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Welcome to the British Brands Group library. It contains the Group’s submissions, briefings, studies, press announcements, Brands Lectures, publications and articles written by some of the industry’s leading figures. For ease they are classified by purpose and by topic. Please use the filter buttons to refine your search and click the titles to download.
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| Title | Date | Author | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ‘Parasitic’ packaging – a critique of the UK regime | 2024-08-08 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications , Submissions | |||
| 100% Marketing | 2003-11-03 | Rob Malcolm | Brands Lectures | |||
| 2012 Brands Lecture published | 2013-02-21 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| A force behind the UK’s export-led growth | 2013-04-26 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| A guide to brand protection | 2016-09-01 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| A hidden force | 2012-04-26 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| Access to Brands – AIM study | 2017-08-10 | AIM | Studies & Research | |||
| Accountability is not enough | 2011-11-01 | Rory Sutherland | Brands Lectures | |||
| All Party IP Group – The impact of the Gowers Review | 2008-10-03 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Are brands a form of corporate bullsh*t? | 2017-10-12 | Evan Davis | Brands Lectures | |||
| Are brands good for Britain? | 2001-11-01 | Tim Ambler | Brands Lectures | |||
| BERR – Consumer law regime | 2008-07-31 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| BERR – Implementing the Unfair Commercial Practices (UCP) Directive re.copycat packaging | 2007-08-09 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| BIS – Parasitic copying- Response to consultation on private enforcement of CPRs | 2014-05-19 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| BIS – Response to consultation – A competition regime for growth | 2011-06-13 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| BIS – Response to consultation – Empowering and protecting consumers (misleading parasitic packaging) | 2011-09-23 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| BIS – Response to consultation on the introduction of a GSCOP ombudsman | 2010-04-29 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| BIS and OFT – Briefing- Selective distribution | 2009-07-13 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Brand Briefing: Brands and Brexit | 2017-08-16 | British Brands Group | Brand Briefings | |||
| Brand Briefing: Brands and responsible business | 2010-02-16 | British Brands Group | Brand Briefings | |||
| Brand Briefing: Getting stung online | 2016-06-06 | British Brands Group | Brand Briefings | |||
| Brand Briefing: GSCOP | 2017-06-09 | British Brands Group | Brand Briefings | |||
| Brand new: Innovation in a challenging world | 2010-11-01 | Fiona Dawson | Brands Lectures | |||
| Brand Trust in the UK Study | 2015-06-12 | Europanel | Studies & Research | |||
| Branding for Brexit | 2017-05-03 | Clifford Chance | Brands Group publications | |||
| Brands – A hidden force in the UK economy | 2012-04-26 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| Brands – falling in love again | 2022-06-28 | British Brands Group | Brands Lectures | |||
| Brands & CEOs | 2015-11-24 | Patrick Barwise | Brands Lectures | |||
| Brands and Consumer Trust Desk Research | 2015-10-27 | More Gain Solutions and IIHD|Institute | Studies & Research | |||
| Brands and Consumer Trust Europanel Report | 2015-10-27 | Europanel | Studies & Research | |||
| Brands and Consumer Trust summary report | 2015-10-27 | British Brands Group | Studies & Research | |||
| Brands and Consumer Trust The Economics of Brands | 2015-10-06 | Europe Economics | Studies & Research | |||
| Brands and responsible business | 2010-02-16 | British Brands Group | Studies & Research | |||
| Brands and their role in competition between retailers – Infographic | 2021-10-01 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications , Studies & Research | |||
| Brands and their role in competition between retailers – report | 2021-10-01 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| Brands beyond business | 2005-11-01 | Simon Anholt | Brands Lectures | |||
| Brands for British success | 2017-07-03 | British Brands Group & ACG | Brands Group publications | |||
| Brands for British success press release | 2017-07-05 | British Brands Group & ACG | Press Releases | |||
| Brands impact supermarkets by driving traffic and spend | 2019-07-01 | Shopper Intelligence | Studies & Research | |||
| Brands, capital and crises | 2013-11-01 | Rita Clifton | Brands Lectures | |||
| Brands, innovation and growth | 2016-04-15 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| Brands, innovation and growth – PIMS research paper | 2004-04-01 | Peter Smith and James Amos, PIMS Associates | __ | |||
| Brief Guide – IP for start-ups | 2019-02-07 | Gifty Gakpetor | Brands Group publications | |||
| Brief guide – parasitic copying | 2019-12-02 | Gifty Gakpetor, IP Together | Brands Group publications | |||
| British Brands Group 20th Anniversary | 2014-10-15 | John Noble, British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| British Brands Group GSCOP online quiz | 2017-06-27 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| British Brands Group overview 2019 | 2019-01-16 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| Can brands save the world? Let’s hope so | 2008-11-03 | Richard Reed | Brands Lectures | |||
| CMA – Asda Sainsbury merger – Phase 2 views | 2018-11-08 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| CMA – Tesco Booker Phase 2 Investigation | 2017-09-04 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Competition Commission – Groceries market investigation – response to Emerging Thinking | 2007-03-16 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Competition Commission – Groceries market investigation – response to Issues Statement | 2006-07-12 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Competition Commission – Groceries market investigation – response to Working Paper on Own Label | 2007-07-01 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Competition Commission – Groceries market investigation – response to working paper on supply chain practices | 2007-08-24 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Competition Commission – Groceries market investigation – response to working papers on supplier pricing and waterbed effects | 2007-09-04 