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Brands 2021
A study of consumer passions and brand devotion
Most Loved Brands 2021 - A study of consumer passions and brand devotion - Savanta
Contents   Introduction
                 The importance of brand love
                 Most loved brands 2021 rankings
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                The league table in full                                      06
                 No. 1 – 100                                                  07

                Insights and analysis                                         10
                 The changing shifts in media                                  11
                 The power of nostalgia                                       13
                 Love in a cashless world                                     14
                 Our emotional connection to chocolate                        15
                 Healing hearts with personalisation and pain point removal   16
                 Young love in a complex world                                17
                 Fostering meaningful brand relationships                     19

                Context is everything...                                      21
                 Male top 10                                                  22
                 Female top 10                                                23
                 16-24 top 10                                                 24
                 25-34 top 10                                                 25
                 35-49 top 10                                                 26
                 50-59 top 10                                                 27
                 60+ top 10                                                   28
                 London top 10                                                29
                 North top 10                                                 30
                 Midlands, East & Wales top 10                                31
                 South top 10                                                 32
                 Scotland & Northern Ireland top 10                           33

                Top category performers                                       34

                How Savanta can help you                                      80
                 Leveraging the full power of BrandVue                        81

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Introduction
     The importance of brand love      04
     Most loved brands 2021 rankings   05

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Introduction

      The importance
      of brand love                             Welcome to Savanta's Most Loved Brands report – a recognition
                                                and celebration of the most emotively connected brands in 2021.

                                                We've canvassed more than 150,000 UK adults, asking them about
                                                more than 2,000 brands. We've used the results to bring together a list
                                                of the top 100 brands they love, with the winners across key industries.

                                                The calm within a crisis can often        Those that stir deep-rooted
                                                be a place that provokes real change.     emotional connections have been
                                                For many, the pandemic has been           more able to command loyalty,
                                                a chance to step back, reassess           advocacy and unashamedly, sales.
                                                what’s important and prioritise the       As we tracked brand engagement
                                                things that only add real value to        through our BrandVue platform,
                                                our everyday lives. For brands, it’s      it’s clear that as in life, the rules
                                                been a moment in time when they’ve        of love are complex and at times,
                                                discovered what regard the nation         unaccountable. But there, the
                                                holds them in – whether they’re           similarities between human
                                                merely tolerated, liked… or loved.        and brand love end: brand love
                                                Looking at our list of the top 100        is rarely altruistic, it’s rational,
                                                of the most loved brands in the UK,       often transactional, and very
                                                it’s apparent that in the midst of the    much about the benefits.
                                                crisis, loved brands provided emotional
     “Loved brands were brave in their          reassurance, nostalgia, togetherness
                                                                                          Across categories and age
                                                                                          groups, key trends from our data

      approach, made us laugh when the
                                                when we were apart, distraction from      emerged, which are vital for all
                                                the realities of the pandemic and the     brands looking to drive deeper,
      world appeared too serious, excited       promise of a better post-Covid world.
                                                They were brave in their approach,
                                                                                          more meaningful relationships
                                                                                          with consumers. As you’ll see on
      us when the days felt mundane, and        made us laugh when the world              the following pages, a deeper dive
                                                appeared too serious, excited us          into the UK’s Top 100 Most Loved
      galvanised us to do better… be better.”   when the days felt mundane and            Brands 2021 showed that even
                                                galvanised us to do better… be better.    through crisis, brand love endured.

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      Most loved brands
      2021 rankings
      In our Changing Shifts in Media             has fundamentally altered our TV-          The Oscar-winning documentary                  By benchmarking these brand love scores
      chapter, we point out that the cross-       watching appetite and desire forever.      My Octopus Teacher reminds us how              today, it will be fascinating to see how
      generational love for Netflix is due in     For the best part of two decades,          important it is to remain connected with       this love story unfolds in the year ahead.
      part from behavioural and societal          TV programming has appealed only           nature without feeling like we’re being        Will travel and high street retail brands
      factors, including a year when everyone     to the average viewer. Reality shows       preached to about climate change.              be able to woo back consumer hearts?
      was stuck at home looking for things to     have dominated our viewing habits          The Queen’s Gambit – a series about a          Will those brands that have enjoyed
      watch, plus the rise of the connected TV,   and what was considered brave and          fictional female chess prodigy – resulted      a captive audience of stay-at-home
      which has made streaming considerably       disruptive television at the turn          in 100,000 new sign-ups to the Chess.          consumers be able to compete with
      more accessible across all age groups.      of the millennium is now dated             com website in a single day.                   going-out experiences?
      This only tells half the story.             and mundane.                               There has been nothing average about           Savanta’s BrandVue is here to stay
      Netflix’s original series programming       Netflix signals the return of the brave.   Netflix’s original programming during the      the course, tracking thousands of
                                                                                             past 18 months. Love for these unique          daily consumer behaviours and brand
                                                                                             moments of escapism has deservedly             interactions each month. Clients can see
          Ranking                                   Brand
                                                                                             translated into love for the platform across   how their customers’ perceptions and
               1                                                Netflix
                                                                                             the whole spectrum of age and gender.          behaviours change over time and use
                                                                                             Elsewhere, convenience, simplicity,            actionable data and insight to develop
               2                                                Amazon                       humour and empathy are all words that          long-lasting strategies.
                                                                                             connect our Most Loved Brands Top 10,
               3                                                Cadbury
                                                                                             as consumers look for reassurance and
               4                                                Walkers                      reliability from leading legacy brands
                                                                                             even as we embrace accelerated
               5                                                Coca Cola                    change within disrupted lives.
               6                                                Samsung

