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  • noun An extremely popular brand

Etymologies

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mega- +‎ brand

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Examples

  • And then their highest compliment: "Mr Obama somehow managed to be both Coke and Honest Tea, both the megabrand with the global awareness and distribution network and the dark-horse, upstart niche player."

    Naomi Klein: How Corporate Branding Is Taking Over America 2010

  • Virgin, the megabrand he created 39 years ago includes more than 200 companies, a $17 billion empire.

    CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2009 2009

  • But even against the microbrews and the new-agey drinks, we managed to build Bud Light into a megabrand.

    This Bud's For Sale 2008

  • The video is part of a provocative but risky strategy by PepsiCo to give an aging megabrand new life among the YouTube and MySpace generation.

    Super Bowl Is Crunch Time 2008

  • One ad executive I read said that Obama has spent enough to be a megabrand, and that most companies have spent far less on ads than, you know, his 200 -- reported $250 million in the past four months.

    CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2008 2008

  • On July 28, Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire owner of the megabrand Virgin, and aerospace engineer Burt Rutan revealed a spacecraft carrier called the WhiteKnightTwo.

    Is Space Tourism Really on the Horizon? 2008

  • A journalistic megabrand, the Journal tries to make sense of what's going on in the financial world, then presents its findings in what I consider a highly professional, generally disinterested manner.

    It's Not All About Money 2007

  • "The megabrand-logo status thing has passed," says Peter Som, who does edgy variations on classic clothes.

    The Future? It's All Sewn Up. 2007

  • And let's not forget Swedish megabrand Hennes & Mauritz, whose collections from Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney and, coming this fall, Dutch eccentrics Victor & Rolf, are highly coveted by fashion insiders and trendy teens alike.

    Frugal Fashion 2006

  • Cingular, a megabrand since its inception in 2000, will vanish later this year as the service becomes part of a revived AT&T megabrand.

    Lists & Rankings: Advertising Age’s Ranking of the Top 200 Megabrands for 2005 « ResourceShelf 2006

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