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Brand strategy training is the top priority for marketing capability, according to Gartner’s latest CMO Spend Survey (1), which is great to see. It is also encouraging that CMOs are focused on [...]

Balancing short-term sales-focused marketing and marketing to build the brand was a topic of hot debate in a recent Mastering Brand Growth programme workshop. I suggested that great marketing can [...]

I thought I’d seen it all when it comes to name change nonsense. But no. The re-naming of Standard Life Aberdeen as abrdn has taken things to a whole new level. Or, should I say, plumbed new [...]

I read with interest today about Amazon’s brand extension plan for a new hair salon in Spitalfields Market, east London (1). Some of Amazon Salon’s service features include: Hair style preview: [...]

Lego is a lockdown winner, with 2020 sales growing +13%, profits up +20% and market share gains achieved in its 12 largest markets (1). But these short term results are the reward for more than a [...]

Broadcast TV is dead or at least in terminal decline. Right? This is what you would believe based on many news headlines you read. However, data on UK viewing habits from Thinkbox (1) shows that [...]

“Which distinctive brand assets should we focus on?” This smart question was asked in a recent brand strategy workshop. Research by IPOS on 2,000+ pieces of video creative can help provide some [...]

James Timpson, CEO of Timpson, is in the key-cutting business, with a chain of 2,000+ key-cutting and shoe repair shops. When it comes to leadership, he’s also in the crap-cutting business. His [...]

Post by Jon Goldstone, Managing Partner (UK & Global) Marmite has been in the news again. I saw a mixture of excitement and repulsion responding to the news that Marks & Spencer have [...]

I read with interest that Airbnb was launching a new global brand campaign. A holiday is top on my lockdown-liberation wish-list, as I’m sure it is for lots of people. I was hoping for an [...]

Post by David Nichols, Group Managing Partner and Head of Invention. Nike is an $35bn behemoth global iconic brand that has stayed at the top of a hugely competitive market and at the front of [...]