Brand architecture can be a theoretical and over-intellectual process that takes place in a conceptual vacuum, divorced from business reality. One resulting problem is brand proliferation, where a company tries…
A delivery of white t-shirts from Sunspel today reminded me of how important a strong core is when rejuvenating a brand. "The T-shirt of choice for discerning men and women,…
A post on the importance of big brand ideas in an age of AI grabbed my attention this week. The speed and scale of content creation have skyrocketed thanks to…
The campaign for the new Lynx Lower Body Spray product is an almost brilliant example of growing the core. The work from LOLA MullenLowe for Unilever is extremely well branded…
The new campaign from the Burberry brand made me stop and smile when arriving at Heathrow Terminal 5 this week. The campaign, It's Always Burberry Weather, was displayed on huge…
Marketers are often told they need to choose between communicating the brand or selling the product. The latest Rimowa brand campaign shows how to break this trade-off and do both.…
"How to keep your brand consistent when AI tools can generate infinite variations?" This critical question was recently posted by Paul Dervan, Miro's Head of Brand Marketing (1). He went…
You imagine that a market as mature as tea is pretty stable, but over the last decade the UK tea market has experienced one of the biggest shifts in market…
Which marketing capability is the most important to work on in 2025 as you think about your marketing training priorities? Marketing Directors were asked this question in a survey by…
Investment firm abrdn announced today that the firm has finally decided to bring an end to the name change nonsense I posted on here, four years ago, when it changed…