Cardinal points past brand name tents (8)
I believe the answer is:
marquees
'tents' is the definition.
(marquee is a kind of tent)
'cardinal points past brand name' is the wordplay.
'cardinal points' becomes 'es' (E is an example. I am not sure about the 'cardinal' bit.).
'past' says to put letters next to each other.
'brand name' becomes 'marque' (I've seen this before).
'es' after 'marque' is 'MARQUEES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for marquees that I've seen before include "Very large tent, for circuses etc." , "Very large tents" .)