THE BLOG

Let's face it, most company's purpose or mission statements are a total load of old bollocks, and a waste of time and energy. They tend to worship the holy trinity…

Latest of my monthly posts as one of the Marketing Society's guest bloggers.There is no doubt that leadership is a red-hot topic. A search using the term on Amazon.co.uk returns…

Back from hols at Club Med and, being the brandaholic I am, I couldn't help but observe that way the they have pulled off a great job of remembering and…

Had a tip off about GE's bold move to create its own online film show, the GE Show. An ambitious idea, with the first show on "Healthy Hospitals" and several…

Another nice example of a "founder brand" is pottery company Emma Bridgewater, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary. They make cute, premium-priced, hand-made pottery at their factory in Stoke-on-Trent. Good…

Fascinating post from Tom Fishburne on a talk he saw by innocent smoothies' creative genius, Dan Germain. Dan told the story of how innocent was originally called Fast Tractor. The…

Nice to see the Denny team we worked with last year picking up the prize of best marketing campaign in the recent Irish Marketing Awards. Denny is the leading brand…

What’s with the banana? The other day, my son got a new Lego Indiana truck set and in the truck, we found a minuscule plastic… banana. It got me thinking…

Another good example of a "founder brand" is the UK's leading bread brand, Warburtons. This is a 134 year old, no-nonsense North UK business still run by a family member,…