CULTURETECHLENSBranding & Marketing
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Combined Graph record U-00035 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-T-28. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
MarketingProfs (trade publication, 2004) quotes the American Marketing Association's definition: a brand is 'a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers,' and distinguishes the brand itself from brand image (what the brand means to consumers). Terminal source quotes the AMA rather than being the AMA — named honestly; caps at STRONG. The lane framing is CTL's own taxonomy. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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MarketingProfs (trade publication, 2004) quotes the American Marketing Association's definition: a brand is 'a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers,' and distinguishes the brand itself from brand image (what the brand means to consumers). Terminal source quotes the AMA rather than being the AMA — named honestly; caps at STRONG. The lane framing is CTL's own taxonomy. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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- https://www.marketingprofs.com/4/macinnis20.asp (verification source · master store)
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MarketingProfs (trade publication, 2004) quotes the American Marketing Association's definition: a brand is 'a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers,' and distinguishes the brand itself from brand image (what the brand means to consumers). Terminal source quotes the AMA rather than being the AMA — named honestly; caps at STRONG. The lane framing is CTL's own taxonomy. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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