2014
DOI: 10.1017/s1467222700016104
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Chops and Trademarks: Asian Trading Ports and Textile Branding, 1840–1920

Abstract: This article is a contribution to the prehistory of modern branding, presenting a case study of the textile trade in colonial Southeast Asia. The visual appearance of brands as well as their social meaning were altered in the cultural encounter of colonial trade. Through these encounters, trademarks were modernized: the reputation of a producer became less important than the distinctiveness of the product.

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“…This association has been challenged by a series of publications highlighting the existence of branding, present in the Mediterranean between 1500 and 500 BC (Twede, 2002), in Mesopotamia between the 7th and 3rd centuries BC (Wengrow, 2008), and under China’s Shang dynasty in the second millennium BC (Moore and Reid, 2008). These works have provoked ‘a debate on the origins of branding’ (Petty, 2010) and led to a distinction between ‘brands’ in the current sense of the term and pre-modern ‘proto-brands’ that convey only information about the logistics, origin and quality of the product (Moore and Reid, 2008), and whose symbolic dimension seems less important (Eckhardt and Bengtsson, 2009; Holt, 2004; Zangger, 2014). The debate on the origins of branding across a variety of historical contexts therefore allows for a reflection on its nature and functions.…”
Section: Proposals For Marketing and Consumer Research Programmes Ado...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This association has been challenged by a series of publications highlighting the existence of branding, present in the Mediterranean between 1500 and 500 BC (Twede, 2002), in Mesopotamia between the 7th and 3rd centuries BC (Wengrow, 2008), and under China’s Shang dynasty in the second millennium BC (Moore and Reid, 2008). These works have provoked ‘a debate on the origins of branding’ (Petty, 2010) and led to a distinction between ‘brands’ in the current sense of the term and pre-modern ‘proto-brands’ that convey only information about the logistics, origin and quality of the product (Moore and Reid, 2008), and whose symbolic dimension seems less important (Eckhardt and Bengtsson, 2009; Holt, 2004; Zangger, 2014). The debate on the origins of branding across a variety of historical contexts therefore allows for a reflection on its nature and functions.…”
Section: Proposals For Marketing and Consumer Research Programmes Ado...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cette association a été remise en cause par une série de publications soulignant l'ancienneté de la marque, présente en Méditerranée entre 1500 et 500 avant JC (Twede, 2002), en Mésopotamie entre le septième et le troisième siècle avant JC (Wengrow, 2008) ou sous la dynastie Shang dans la Chine du deuxième millénaire avant JC (Moore et Reid, 2008). Ces recherches ont provoqué « un débat sur les origines du branding » (Petty, 2010) et amené à distinguer les « marques » au sens actuel du terme et les « proto-marques » pré-modernes qui véhiculent uniquement des informations relatives à la logistique, à l'origine et à la qualité du produit (Moore et Reid, 2008), et dont la dimension symbolique semble moins importante (Eckhardt et Bengtsson, 2009 ;Holt, 2004 ;Zangger, 2014). Le débat sur les origines du branding à travers une variété des contextes historiques permet donc une réflexion sur la nature de la marque et sur ses fonctions.…”
Section: Histoire De La Pratique Marketingunclassified