               7                                                Apple

               8                                                YouTube

               9                                                Google

               10                                               Lindt
                                                                                             Find the full Top 100 table on page 07

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The league
    table in full
     No. 1 – 100    07

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The league table in full

      No. 1 – 100                                                                                         Ranking

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                                                                                                                    Brand

                                                                                                                              Nike
                                                                                                                                                  Category

                                                                                                                                                Sports apparel

           Ranking                          Brand                                 Category                  12              Maltesers            Confectionary

                                                                                                            13              Magnum               Confectionary
                1                                      Netflix                       Media
                                                                                                            14               Baileys                Alcohol

                2                                     Amazon                     E-commerce                 15               PayPal            Payment platform

                                                                                                            16                 Aldi              Supermarket
                3                                     Cadbury                    Confectionary

                                                                                                            17      Macmillan Cancer Support        Charity

                4                                      Walkers                Crisps and snacks
                                                                                                            18              Robinsons            Non-alcoholic

                5                                    Coca Cola                   Non-alcoholic              19               Galaxy              Confectionary

                                                                                                            20         M&S Simply Food           Supermarket
                6                                     Samsung                        Tech
                                                                                                            21        Cancer Research UK            Charity

                7                                       Apple                        Tech                   22          Moët & Chandon              Alcohol

                                                                                                            23                Tesco              Supermarket
                8                                     YouTube                        Media
                                                                                                            24               Pringles          Crisps and snacks

                9                                      Google                        Tech                   25               Adidas             Sports apparel

                                                                                                            26              Tropicana            Non-alcoholic
               10                                       Lindt                    Confectionary

                                                                                                            27                M&S                Supermarket

      Our methodology                                                                                       28                Heinz             General FMCG
      We capture people’s love for brands through BrandVue, our continuous brand tracking study.
      Brand love is calculated as the percentage of people stating that they 'love' a brand, based on       29                Evian              Non-alcoholic
      the question: ‘How would you describe your opinion of the following brands?’.The table of our top
      100 brands is created by ranking the organisation by their brand love. This data was drawn from       30      Universal Orlando Resort   Leisure attraction
      a snapshot of 150k consumers on BrandVue, which conducts 1 million+ interviews per year.

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           Ranking         Brand                       Category             Ranking   Brand                         Category

               31                     IKEA         DIY, home & garden         56                 eBay              E-commerce

               32                  PlayStation           Gaming               57                 Dove              Personal care

               33                  WhatsApp           Social media            58                 B&M            DIY, home & garden

               34                   innocent         Non-alcoholic            59           Range Rover              Automotive

               35                     Fairy         Household goods           60              Schweppes            Non-alcoholic

               36              Cathedral City        General FMCG             61                 Lidl              Supermarket

               37              Aston Martin            Automotive             62                Disney                 Media

               38                    Flake           Confectionary            63                 Asda              Supermarket

               39               Kopparberg               Alcohol              64               McVitie’s           Confectionary

               40                    Boots       Health & beauty retailer     65           Jaffa Cakes             Confectionary

               41                     J2O            Non-alcoholic            66              John Lewis         Department store

               42                    Spotify        Radio and music           67                Ribena             Non-alcoholic

               43                  Dogs Trust            Charity              68         Highland Spring           Non-alcoholic

               44              Ben & Jerry’s         Confectionary            69           McDonald’s         Quick Service Restaurant

               45             Ferrero Rocher         Confectionary            70       BBC Children in Need           Charity

               46               Rolls-Royce            Automotive             71                Andrex           Household goods

               47                    Rolex           Personal luxury          72                 Sony                  Tech

               48                   Bentley            Automotive             73              Rekorderlig             Alcohol

               49           Amazon Prime Video           Media                74               Disney+                 Media

               50                    Fanta           Non-alcoholic            75               Porsche              Automotive

               51              San Pellegrino        Non-alcoholic            76                Sprite             Non-alcoholic

               52             Home Bargains        DIY, home & garden         77                Volvic             Non-alcoholic

               53                  Fever Tree        Non-alcoholic            78              Toblerone            Confectionary

               54              Lamborghini             Automotive             79              Instagram            Social media

               55                    Pepsi           Non-alcoholic            80           Grey Goose                 Alcohol

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           Ranking         Brand                    Category

