UAE, January 22, 2017 - UAE citizens and residents feel the closest emotional bond with auto brands, inning accordance with MBLM's 2nd UAE Brand Intimacy 2017 Report, the most detailed study of brands based upon feelings.

One of the most intimate brand name in the UAE for the second year row is Apple, followed by car brand names BMW and Ford. The leading 10 is rounded out by: Lexus, Audi, Google, Mercedes, Louis Vuitton, Hilton and Nescaf.

This year's Brand Intimacy Record assessed actions of 6,000 customers and 54,000 brand examinations across 15 sectors in the US, Mexico and UAE. Key brand affection associations in the study - like fond memories, personal improvement, identification and ritual - are developed to give a better understanding of how brands create effective psychological links with customers.

" At MBLM, we have the understanding that the quantity, quality and character psychological bonds created in between brands and consumers is at the heart of accomplishing greater business purposes and development," claimed William Shintani, Partner at MBLM. "Leveraging the new scientific research of these psychological bonds gives us a new structure to browse the possibilities - and risks - of the UAE advertising and marketing landscape."

" Just what we understand from the latest neurological study is that choices are psychological - not rational," included Jae Hwang, Partner at MBLM. "We also understand that brands using this knowledge to their advantage have a remarkable record."

Brand names with higher intimacy amongst consumers foster decision-making and make more powerful business sense: the top 10 most intimate brand names continue to exceed established monetary indices in both earnings and revenue growth over the last One Decade. Additionally, these brands command a price costs, enjoying more monetary resilience than brand names in the exact same markets that are not intimate.

Inning accordance with the 2017 study, auto and technology brands are regularly in the leading two classifications throughout gender, age and earnings. Apple, the top placed brand name generally, has the biggest portion of fusing customers-- when a specific and a brand become connected. It is likewise the highest-rated brand name pertaining to the extravagance archetype.

Hilton, placed nine, has the highest possible ranking for the archetypes of identification and nostalgia. While 'identity' mirrors aspirational pictures or admired worths that reverberate deeply, the 'nostalgia' archetype focuses on memories of the past and the cozy, poignant sensations associated with them. Alternatively in the US, Disney ranked highest for the archetype nostalgia.

Nescaf, which climbed considerably in the ranks from last year, created several products specifically for the region like Nescaf Arabiana, the very first immediate Arabic coffee. Sales for Nescaf beat quotes in the 2nd fifty percent of 2016, increasing 3.9 percent on an organic basis.

In a similar way to the US market, the luxury industry discloses that premium brand names may not be doing in addition to expected to develop emotional connections with their consumers in the UAE-- other than with ladies and those under 35. Conversely, brand names in media, home entertainment, modern technology and telecommunications reveal solid client affection, especially among millennials. This may be because of the normally melancholic mood of the past year, causing an usual need for avoidance and a distraction from stress and anxiety.

The leading 10 most Intimate Brands in the UAE are:
Apple
BMW
Ford
Lexus
Audi
Google
Mercedes
Louis Vuitton
Hilton
Nescaf