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Luca di Montezemolo

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1553 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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Ferrari

And it took them time and a lot of effort to dig out of that hole, one of which was licensing the brand for merchandise.

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So there were some smart things.

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Licensing the brand to put on luxury goods and some sportswear.

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They even started licensing it for toys.

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And when you're licensing the brand, that's basically 100% margin.

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Ferrari

I mean, it drops straight to the bottom line.

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Ferrari

So when you're Dire Straits, it's really good.

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Ferrari

And so it has obvious allure.

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They put the prancing horse on some real garbage over time.

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So, you know, this is a full 15 years later.

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They put the prancing horse on an Acer netbook.

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Remember netbooks, David?

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Ferrari

Just so destructive to their brand.

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It's the apex luxury brand of cars, like one of the greatest brands in the entire world.

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And they have licensed it to this like underclocked plastic little piece of crap computer.

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That is like the microcosm of brand destruction, like the reason to resist the heroin of brand licensing.