                81                  Kellogg’s     General FMCG

                82                 Lucozade       Non-alcoholic

                83                  Smirnoff         Alcohol

                84                   KitKat       Confectionary

                85                 Microsoft           Tech

                86            Laurent Perrier        Alcohol

                87                   Kinder       Confectionary

                88                 Sainsbury’s     Supermarket

                89            Mercedes-Benz        Automotive

                90                  Gordon’s         Alcohol

                91                   Buxton       Non-alcoholic

                92                    Pixar           Media

                93                   TikTok        Social media

                94                   RSPCA           Charity

                95             Häagen-Dazs        Confectionary

                96                    Visa       Payment platform

                97                   Wall’s       Confectionary

                98                   Argos         Supermarket

                99                   LEGO         Children & toys

               100                   Ferrari       Automotive

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Insights
     and analysis
     The changing shifts in media               11
     The power of nostalgia                     13
     Financial Services:
      Love in a cashless world                  14
     C onfectionery:
      Our emotional connection to chocolate     15
      ravel: Healing hearts with
     T
     personalisation and pain point removal     16
     Young love in a complex world              17
     Fostering meaningful brand relationships   19

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      The changing
      shifts in media

                                                                                                Top 5 Most Loved Media Brands

      Netflix is the undisputed king of         accessible across all age groups,
      the media crop. With its 208m paid        Netflix’s original programming such
                                                as Tiger King, The Crown, Money Heist,
                                                                                                   1           Netflix
      subscribers, the streaming giant not
      only holds the number one spot in our     Bridgerton, and The Queen’s Gambit
      media category, it also recorded the      had us all binge-watching in 2020.
      highest levels of brand love across all   But the pandemic also delayed                      2          YouTube
      categories, making it the most loved      production on shows and movies, leading
      overall brand for 2021.                   to what Netflix itself describes as a
                                                ‘lighter content slate’ for the first half of                 Amazon
      But for how long can it keep hold                                                            3         Prime Video
                                                2021. A slowdown in new subscribers
      of the top spot?
                                                and original content has now thrown
      The love for Netflix stems, in part,      open the door to other SVOD media
      from 2020’s particular behavioural and    brands including Disney+ and Amazon                4          Disney+
      societal factors: we were all stuck at    Prime Video. They may have been playing
      home, looking for entertainment –         programming catch-up during the past
      on the TV in the absence of anything      year, but they have the advantage of
      else. Coupled with the rise of the        wider, more diverse product portfolios             5           Disney

      connected TV, which has made              from which to build broader brand love
      streaming considerably more               at an accelerated rate.

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      Disney+, building on deep-rooted             (with the exception of China, where
      consumer love for the overall Disney         it operates under a different name).                    6                        Nintendo

      brand, pulled in more than 100 million       Facebook took four years to achieve
      subscribers during its first 16 months.      the same cultural penetration.
      (Comparatively, Netflix took more than
                                                   In terms of brand love, TikTok appears                  7                         TikTok
      a decade to reach 100 million streaming
                                                   93 rd on our overall rankings but 7 th in its
      subscribers.) If these levels of growth
                                                   dominant 16-24 age group segment.
      continue, Disney+ will overtake Netflix in
      overall subscribers by 2024 at the latest.   YouTube tops the 16-24 age group                        8                          Apple

      To give further context to the               chart and sits second behind Netflix
      evolutionary pace of our changing            in the overall media rankings. The
      media behaviours, it took Instagram          Google-owned YouTube brand has the
                                                   advantage of being both a social feed
                                                                                                           9                         Paypal
      six years from its launch to gain
      the same number of monthly active            and broadcaster of user-generated
      users that TikTok has notched up in          content. It can compete with the likes
      less than three years. As of January         of TikTok while being a preferred way of               10                        Pringles                                ®

      2021, TikTok recorded 689 million            watching content for many – which puts
      monthly active users worldwide               it on a par with the streaming services.

      Top 10 Most Loved Brands among 16-24 age group

                1                       YouTube
                                                                                                   But what of the more traditional media       the proliferation of Apple CarPlay
                                                                                                   brands such as the BBC, radio and            and Android Auto.
                                                                                                   commercial broadcasters ITV and Sky?         Meanwhile, linear television
                2                       Cadbury                                                    The BBC’s broad portfolio of television,     broadcasters evolving to a BVOD model
                                                                                                   websites and the BBC Sounds app,             must be hoping for a tipping point and
                                                                                                   plus its radio channels, gives it an         consolidation in SVOD subscriptions
                                                                                                   established and engrained place              now that lockdown has eased, and
                3                       Magnum
                                                                                                   in British hearts.                           disposable incomes tighten.
                                                                                                   BBC Radio, along with commercial radio       So, can Netflix retain its brand love
                                                                                                   stations with their curated playlists and    dominance and fight off the other
                4                       Amazon                                                     advertising, now has to compete with         streaming services? With such an
                                                                                                   the personalised playlists and ad-free       accelerated pace of change among
                                                                                                   formats of Apple Music and Spotify,          media brands, it’s certainly an
                                                                                                   especially for in-vehicle listeners due to   interesting sector to watch.
                5                     McDonald's

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      The power
      of nostalgia