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Competition Commission – Grocery market research – Are consumer needs being met? (Full report) | 2007-09-17 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Competition Commission – Grocery market research – Are consumer needs being met? (Summary report) | 2007-09-17 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Competition Commission – Market investigation into the supply of groceries in the UK | 2006-06-06 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Competition Commission – Response to GSCOP Order | 2009-04-02 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Competition Commission – Response to GSCOP Order consultation (Phase 2) | 2009-06-29 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Competition Commission – Response to provisional findings | 2007-11-30 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Competition Commission – Response to provisional remedies | 2008-03-07 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Competition Commission – Response to remedies notice | 2007-11-23 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Competition Commission – Response to the introduction of an ombudsman | 2009-05-28 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Confusion, heuristics and the consumer | 2012-06-28 | Speechly Bircham | Studies & Research | |||
| Consumers, brands and trust: happy bedfellows or a new pyramid of conflict? | 2014-11-20 | Peter Vicary-Smith | Brands Lectures | |||
| Department of Health – Consultation on standardised packaging | 2014-08-07 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Department of Health – Consultation on standardised packaging | 2012-07-30 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Department of Health – Plain packaging | 2008-09-05 | British Brands Group & ACG | Submissions | |||
| Don’t get stung online | 2016-09-01 | British Brands Group & Pannone Corporate | Brands Group publications | |||
| European Commission – Plain packaging | 2010-12-03 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| European policymakers – Position paper on the draft Directive on the sale of tobacco products (plain packaging) | 2013-03-20 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Examples of similar packaging – 2022 | 2022-11-10 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| Examples of similar packaging 2017 | 2017-08-11 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| Fair trading with supermarkets | 2013-04-09 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| GCA Review 2019-2022 – Brands Group response | 2022-10-13 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Government review reinforces GSCOP | 2018-02-16 | John Noble | Press Releases | |||
| Gowers Review – Consumers, brands and IP in 21st century | 2006-04-21 | British Brands Group & ACG | Press Releases | |||
| Groceries Code Adjudicator – Response to consultation on investigation and enforcement functions | 2013-10-22 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| GSCOP retailer reports 2010-11 | 2011-12-12 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| GSCOP retailer reports 2011-12 | 2013-02-25 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| GSCOP retailer reports 2012-13 | 2014-02-18 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| GSCOP retailer reports 2013-14 | 2014-10-17 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| GSCOP retailer reports 2014-15 | 2015-07-07 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| GSCOP retailer reports 2015-16 | 2016-12-22 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| GSCOP retailer reports 2016-17 | 2017-08-21 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| GSCOP retailer reports 2017-18 | 2018-11-05 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| GSCOP retailer reports 2018-19 | 2019-12-13 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| GSCOP retailer reports 2019-20 | 2020-11-19 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| GSCOP retailer reports 2020-21 | 2021-12-15 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| GSCOP- Review of retailers’ compliance reports | 2013-02-05 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| House of Lords – Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill – Report Stage, House of Lords | 2012-07-13 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| House of Lords – Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill – Second Reading, House of Lords | 2012-05-18 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Hybrids, the heavenly bed and purple ketchup | 2004-11-01 | David Aaker | Brands Lectures | |||
| In brands we trust | 2009-11-02 | Lord Bilimoria | Brands Lectures | |||
| Independent IP Review – A response from the brand perspective | 2011-03-04 | British Brands Group & ACG | Submissions | |||
| Innovation – White paper | 2024-05-28 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications , Studies & Research | |||
| Innovation in UK grocery 2019-2021 | 2024-05-28 | British Brands Group | Studies & Research | |||
| IPO – Consultation on reform of UK designs legal framework | 2012-10-02 | IPO | Submissions | |||
| IPO – Response to consultation on infringement of registered designs | 2011-03-21 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Launch of new study into people’s trust in brands | 2015-10-27 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| Launch of the Manifesto for Brands | 2014-12-12 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| Let’s make this more interesting | 2024-02-27 | Adam Morgan | Brands Lectures | |||
| Local Better Regulation Office – Response on priority regulatory outcomes (misleading parasitic packaging) | 2011-05-06 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Manifesto for Brands 2015 | 2014-12-01 | British Brands Group | Brands Group publications | |||
| MPs – Plain packaging – a threat to brands | 2009-06-04 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Never mind the quality, feel the personalisation. The future of retailing. | 2016-11-15 | Alan Giles | Brands Lectures | |||
| New British Brands Group chairman appointed 2012 | 2012-02-10 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| New chairman appointed | 2021-03-02 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| Note of IPO BBG meeting to discuss IPI study on Lookalike Packaging | 2013-11-04 | Intellectual Property Office | Studies & Research | |||
| OFT – Response to Annual Plan 2008-09 | 2008-02-15 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Packaging in a market economy | 2012-06-28 | Norwich Business School | Studies & Research | |||
