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Vodafone Group Plc
05 October 2017
5 October 2017
VODAFONE ANNOUNCES NEW BRAND POSITIONING STRATEGY
Vodafone today announced a significant evolution of its brand
positioning strategy, strapline and visual identity worldwide - the
first changes to one of the world's best-known brands since the
introduction of the 'Power to you' strapline in 2009.
The strategy - to be implemented across all 36 countries* in
which the Vodafone brand is present - is designed to underline
Vodafone's belief that new technologies and digital services will
play a positive role in transforming society and enhancing
individual quality of life over the years ahead.
Vodafone's brand positioning strategy focuses on the theme of
optimism about the future, using the new strapline, "The future is
exciting. Ready?". The first part of the strapline will be
presented in local languages with the second part - "Ready?" -
presented in English. For example: "il futuro รจ straordinario.
Ready?" in Italian; and "El futuro es apasionante. Ready?" in
Spanish.
The new visual identity will place much greater emphasis on
Vodafone's iconic 'speech mark' in the biggest change to one of the
most recognisable symbols of Vodafone since the 'speech mark' logo
was created in 1998. The 'speech mark' will now appear as the
central graphical focus overlaid on all marketing and marketing
communications activity. The logo will also appear in a new 2D
design in place of a skeuomorphic 3D approach.
The brand positioning strategy and related advertising campaigns
were developed after a period of extensive research and concept
testing, including quantitative and qualitative inputs from nearly
30,000 people in 17 countries.
On 6 October 2017, Vodafone will commence the largest
advertising campaign in its 33-year history. The lead TV commercial
- a 60-second film focused on how human interaction remains
constant while technologies evolve over time - was produced by
Ridley Scott Associates.
Grounds for optimism about the future
Vodafone commissioned opinion research among almost 13,000
people in 14 countries** to assess the extent to which the public
are optimistic - or pessimistic - about their future prospects. The
research conducted by YouGov found that:
-- people of all ages believe that technology innovation will
have the most positive influence on the future over the next 20
years;
-- 18-24 year olds are the most optimistic about the future: 62%
of younger people surveyed believe that living standards will be
better in 20 years' time compared with today; and
-- respondents overall in all age groups, believe that their own
living standards, and those of children, will have improved 20
years from now.
Vodafone also commissioned the Futerra consultancy
(https://www.wearefuterra.com/) to identify 10 of the top emerging
trends that could transform home and working life. Technological
developments identified by leading futurologists from five
countries included:
-- 3D printed components for housing construction, with 4D
printed components that evolve over time as families' accommodation
requirements change;
-- a five-fold increase in global power generation capacity as
clean energy such as solar panels are extended from rooftops to
windows, walls and even some highways;
-- personalised medical interventions such as 3D bio-printing of organs and limbs;
-- new public transportation systems connecting cities with
trains running at up to 600mph (966kph);
-- large-scale water capture projects, including precipitation
harvesting, groundwater replenishment and improved desalination,
transforming the lives of 1.2 billion people in water-constrained
areas; and
-- a tripling of connected sensor usage in farming leading to
increased food yields coupled with the development of new protein
sources that increasingly displace meat.
Further details of the Futerra research can be found here:
Futerra Briefing Paper
Vodafone Group Chief Commercial Operations and Strategy Officer,
Serpil Timuray said:
"We believe there are very good reasons to be optimistic about
the future as emerging innovations in science and technology begin
to have a profoundly positive impact on society. Vodafone has a
long and proud history of bringing new technologies to hundreds of
millions of people worldwide, enhancing quality of life and
transforming the workplace. Our new brand positioning is intended
to embody Vodafone's mission and purpose to help our customers and
communities adapt and prosper as these remarkable new trends
reshape the world."
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For further information:
Vodafone Group
Media Relations Investor Relations
www.vodafone.com/media/contact Telephone: +44 (0) 7919
990 230
Notes to Editors
About Vodafone Group
Vodafone Group is one of the world's largest telecommunications
companies and provides a range of services including voice,
messaging, data and fixed communications. Vodafone Group has mobile
operations in 26 countries, partners with mobile networks in 49
more, and fixed broadband operations in 19 markets. As of 30 June
2017, Vodafone Group had 523.5 million mobile customers and 18.5
million fixed broadband customers, including India and all of the
customers in Vodafone's joint ventures and associates. For more
information, please visit: www.vodafone.com
* Vodafone operates in the following countries: Albania;
Australia; Czech Republic; Democratic Republic of Congo; Egypt;
Germany; Ghana; Greece; Hungary; India; Ireland; Italy; Lesotho;
Malta; Mozambique; Netherlands; New Zealand; Portugal; Qatar;
Romania; South Africa; Spain; Tanzania; Turkey; and UK.
The following Partner Market companies also operate under the
Vodafone brand: Brazil; Cameroon; Channel Islands; Cyprus; Fiji;
French Polynesia; Iceland; Papua New Guinea; Uganda; Ukraine; and
Zambia.
**The YouGov research was conducted online between 18-25
September 2017. A total of 12,766 people aged 18-55+ participated
across Australia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
India, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain,
Turkey, and the UK.
The Vodafone brand
-- One of the most recognised and valuable telecoms brands in
the world with an attributed value of US$22 billion (Brand Finance,
2017 -
http://brandfinance.com/images/upload/global_500_2017_locked_website.pdf
)
-- The original Vodafone logo was created in 1985.
-- The 'Pegasus' figure was added to the logo in 1993.
-- The Vodafone 'speech mark' visual identity was created in 1998.
-- The logo incorporated a SIM card from 2001.
-- The 'speech mark' visual identity was first rendered in a 3D skeuomorphic design in 2005.
-- 'Power to you' became Vodafone's strapline in 2009.
-- Vodafone worked with WPP agencies MEC, Santo, Brand Union and
Kantar to develop its new brand positioning strategy.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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