      Over the past 18 months, we’ve relied on   while maintaining the brand essence       The importance of its older customers,                Our BrandVue data shows that
      certain much-loved brands for emotional    that’s stood them in such good stead      more able to relate to Cadbury’s place in             Generation Z has taught the Baby
      reassurance, support and a sense of        over time.                                British history, is not lost on the brand             Boomers and over-60s as much about
      nostalgia as we reminisce back to safer,   Cadbury, which scores highly for brand    either. It has been working with Age UK               Samsung Smart TVs, Amazon Prime and
      seemingly more simpler times.              love across all generations and sits in   since early 2019 to tackle loneliness                 Netflix as the latter two have taught them
      These more traditional brands have         overall third place on our 2021 Brand     among older people. Last Easter, Cadbury              about appreciating the role that brands
      deeper roots in British society and have   Love Top 10, is a good example. Founded   donated over two million Easter products              such as the BBC, M&S and Cadbury have
      played more active roles in our history.   in the UK in 1824, the chocolate brand    to hospitals, care homes, Age UK and                  played in our past.
      They are less likely to disrupt or cause   has a proud history of philanthropy and   community shops across the country.                   As these seminal brands help to
      controversy but that doesn’t mean          corporate responsibility.                 The nostalgia play might not seem as                  shape our future, love flows from
      they’re not brave.                         In the 1940s, it set up Bournville        relevant to 16-24-year-olds, who don’t have           one generation into the next. As the
      A deeper understanding of their            Utilities Ltd to help make gas masks,     the life experience to fully understand a             importance of family and togetherness
      customers, their heritage and the value    service respirators and airplane parts    brand’s societal importance or where it               grows, all generations are invested in
      they contribute to making our everyday     for Spitfires and Lancaster Bombers       sits within British heritage. But it’s still valid,   how brands support and create value
      lives easier, has given them better        during WWII (something it’s traded on     given how generations have come together,             for us all.
      insights on how to evolve and give back,   significantly over the past 18 months).   especially in the past year and a half.

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      FINANCIAL SERVICES:

      Love in a
      cashless world

      PayPal is the only financial services brand    PayPal made online purchasing and
      to appear inside the top 20 – at 15 – and      money transfers simple and convenient.
      only one of two to be included in our Top      It scored highly for trustworthiness –
      100 Most Loved Brands 2021. Visa is the        a likely result of its buyer protection
      other, squeezing in at 96.                     policy, which reimburses customers
      At first glance, this might be unsurprising.   should products never arrive. This gives
      After all, brand appeal among financial        consumers reassurance and confidence
      services stems from trust and the              when using the service, which was
      knowledge that they’ll not only look after     especially key in a year when almost
      our money but also look after our health,      everything we bought was online.
      our belongings and our families in a           How embedded it is in our affections
      worst-case scenario.                           remains to be seen. A return to the
      But the leap from trusting a brand with        high street, however, will signal greater
      these crucial aspects of our lives to          opportunity for in-store payment brands
      loving a brand for it, well it’s possibly      such as Apple Pay and Google Pay to
      a step too far.                                provide the convenience and trust for
                                                     a more cashless society. And direct
      So, what does PayPal have that the
                                                     competitors to PayPal such as Klarna
      others don’t?
                                                     and Amazon Pay will be looking for a
      In a year when the shutters came down          growing share of consumer love in an
      on retail and banks closed their doors,        accelerated E-commerce world.

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      CONFECTIONERY:

      Our emotional
      connection
      to chocolate

      The boy on the bus offering an upset girl        Its defining taste, emotive advertising
      a piece of his Cadbury Dairy Milk in last        and place in British culture produces
      year’s TV spot encapsulated just why             consumer love that’s hard to beat.
      Cadbury is such a well-loved brand.              It wasn’t the only confectionary brand to
      Rather than being product-led, Cadbury’s         make it onto our overall Top 100. Those
      modus operandi has a razor-sharp focus           that score particularly highly include
      on the emotional associations with its           Maltesers, Magnum, Galaxy and Lindt.
      chocolate, highlighting there’s ‘a glass         Mars-owned Maltesers has done well
      and a half of generosity and kindness in         to differentiate itself as 'a lighter way to
      everyone’. It doesn’t really matter whether      enjoy chocolate’. Together with a light-
      the chocolate was Dairy Milk – or indeed         hearted, yet socially aware and inclusive
      Cadbury. What’s more is that the Cadbury         advertising strategy, it attracts elevated
      brand is synonymous with giving chocolate        consumer brand love as a result.
      as a gesture of love and gratitude.
                                                       The common brand love ingredient for all
      It’s this that explains why Cadbury, sits in     the chocolate brands within our rankings
      overall third place on our 2021 Brand Love       however, is simplicity.
      Top 10, just behind lockdown essentials
                                                       Sticking with the great taste of chocolate,
      Amazon and Netflix. And why it scores so
                                                       without adding nuts, mint or other extras
      highly across all age groups and genders.
                                                       that polarise consumer opinion, is as tried
      Cadbury has managed to stay indefinitely         and tested a way to our hearts as a simple
      relevant, to the extent that we literally have   act of human kindness.
      both a physical and emotional connection
      to the 200-year-old British band.