| Packaging in a market economy: The economic and commercial role of packaging communication | 2012-06-28 | Professor Paul Dobson and Arvind Yadav | Brands Group publications | |||
| Para-sight: A study of erroneous decision making | 2017-07-25 | Dr Tim Holmes, Acuity Intelligence | Studies & Research | |||
| Para-sight: a study of erroneous decision-making | 2017-08-15 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| Parasitic packaging on the rise | 2012-04-12 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| Parliamentarians – Brands – a strong, resilient force behind UK’s productivity, growth and jobs | 2014-04-26 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – Briefing on copycat packaging and the UCP Directive | 2007-08-09 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill – Briefing- Third Reading and Report Stage, House of Commons | 2013-02-25 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – GSCOP Summary or retailers’ compliance reports 2011-12 | 2013-02-05 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – GSCOP Summary or retailers’ compliance reports 2012-13 | 2014-02-24 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – GSCOP Summary or retailers’ compliance reports 2013-14 | 2014-10-20 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – Parasitic copying- a briefing on the IP Bill (House of Commons, Second Reading) | 2013-06-12 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – Parasitic copying- a briefing on the IP Bill (House of Lords, Committee Stage) | 2013-06-12 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – Plain packaging – a threat to brands | 2009-02-20 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – The case for an ombudsman (GSCOP) | 2009-01-26 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians -Standardised packaging – what to expect when products look the same | 2015-03-09 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – A powerful hidden force in the UK economy – Brands | 2012-03-26 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – Briefing-GSCOP Ombudsman | 2010-03-25 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill – Committee stage, House of Commons | 2012-12-10 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill – Second Reading, House of Commons | 2012-11-13 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – Plain packaging- the unforeseen consequences | 2012-01-13 | British Brands Group & ACG | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentarians – The role of Government in protecting and promoting IP | 2012-03-30 | British Brands Group & ACG | Submissions | |||
| Parliamentary briefing – IP exhaustion SI | 2023-11-17 | British Brands Group | Brand Briefings | |||
| Parliamentary candidates – A manifesto for brands 2010 | 2010-04-22 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Peers – Parasitic copying- a briefing on the Consumer Rights Bill (House of Lords, Grand Committee) | 2015-10-20 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Plain packaging – a leap in the dark | 2012-04-16 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| Policy Audiences -GSCOP Summary or retailers’ compliance report 2014-15 | 2015-07-10 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Policy audiences – GSCOP- Summary of retailers’ compliance reports 2010-11 | 2011-12-12 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Posh Spice and Persil | 2002-11-01 | Jeremy Bullmore | Brands Lectures | |||
| Response to BEIS GCA 2nd Statutory Review | 2019-09-09 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Response to CMA on horizontal agreements | 2022-01-11 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Response to DBT on improving information to consumers | 2023-10-15 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Response to Government on parasitic copying | 2015-10-13 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| Response to interim report – Online platforms and digital advertising | 2020-02-12 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Response to IPO on Transformation II | 2023-10-31 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Response to the CMA on horizontal guidance | 2023-03-08 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Response to the CMA on sustainability agreements | 2023-04-11 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Response to the CMA on VABER | 2021-07-23 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Review of IPI study on parasitic copies – lookalikes | 2013-07-17 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| Secretary of State, BERR – Competition Commission remedies for the groceries market | 2009-04-07 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| Shoppers spot brands in milliseconds | 2012-06-28 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| Should brands take a stand? | 2019-09-05 | Gary Coombe | Brands Lectures | |||
| Sports marketing: unleashing the passion | 2012-11-01 | Austin Lally | Brands Lectures | |||
| Standardised packaging of tobacco products | 2013-11-28 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| Study into impact of similar packaging on consumer behaviour | 2009-09-02 | Don Edwards and Associates | Studies & Research | |||
| T&I Select Committee – The work of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) | 2007-04-20 | British Brands Group | Submissions | |||
| The effect of branding on consumer choice | 2012-06-28 | Mountainview | Studies & Research | |||
| The hidden power of packaging | 2012-06-28 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| The Lovemarks effect | 2006-11-01 | Kevin Roberts | Brands Lectures | |||
| The social contribution of brands | 2004-05-01 | Steve Hilton, Good Business | Brands Group publications | |||
| The social value of brands | 2007-02-22 | Jan Lindemann, Interbrand | Brands Group publications | |||
| The value of brands | 2008-08-12 | Westminster Business School | Studies & Research | |||
| They think it’s all over… | 2007-11-02 | Martin Glenn | Brands Lectures | |||
| Throwing new light on confusion | 2012-06-28 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
| Unwrapped – The hidden power of packaging | 2012-06-28 | British Brands Group | Studies & Research | |||
| What do brands deliver to supermarkets? | 2019-07-01 | Shopper Intelligence | Studies & Research | |||
| Why anti-sweatshop campaigners should be pro-logo | 2003-05-01 | Steve Hilton, Good Business | Brands Group publications | |||
| World IP Day 2013 – Brands – a force behind UK exports | 2013-04-25 | British Brands Group | Press Releases | |||
