辽宁科技大学本科生毕业设计 (论文 ) 第 I页 附录 A 英文原文 What is a Brand? Philip Kotler Perhaps the most distinctive skills of professional marketers are their ability to create, maintain, protect, and enhance brands. Marketers say that “branding is the art and cornerstone of marketing.” The American Marketing Association defines a brand as follows: A brand is a name, term, sign, symbol, or design, or a combinatio