Thanks for joining us in the studios here on cspan2 book tv. We are branding and marketing and these are a big business. Let me begin with your first book. What did you learn about microsoft, starbucks . Guest its great to be with you and have this time. When i was writing this it came out at the very beginning of 2000 so its almost exactly 20yearsold. The period i was reacher researching it it was a period that a lot was changing in the corporate world and you had dispersed fullblown lifestyle brand which is an idea that we all take for granted that these are companies that for the first time were declaring the Business Model wasnt to sell products but ideas, the lifestyle, sense of belonging the that they could then extend into kind of selfimposed cocoons and sell everything as long as it was branded with this logo. They were the first one to do this. They didnt ever own their factories and this was the main thing i learned when i was researching is that there was a relationship betw
Naomi, thank you for joining us here on cspan2 book tv in midtown manhattan where branding and marketing is big business. Let me begin with your first book, no logo. What did you learn about nike, microsoft and starbucks in branding . Guest its great to be with you and to have this time. When i was writing the no logo it came out at the very beginning of 2000, so its almost exactly 20 years old. The period when i was researching which was the four years before that it was a period where lot was changing in the corporate world and you have the first kind of fullblown lifestyle brand, which is an idea we take for granted now, but these were companies that for the first time were declaring that their Business Model was not sell products, but ideas, a lifestyle, a sense of belonging that they could then extend into kind of self enclosed branded cocoons and sort of sell everything along as it was branded with this logo. Nike was really the first one to do this. They didnt ever owned their f
Telling author naomi klein. Her books on economics and Public Policy include the shock doctrine, and the recently on fire. The burning case for Green New Deal. Thank you for joining us and in the studios in new york. But tv we are in manhattan. We are running in marketing this business. Let me begin with your book no logo, when did you learn about nike. Microsoft and starbucks and branding. It is great to be with you and to have this time. So when i was writing the logo, became out at the very beginning of 2000 so it is almost exactly 20 years old. And i when i researching, four years before that, it was a period where i was changing the corporate world. You had the first kind of fullblown lifestyle brands. An idea that we all take for granted now but these were companies that for the first time, were declaring that their Business Model was not sell products but to sell ideas, lifestyle says of belonging and that they could then extend into kind of selff closed granted cocoons. The sor
Many of you know is the chief National Security correspondent and cnn anchor and the author of the new book shadow war inside russia is operations to defeat america. The book was extracted in various forms in the atlantic and most of the wall street journal. And its had a lot of good critical success. You may not know jim was also the chief of staff at the u. S. Embassy in china. Hes a graduate of the university in washington with his wife and former journalist for abc news and they have three children and he is reported hed around the world in asia and europe and the middle east and made some opening observations throughout the book and then we will open up for qanda. Thanks to all of you for taking time out of your busy friday and the folks at home appreciate having you here as well. Thank you to peter. He was one of the first few people to read the manuscript of the book early on and since he didnt throw it back in my face i thought i was probably okay moving forward with this and h
What did you learn about nike, microsoft and starbucks in branding . Guest its great to be with you and to have this time. When i was writing the no logo it came out at the very beginning of 2000, so its almost exactly 20 years old. The period when i was researching which was the four years before that it was a period where lot was changing in the corporate world and you have the first kind of fullblown lifestyle brand, which is an idea we take for granted now, but these were companies that for the first time were declaring that their Business Model was not sell products, but ideas, a lifestyle, a sense of belonging that they could then extend into kind of self enclosed branded cocoons and sort of sell everything along as it was branded with this logo. Nike was really the first one to do this. They didnt ever owned their factories and this the main thing i learned when researching no logo was that there was a relationship between this aggressive the marketing, it was constantly sort of