link>
      <description>This 2009 study establishes a metric that quantifies digital competence (“Digital IQ”) for many of the luxury industry’s iconic brands. </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:07:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=66&amp;year=77</guid>
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      <title>Top 20 CoolBrands by Coolbrands.co.uk</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=64&amp;year=74</link>
      <description>CoolBrands is an annual initiative to indentify and celebrate the UK's coolest Brands. Since 2001 opinions of experts and consumers have been used to produce this annual barometer 2009/10.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:07:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=64&amp;year=74</guid>
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      <title>Best Global Brands - 2009 by Interbrand</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=37&amp;year=72</link>
      <description>Interbrand's annual list of the world's top brands for the year 2009</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=37&amp;year=72</guid>
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      <title>Business Week 50 Best Performers</title>
      <category>Brand Performance</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=58&amp;year=62</link>
      <description>Annual list of the 50 best corporate performers. To arrive at the BusinessWeek 50, data screens are run on all of the companies in the Standard &amp; Poor’s 500-stock index. Focusing on sales growth rate and return on invested capital.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 14:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=58&amp;year=62</guid>
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      <title>Top 25 Best Employers in The Netherlands </title>
      <category>Human Resources</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=56&amp;year=61</link>
      <description>Top 25 Best Employers in The Netherlands according to Effectory and VKBanen</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:27:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=56&amp;year=61</guid>
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      <title>The Vitrue - Top 25 Social Restaurants</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=59&amp;year=63</link>
      <description>Top 25 Restaurants that are involved with their guests on social networks, according to marketing firm Vitrue.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=59&amp;year=63</guid>
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      <title>The Vitrue 100 - Top Social Brands by Virtue</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=38&amp;year=40</link>
      <description>The Vitrue 100 is the result of Vitrue’s daily analysis of over 2,000 popular brands.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=38&amp;year=40</guid>
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      <title>Fortune Global 500 (first 100) by Fortune Magazine</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=50&amp;year=57</link>
      <description>Fortune magazine's list of the Top 500 Global Brands</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=50&amp;year=57</guid>
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      <title>Top 50 money losing firms by Fortune Magazine</title>
      <category>Business Brands</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=48&amp;year=55</link>
      <description>Fortune magazine's list of the Top 50 money losing firms</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=48&amp;year=55</guid>
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      <title>Top 10 brands with the most Hyves fans</title>
      <category>Social Media</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=47&amp;year=54</link>
      <description>The list of brands with the most Hyves fans</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=47&amp;year=54</guid>
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      <title>The Drinks International Millionaires list by Drinks International</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=36&amp;year=51</link>
      <description>Annual listing of the year-on-year sales performance of spirits brands worldwide with sales exceeding 1 million 9-litre cases</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=36&amp;year=51</guid>
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      <title>Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout study by J.D. Power</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=46&amp;year=47</link>
      <description>Appeal study which measures customer satisfaction with the performance and design of a vehicle by J.D. Power</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:13:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=46&amp;year=47</guid>
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      <title>Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI) 2008 by Pied Piper</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=40&amp;year=45</link>
      <description>Ranking about how car dealers treat shoppers in the US for the year 2008</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2009 10:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=40&amp;year=45</guid>
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      <title>The Coolest Brands 2008 by Allegro234</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=42&amp;year=44</link>
      <description>The Coolest Global Brands by Allegro234</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:34:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=42&amp;year=44</guid>
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      <title>UK's most admired Brands by HPI Research</title>
      <category>Brand Popularity</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=41&amp;year=43</link>
      <description>UK's most admired brands 2007</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:32:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=41&amp;year=43</guid>
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      <title>Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI) 2009 by Pied Piper</title>
      <category>Customer Satisfaction</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=40&amp;year=42</link>
      <description>Ranking about how car dealers treat shoppers in the US for the year 2009</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=40&amp;year=42</guid>
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      <title>Marketing's top 100 Advertisers 2009 by Nielsen Media Research</title>
      <category>Advertising</category>
      <link>http://rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=39&amp;year=41</link>
      <description>Annual advertising spending figures in the UK for the year 2009</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=39&amp;year=41</guid>
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      <title>Brandz top 100 Brand Ranking - 2007 by Millward Brown</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=6&amp;year=39</link>
      <description>Millward Brown's annual list of the world's top brands for the year 2007</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=6&amp;year=39</guid>
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      <title>Best Global Brands - 2008 by Interbrand</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=37&amp;year=38</link>
      <description>Interbrand's annual list of the world's top brands for the year 2008</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=37&amp;year=38</guid>
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      <title>Best Global Brands - 2007 by Interbrand</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=37&amp;year=37</link>
      <description>Interbrand's annual list of the world's top brands for the year 2007</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=37&amp;year=37</guid>
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      <title>Japan's best global brands by Interbrand</title>
      <category>Brand Value</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=33</link>
      <description>List of the most valuable brands according to Interbrand</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=33&amp;nav=category</guid>
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      <title>Most Accesible Brands - Ruigrok/NetPanel</title>
      <category>Business Brands</category>
      <link>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=32</link>
      <description>List of the most accessible brands according to Dutch consumers</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:03:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=32</guid>
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