Warning: personal post on life, not branding. I was shocked to the core by the recent death of a friend from Putney. A really lovely guy. Super smart and super…
M&Ms is a mega-brand by anyone’s reckoning - more than 400 million individual M&M's are produced every day in the United States and it has an estimated $4bn global turnover…
Understanding consumer decision making has become much more complex given the rise of digital and social media. Online has grown as a sales channel, accounting for c. 9% of US retail…
The dominance of digital media and the demise of TV is a common theme in the marketing press and at conferences. But it seems the advertising industry is abysmal at understanding…
Last week I posted on an approach to brand extension that I called 'radical brand stretching', and expressed concerns that it lacked strategic rigour and business reality. In this post…
Air France have flown the obsession with 'millennials' to new heights by creating a whole new brand for them called Joon. Yes. You read that right. A totally new brand.…
I was interested to read about the latest communication campaign by Sodastream, the home carbonation brand, in this week's Marketing here. The campaign is the latest move in an attempt…
'Consumer Insights are Dead', according to a provocatively titled article on Linked In by Jim White, here. In fact, Jim is not really suggesting consumer insight is dead, he is…
Brandless is an interesting new online business which launched in the US this week, backed by $50million in venture capital funding. The site offers what the company describes as "A thoughtful,…
"The Future of Brand Stretch: 5 burning questions to answer" is the provocative title of a white paper that popped into my in-box today, from a consultancy called Mash. It…