How Brands Grow: What Marketers Don't Know (Hardback)

An excellent, and detailed discussion of the true factors of Brand growth. Highly recommended for any class on Brand Marketing or Brand Management. - Philip Sugai, Professor of Marketing, Doshisha University

More than anything else, however, I'm just plain envious. It's a book I wish I had the intelligence to write... Reading Sharp's critique of the cult of differentiation made me smile. And I laughed out loud at his characterisation of supposedly committed consumers as "uncaring cognitive misers". - Marketing Week

...marketers need to move beyond the psycho-babble and read this book... or be left hopelessly behind. - Joseph Tripodi, The Coca-Cola Company

Until every marketer applies these learnings, there will be a competitive advantage for those who do. - Mitch Barnes, The Nielsen Company.

A scientific journey that reveals and explains with great rigour the Laws of Growth. - Bruce McColl Mars Incorporated

This book puts marketing's myth-makers, of which there are many, in their proper place. - Thomas Bayne, MountainView Learning

A truly thought-provoking book. - Timothy Keiningham, IPSOS Loyalty

The evidence in this book should make any marketer think hard about how they manage their brands. - Kevin Brennan, General Manager Snacks and Marketing Director, Kellogg UK

This book should be required reading on any marketing course. - Colin McDonald, the 'father' of Single-Source analysis and author of Tracking Advertising & Monitoring Brands

There is competitive advantage here for those who understand and follow this book's lessons. - Jack Wakshlag, Chief Research Officer, Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc.