{"id":7333,"date":"2018-06-13T17:33:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T17:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groupcaliber.com\/?p=851"},"modified":"2022-01-27T10:29:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T10:29:15","slug":"adidas-is-germanys-favorite-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groupcaliber.banyodev.dk\/index.php\/2018\/06\/13\/adidas-is-germanys-favorite-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Adidas is Germany\u2019s favorite company"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adidas tops DAX 30 list of most trusted and liked companies in Germany. VW and Deutsche Bank still in bottom, while Daimler\u2019s reputation drops dramatically.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If asked to name some German companies, which names would people mention? Many would probably start with car manufacturers like BMW, Mercedes and Volkswagen, possibly followed by Europe\u2019s largest airline Lufthansa. Those more aware of German businesses may mention the medical giant Bayer, and perhaps Deutsche Bank. Others may recall Adidas (yes, they are German!), Siemens, the chemical giant BASF (perhaps known more for its cassette tapes \u2013 for those of us who remember the 80\u2019s), and Deutsche Telekom.<\/p>\n

These companies are not only well-known German businesses, but are also associated by many with quality, innovation, financial success and the proud slogan \u201cMade in Germany\u201d.<\/p>\n

To our surprise, however, when we first compiled our 2018 ranking of the Germans\u2019 favorite Dax 30 companies \u2013 we did not find these usual suspects at the top.<\/p>\n

The list starts off fairly predictably with Adidas being at the very top, and Siemens being not far behind. Also in the top 5 we find the tire manufacturer Continental as well as Deutsche Lufthansa. The only unexpected company here is Fresenius Medical Care \u2013 not a company many people outside Germany would know.<\/p>\n

From then on things get more surprising. BMW is \u201conly\u201d number 7, while one has to look far down the ranks to find Daimler at #16 (with a 12% drop in score in the last 2 weeks of May alone!). Perhaps this is easy to explain, as both companies suffered from the rub-off effect, and recent resurgence, of Dieselgate. By the way, VW itself is not surprisingly the third last company on the list.<\/p>\n

Another unexpected result is seeing companies from sectors that are typically disliked, like chemicals and pharmaceutical, ranked relatively high: while BASF is ranked midway down the list at #17, Linde is ranked a strong #6; and while Bayer is positioned a fairly low 22nd<\/sup>, Merck is ten positions above at #12. And just to show that success does not always lead to a positive reputation \u2013 Deutsche B\u00f6rse is ranked #20, despite the strong showing of many of its stock indexes over the last few years.<\/p>\n

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Is \u201cMade in Germany\u201d just about quality?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

To find the explanation for some of these unpredictable scores, we have to look into who this ranking is based upon. At Caliber we survey a representative sample of the general population aged 18-75 on a daily basis \u2013 in Germany as well as in many other countries. We ask them two simple questions: whether they trust and like the companies they are evaluating. So this ranking is not based on financial indicators or market share, neither is it a proxy of brand awareness or local presence. These scores are a simple and straight-forward indicator of whether ordinary people trust and like the companies they hear about every day.<\/p>\n

To explain these emotions we also look at rational perceptions of the same companies. Here it is quickly apparent that \u201cMade in Germany\u201d is still pretty much alive with almost all companies scoring very well on perceived product and service offering, innovation and leadership. But once we look at softer values, such as integrity, authenticity and inspiration \u2013 the German public\u2019s perceptions of the DAX 30 companies are mixed at best. Even those on top, such as Adidas or Siemens, struggle to convince the public that they behave ethically and that they keep their promises.<\/p>\n

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Another problem many top companies have in Germany is differentiation \u2013 or lack thereof. The public does not seem to perceive these companies as standing apart from their competitors.<\/p>\n

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The biggest challenge, however, that all DAX 30 companies have in common is the fact that people cannot relate to what they stand for. The Relevance scores are significantly lower from all other perception scores for nearly all these companies, indicating a shared problem of unclear or irrelevant purpose at the core of these organizations.<\/p>\n

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While it\u2019s good to see that some of the iconic German companies are still trusted and liked by the German public, it\u2019s worrying that perceptions of integrity and relevance are so low. \u201cMade in Germany\u201d still seems to be a signal of product quality and innovation \u2013 but is it not time for a \u201cMade by Germany\u201d quality mark that also stands for something more?<\/p>\n

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The data has been collected through Caliber’s Real-time tracker, part of Caliber’s brand & reputation analytics platform in May 2018. For more detailes abou this study, please contact Insights Director Vladimir Verchinine at vladimir@groupcaliber.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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