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      TRAVEL:

      Healing hearts with
      personalisation and
      pain point removal

      We might be suffering from wanderlust          stopped championing the customer and          are either digital-first, driven by peer-to-   Budget hotel brands such as Travelodge,
      following multiple lockdowns, but brand        began putting profits before people.          peer recommendations or offer enhanced         Premier Inn and Holiday Inn score
      love for airline and package holiday           Whether it was British Airways’ decision      levels of personalisation. Or they’re          much better than their budget airline
      brands is in short supply.                     to start charging for food on all short-      aspirational and therefore haven’t become      counterparts because they’re trusted,
      Partly, this is due to an ‘out of sight, out   haul economy flights in 2017, or              diluted by the weary traveller experience      reliable and won’t charge extra if you
      of mind’ mentality – with greater levels       Ryanair’s ultra-low-cost carrier model        of using them on a regular basis.              check-in with additional luggage.
      of brand love directed into more active        where every added service comes as an         London luxury hotels such as the Savoy         For consumers to fall back in love with
      online retail and entertainment brands.        additional cost, travellers have fallen out   or airlines such as Emirates, flying           the full range of brands that facilitate
      However, with the travel industry now on       of love with a majority of airlines due to    passengers first-class to ‘bucket-list’        their passion for travel, technology-
      the starting grid of a long road to post-      their perceived ‘take take take’ attitude.    destinations, score highly for brand love      driven personalisation will be key for the
      pandemic recovery, the sector would be         Travel is a stressful customer journey        either as ‘perceived dream scenarios’ or       future. Those brands that use traveller
      wise to consider more granular reasons         and the chasm between loved brands,           ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ brand experiences.        data to successfully remove barriers to
      why consumers still dream of travelling        which set out to remove as many               Digital-first brands such as TripAdvisor       seamless bookings, journeys, check-ins
      to far-flung places, but mentally prepare      barriers as possible, and unloved brands      are seen as being on the customer’s side,      and ‘on-the-go’ experiences will reap
      themselves for the nightmare often             that appear happy to add to traveller         helping to remove potential journey pain       heartfelt rewards.
      associated with getting them there.            stress, is widening.                          points with trusted peer-to-peer reviews,
      Our BrandVue insights suggest that             Those travel brands that do attract           unique recommendations and value-
      somewhere along the way, travel brands         enhanced levels of customer sentiment         added deals.

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      Young love in                                                                            Top 10 Most Loved Brands
                                                                                               among 16-24 age group
      a complex world
                                                                                                  1           YouTube

        Picture the bedroom of a 16-24-year-        None of the Top 10 Most Loved Brands          2           Cadbury
        old and what do you see? A MacBook          2021 for the Generation Z age group
        Air laptop streaming YouTube, left-over     offer any major shocks. In the main,
        McDonald’s, a half-eaten tin of Pringles,   they are technology-driven, fast-paced
        a Nintendo Switch games console,            disruptors or reassuring FMCG products,       3           Magnum
        a mobile phone playing TikTok reels,        firmly ingrained into British culture.
        Cadbury chocolate wrappers and              The 16-24 age group BrandVue rankings
        Magnum ice-cream sticks in the
        waste-paper bin?
                                                    are arguably more noticeable for those        4           Amazon
                                                    brands that missed out on a top 10 spot.

                                                                                                  5
                                                                                                  4          McDonald's

                                                                                                  6           Nintendo

                                                                                                  7            TikTok

                                                                                                  8            Apple

                                                                                                  9            PayPal

                                                                                                  10          Pringles    ®

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   “The  16-24 age group BrandVue
      rankings are arguably more
      noticeable for those brands that
      missed out on a top 10 spot.”

      There are plenty of brands that crave love    2020 lockdown period – up 215% over
      from this hard-to-reach demographic,          the equivalent 13 weeks of 2019.
      investing heavily in FOMO-inducing            Other brands noticeably absent from our
      advertising or formulating social             Generation Z Top 10 include those that
      strategies they hope will catch the eye and   specifically target the social and political
      influence young hearts and minds.             consciousness of this age demographic,
      In the battle of the consoles, Sony and       such as Ben & Jerry’s.
      Microsoft have been at loggerheads since      Love for the simplicity of chocolate over
      before Generation Z gamers were born.         vanilla ice-cream in a Magnum appears to
      This past year saw Sony bring forth its       trump the complexities of mixed flavours
      PS5, a machine promising faster load          and an overtly political Ben & Jerry’s
      times, new features and a sleeker design.     social strategy, which claims to speak for
      Microsoft launched the Xbox Series X/S,       the young as it calls out the Government
      promising backwards compatibility,            on issues such as immigration, the
      4K resolution, and higher frame rates.        environment and world peace.
      Both consoles, however, had rocky             It seems this is a generation that’s
      launches due to Covid-19, with major          eschewing political brand champions
      stock shortages and high price points         and is on the alert to brand greenwashing.
      leaving young fans frustrated.                In a complex world, love in its most
      Nintendo, on the other hand, saw Switch       simplistic and familiar form seems
      software sales skyrocket during the initial   to be all-conquering.

