Dec 29, 2006

Forbes Top 20 Brands Rankwise

1 Apple : Over 400 million songs have been purchased at the iTunes store.

2 BlackBerry: Users average a 53-minute-a-day productivity gain, says Research in Motion.

3 Google: World's largest search engine sorts through 8 billion Web pages.

4 Amazon.com: New service lets users pay $79 annually for unlimited shipping.

5 Yahoo: New online music subscription service gives access to 1 million songs.

6 Ebay: 150 million users are registered at the online auction site.

7 Red Bull: Sponsors extreme-sports athletes and parties on college campuses.

8 Starbucks: Opened four stores a day on average in 2004.

9 Pixar: The Incredibles is the bestselling DVD of 2005 to date.

10 Coach: Business in Japan now accounts for 22% of company sales.

11 Whole Foods: Stores generate $800 per square foot annually, twice the industry norm.

12 EA Sports/Games: Product franchises have reached 1 million unit sales worldwide.

13 MTV: Network's 100th channel broadcasts to 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

14 Samsung: Employs more than 24,000 researchers at 17 R&D centers worldwide.

15 Victoria's Secret: Catalog and online sales generated $1.1 billion in revenue in 2004.

16 Nike: Future endorsement contract obligations total $1.7 billion.

17 Toyota: Camry was the bestselling passenger vehicle in U.S. seven of past eight years.

18 Formula One: Budgets for this sport's top teams exceed $250 million a year.

19 ESPN: Has more than 5,000 hours of original programming a year.

20 Harley-Davidson: Company's 100-year-anniversary events in 2003 drew 1 million people.

Sources: Vivaldi Partners (Jeffrey Parkhurst, David Ferreira, Andre Kursancew); Forbes.