TY - JOUR AB - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a response to papers written by Professors Samiee, Belk and Özsomer as commentary pieces on my original paper, “The uncertain future of globalization: implications for global consumer culture and global brands.”Design/methodology/approach The paper is in the form of an essay.Findings The commentaries highlight many areas of agreement with the overall thrust of the original paper, and also pinpoint novel and important additional avenues for reflection and research.Originality/value The paper builds on the commentaries, identifying additional ways forward for the field. VL - 36 IS - 4 SN - 0265-1335 DO - 10.1108/IMR-12-2018-0356 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-12-2018-0356 AU - Steenkamp Jan-Benedict PY - 2019 Y1 - 2019/01/01 TI - Reflections on defining global brands, fragmentation and segmentation, and the emergence of richer brandscapes T2 - International Marketing Review PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 553 EP - 555 Y2 - 2024/05/07 ER -