Bonfire Of The Brands: How I Learnt to Live Without Labels

by Neil Boorman

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Average number of ads exposed to each day: 3000
Average number of ads exposed to by age of 65: 2 million
Average number of brand names memorised by a 10-year-old: 400
Worldwide advertising spend in 2006: $427 billion.

In our consumer world, saturated by branded goods, is there any escape from the vice-grip of advertising on all our lives?

Neil Boorman, journalist, brand consulatant (and recovering brand addict), draws on his vast professional and personal experience to build a compelling case for change. In Bonfire Of The Brands he assesses the impact of advertising on the individual, the broader implications for society as a whole and the consequences for the near future. If the industry won't give it up, is it time for the individual to take back control?
  • ISBN10 1847670873
  • ISBN13 9781847670878
  • Publish Date 7 August 2008 (first published 6 September 2007)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 11 August 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Canongate Books
  • Edition Main
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 256
  • Language English