Samsung's Galaxy Retains Top Brand Ranking in 2016

Samsung Electronics Co.'s mobile brand of Galaxy retained its top spot in this year's local best brand rankings despite the production halt of the latest Galaxy Note 7 phablet line, South Korea's News Agency (Yonhap) reported. 
Brand Stock, a South Korean market research firm that determines the rankings of local brands, said in its latest poll that the Samsung Galaxy earned 924.2 points on a scale of 1,000 in terms of its Brand Stock Top Index (BSTI). 
The brand lost some 10 points from 934.7 points tallied a year earlier due mainly to the Galaxy Note 7, which faced an unprecedented production termination sparked by its batteries overheating and catching fire.