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      Fostering
      meaningful brand
      relationships

      Drawing on experience and data from our BrandVue platform, there are
      some key factors and approaches, which – if executed effectively – can help
      to drive deeper love for products and services through the development of
      more meaningful relationships between brand and consumer.
      It’s fair to say that, according to insight from our Top 100 Most Loved Brands
      2021, four pivotal factors top the bill.

                                                                                                   2   Empathy

      1         Personalisation                                                                        Empathy – the ability to detect     For a chocolate brand to understand
                                                                                                       and understand other people’s       that consumers respond better to
                We see advanced personalisation           And we trust Spotify for the discovery       feelings came into its own in       acts of kindness and generosity over
                feature heavily among the most            of new music based on our listening          2020. No wonder: improving          packaging and ingredients takes
                loved brands, especially within the       habits – indicating that we better           empathy can reduce stress,          empathy. For a fast-food restaurant
                media and travel categories.              respond to those brands that provide         build more positive relationships   brand to focus on catering for
                Digital-first providers such as Netflix   tailored communications, and which           – and even boost revenues.          cautious customers, not keen
                create trust and drive advocacy by        demonstrate an effective algorithmic         So little surprise that those       on using public transport during
                showing they understand consumer          understanding of our data.                   brands that respond with            the pandemic, takes empathy.
                preferences, giving them the ability      Ultimately, consumers are more               empathy to lockdowns and            Empathy is the antithesis of
                to recommend more accurately              willing to swap behavioural data             social restrictions will emerge     personalisation and yet user data,
                and use viewer or traveller data to       for more personalised services.              with a growing fanbase that’s       and a real-world understanding of
                successfully remove the pain points       And for those brands that use                willing to express their brand      what consumers care about most,
                associated with overly complex            that data right, the reward is love –        love across social channels and     need to go hand-in-hand for a more
                systems or too much choice.               and loyalty.                                 peer-to-peer recommendations.       complete view of the customer.

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                        3   Convenience
                            It’s always been a consumer
                            hygiene factor, but coupled with
                                                                  or Uber Eats over the past 18
                                                                  months have seen stronger brand
                            empathy, convenience is one of the    love scores in return, while the
                            factors that has come into its own.   convenience of online ordering
                            Understanding the reasons             and ‘click and collect’ from
                            behind certain consumer               brands such as Argos and IKEA
                            behaviours, and developing a          also sees them score highly.
                            deeper understanding of user          Mental convenience is being
                            data to drive more personalised       able to better understand the link
                            responses means brands can            between brand and consumer.
                            make themselves mentally, as          PayPal scores exceptionally highly
                            well as physically convenient.        for mental convenience, which is
                            Physical convenience is how           why it is only one of two financial
                            easy it is to buy something.          services brands within the Top
                            Those restaurant brands that          100 Most Loved Brands 2021.
                            partnered with Deliveroo, Just Eat

                        4   Agility
                            Nearly every single brand in the
                            consumer ecosystem has had to
                                                                  real-time, in accordance with
                                                                  societal shifts.
                            adapt how it does business in the     Now, as consumers return to
                            face of the pandemic.                 the high street and E-commerce
                            Digital transformation strategies     behaviours start to plateau, brands
                            have been implemented at warp         will need to adapt once more and
                            speed and for many brands,            find a balance between the online
                            ploughing a direct-to-consumer        and the in-person experience.
                            path or partnering with E-commerce    Those that welcome customers
                            marketplaces have allowed them to     back with open arms whilst
                            stay accessible, demonstrate brand    retaining convenience, empathy and
                            values, develop a better              a personalised online approach will
                            understanding of their customers      feel brand love in return.
                            and adapt their messaging in

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Context is
     everything...
     Male top 10                          22
     Female top 10                        23
     16-24 top 10                         24
     25-34 top 10                         25
     35-49 top 10                         26
     50-59 top 10                         27
     60+ top 10                           28
     London top 10                        29
     North top 10                         30
     Midlands, East & Wales top 10        31
     South top 10                         32
     Scotland & Northern Ireland top 10   33

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      Male top 10

                1          Amazon    6     Adidas

                2          Netflix   7    Pringles
                                                      ®

                3          Samsung   8    Magnum

                4          Walkers   9    Coca Cola

                5          Cadbury   10   YouTube

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      Female top 10

                1           Netflix    6     Baileys

                2          Cadbury     7     Apple

                3          Amazon      8    Maltesers

                4            Lindt     9     Galaxy

                5          Coca Cola   10   Walkers

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Context is everything...

      16-24 top 10

                1           YouTube     6    Nintendo

                2           Cadbury     7     TikTok

                3           Magnum      8     Apple

                4           Amazon      9     PayPal

                5          McDonald's   10   Pringles   ®

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Context is everything...

      25-34 top 10

                1           Netflix        6     Google

                2          Pringles
                                       ®
                                           7    Cadbury

                3          Amazon          8      Nike

                4          Maltesers       9    Coca Cola

                5          YouTube         10    PayPal

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Context is everything...

      35-49 top 10

                1           Netflix    6    Samsung

                2          Amazon      7    Walkers

                3          Cadbury     8    Google

                4          Coca Cola   9     Evian

                5            Nike      10   YouTube

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Context is everything...

