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Brands and branding are the most significant gifts that commerce has ever made to popular culture.

Wally Olins

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Wally Olins
Age: 83 †
Born: 1930
Born: December 19
Died: 2014
Died: April 14
Advertising Person
London
England
Wallace Olins
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Branding
Commerce
Brands
Gifts
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Culture
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