An interesting recent example of questionable brand extension is the launch of Gatorade energy bars. Gatorade is best known as a sports drink. It therefore does possess an association with sports and people usually associate energy bars with sport and physical exertion. But Gatorade is about rehydration. “The science of sweat” and “Thirst quencher” says its packaging. Conversely, the introduction of Lucozade energy bars in the United Kingdom displays more “fit.” The core association of the Lucozade brand is energy. Although Lucozade, like Gatorade, is a fluid, the energy component of the brand meaning makes energy bars a more coherent extension for Lucozade than for Gatorade. Note that from a corporate point of view Gatorade s extension into energy bars made sense, drawing on the strengths of both the Gatorade brand in a sports context and parent Quaker Oats’ expertise in grains. What is good for the company, though, is not always good for the brand. Another questionable brand extension was Dannon’s decision to put its brand name on bottled water. The Dannon company in the United States is owned by the French Groupe Danone, the world’s biggest marketer of cultured dairy products such as yogurt, cheese and dairy desserts. To most people Dannon is yogurt. Brand extensions into other dairy products would not dilute the brand the way an extension into bottled water does.