      50-59 top 10

                                              M&S
                1          Netflix   6     Simply Food

                2          Baileys   7     Aston Martin

                3          Amazon    8       Google

                                            Macmillan
                4          Cadbury   9    Cancer Support

                                              Moët
                5          Samsung   10    & Chandon

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Context is everything...

      60+ top 10

                1           Amazon       6       Fairy

                              M&S
                2          Simply Food
                                         7    Rolls-Royce

                3           Samsung      8     Fever Tree

                4             M&S        9    Aston Martin

                5           Walkers      10     Cadbury

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Context is everything...

      London top 10

                1          Netflix   6     Apple

                2          Amazon    7    Cadbury

                3           Dior     8    Walkers

                4          YouTube   9     Evian

                5          Google    10    Nike

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Context is everything...

      North top 10

                1          Netflix   6      Coca Cola

                2          Cadbury   7      Samsung

                                            Macmillan
                3          Amazon    8    Cancer Support

                4          Google    9       Walkers

                                             Cancer
                5           Aldi     10    Research UK

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Context is everything...

      Midlands, East
      & Wales top 10

                1          Cadbury     6      Nike

                                            Cathedral
                2          Amazon      7      City

                3          Walkers     8    Coca Cola

                4          Maltesers   9    Samsung

                5           Netflix    10     Aldi

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Context is everything...

      South top 10

                1           Netflix    6        Walkers

                2          Amazon      7    M&S Simply Food

                3          Cadbury     8       YouTube

                4          Coca Cola   9      Moët & Chandon

                5            Nike      10      Magnum

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Context is everything...

      Scotland &
      Northern Ireland
      top 10

                1          Irn Bru        6      Heinz

                2          Netflix        7    Kopparberg

                3          Amazon         8    Microsoft

                4          Magnum         9      Kinder

                5          Pringles   ®
                                          10     Lindt

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     Airlines & airports                                           35   Household goods             57
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     Automotive                                                    37   Leisure attractions         59
     Banking                                                       38   Magazines                   60
     Books & cards                                                 39   Media                       61
     Charities                                                     40   Newspapers                  62
     Children & toys                                               41   Non-alcoholic drinks        63
     Coffee & café                                                 42   Payment platform            64
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                                          Airlines
                                          & airports

                                          1     Emirates

                                                 Virgin
                                          2     Atlantic

                                          3       Jet2

                                                 British
                                          4     Airways

                                                Heathrow
                                          5      Airport

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                                          Alcohol

                                          1      Baileys

                                                  Moët
                                          2    & Chandon

                                          3    Kopparberg

                                          4    Rekorderlig

                                          5    Grey Goose

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                                          Automotive

                                          1    Aston Martin

                                          2    Rolls-Royce

                                          3      Bentley

                                          4    Lamborghini

                                          5    Range Rover

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                                          Banking

                                          1    Nationwide

                                               Post Office
                                          2      Bank

                                          3     Barclays

                                          4      Monzo

                                          5      Lloyds

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                                          Books
                                          & cards

                                          1    Card Factory

                                          2    Waterstones

                                          3     Moonpig

                                          4     WHSmith

                                          5    Paperchase

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                                          Charities

                                                   Macmillan
                                          1      Cancer Support

                                          2    Cancer Research UK

                                          3        Dogs Trust

                                                  BBC Children
                                          4         in Need

                                          5         RSPCA

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                                          Children
                                          & toys

                                          1         Lego

                                          2    The Disney Store

                                          3       Hamleys

                                          4      Build A Bear

                                          5        Barbie

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                                          Coffee
                                          & café

                                          1        Greggs

                                          2        Costa

                                          3      Starbucks

                                          4     Caffè Nero

                                          5    Pret A Manger

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                                          Confectionery

                                          1    Cadbury

                                          2      Lindt

                                          3    Maltesers

                                          4    Magnum

                                          5     Galaxy

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                                          Crisps
                                          & snacks

                                          1      Walkers

                                          2     Pringles

                                          3      Doritos

                                          4     McCoy's

                                          5     Butterkist

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                                          Department
                                          stores

                                          1     John Lewis

                                          2      Selfidges

                                          3    Debenhams

                                          4      Matalan

                                          5   House of Fraser

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                                          DIY, home
                                          & garden

                                          1      Ikea

                                          2      B&M

                                          3      Wilko

                                          4      B&Q

                                          5    The Range

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                                          E-commerce

                                          1     Amazon

                                          2      eBay

                                          3    AliExpress

                                               Facebook
                                          4   Marketplace

                                          5   eBuyer.com

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                                          Fashion

                                          1       Vans

                                          2     TK Maxx

                                          3     Converse

                                          4    Cath Kidston

                                          5     Very.co.uk

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                                          Fast casual
                                          restaurant

                                          1       Nandos

                                          2     Wagamama

                                                 Pizza Hut
                                          3     Restaurants

                                          4     TGI Fridays

                                          5     Pizza Express

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                                          Food & drink
                                          delivery

                                          1     Just Eat

                                          2     Domino's

                                          3     UberEats

                                          4     Deliveroo

                                                Pizza Hut
                                          5     Delivery

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                                          Gambling
                                          & lottery

                                               The National
                                          1      Lottery

                                          2      Sky Bet

                                          3      Tombola

                                               The Health
                                          4      Lottery

                                          5    Gala Bingo

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                                          Gaming

                                          1     PlayStation

                                          2      Nintendo

                                          3        Xbox

                                          4       GAME

                                          5   Games Workshop

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                                          General FMCG

                                          1       Heinz

                                          2   Cathedral City

                                          3     Kellogg's

                                          4      Lurpak

                                          5    Hellmann's

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                                          Health
                                          & beauty

                                          1        Boots

                                          2        Lush

                                          3      Superdrug

                                          4    The Body Shop

                                          5       Savers

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                                          Holidays

                                          1    Tripadvisor

                                          2       TUI

                                          3    Jet2holidays

                                                 Virgin
                                          4     Holidays

                                          5      Airbnb

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                                          Hotels

                                          1    Premier Inn

                                          2    Savoy Hotel

                                          3    Holiday Inn

                                          4    Travelodge

                                          5        Hilton

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                                          Household goods

                                          1      Fairy

                                          2     Andrex

                                          3      Dyson

                                          4    Le Creuset

                                          5     Duracell

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                                          Insurance

                                               Pets at Home
                                          1     Insurance

                                               Argos Credit
                                          2    & Insurance

                                                Compare
                                          3     the Market

                                          4        AA

                                          5      Petplan

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                                          Leisure
                                          attractions

                                                     Universal
                                          1        Orlando Resort

                                                    Disney World
                                          2           Florida

                                                     Disneyland
                                          3            Paris

                                          4         Thorpe Park

                                          5   LEGOLAND Windsor Resort

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                                          Magazines

                                          1       Vogue

                                          2       Heat

                                          3     Vanity Fair

                                                Top Gear
                                          4     Magazine

                                          5    Men's Health

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                                          Media

                                          1       Netflix

                                          2       YouTube

                                                  Amazon
                                          3   Prime Video

                                          4       Disney+

                                          5       Disney

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                                          Newspapers

                                          1    The Sun

                                          2     Metro

                                                 Daily
                                          3    Telegraph

                                          4    Daily Mail

                                          5    The Times

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                                          Non-alcoholic
                                          drinks

                                          1     Coca Cola

                                          2     Robinsons

                                          3     Tropicana

                                          4       Evian

                                          5     innocent

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                                          Payment
                                          platform

                                          1      PayPal

                                          2       Visa

                                          3    Mastercard

                                          4    Google Pay

                                          5    Amazon Pay

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                                          PCs

                                          1        Dell

                                          2        Intel

                                          3     Chromebook

                                          4       ASUS

                                          5        Acer

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                                          Personal
                                          care

                                          1      Dove

                                          2     Oral-B

                                          3     Nivea

                                          4     Colgate

                                          5      Sure

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                                          Personal
                                          luxury

                                          1      Rolex

                                          2      Gucci

                                                 Louis
                                          3     Vuitton

                                          4     Pandora

                                          5      Dior

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                                          Pub
                                          & bar

                                                     Miller
                                          1         & Carter

                                                     Toby
                                          2         Carvery

                                          3       Wetherspoon

                                          4        Harvester

                                          5       Hungry Horse

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                                          Quick service
                                          restaurants

                                          1    McDonald's

                                          2       KFC

                                          3      Subway

                                          4     Five Guys

                                          5    Burger King

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                                          Radio
                                          & music

                                          1     Spotify

                                                Amazon
                                          2      Music

                                                 Apple
                                          3      Music

                                          4    Heart FM

                                          5    Capital FM

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                                          Social
                                          media

                                          1        WhatsApp

                                          2        Instagram

                                          3         TikTok

                                          4        Facebook

                                          5        Snapchat

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                                          Sports
                                          apparel

                                          1        Nike

                                          2        Adidas

                                          3    The North Face

                                          4    Under Armour

                                          5        Puma

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                                          Supermarkets

                                          1       Aldi

                                                  M&S
                                          2    Simply Food

                                          3      Tesco

                                          4       M&S

                                          5       Lidl

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                                          Tech

                                          1      Samsung

                                          2       Apple

                                          3       Google

                                          4        Sony

                                          5      Microsoft

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                                          Tech &
                                          electricals retail

                                                  Currys
                                           1     PC World

                                                  Richer
                                           2      Sounds

                                           3     AO.com

                                           4       HMV

                                           5    Clas Ohlson

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                                          Telecoms

                                          1        EE

                                          2        O2

                                          3     Vodafone

                                          4        BT

                                          5    Virgin Media

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                                          Trains &
                                          train operators

                                          1         Trainline

                                               London Northwestern
                                          2          Railway

                                                    Transport
                                          3        for London

                                                     London
                                          4        Overground

                                                    Heathrow
                                          5          Express

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                                          Utilities

                                          1      British Gas

                                                  Octopus
                                          2        Energy

                                          3         Eon

                                          4     Thames Water

                                                 Sainsbury's
                                          5        Energy

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