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Jan 10 2022

Brand growth inspiration from our first 20 years

By David Taylor Brand-led business, Distinctive products & services, Grow Your Core Business

This year we created a special set of new year postcards, celebrating the first 20 years of the brandgym: BG20. In the spirit of fresh consistency, we re-visited the postcards…

Jan 05 2022

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TURN NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS INTO NEW HABITS

By David Taylor Leadership & performance

It’s become a brandgym blog tradition to start the year with a classic blog post about New Year resolutions and new habits by Diego Kerner, our Managing Partner based in Buenos…

Dec 30 2021

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2021 in review: our most popular posts (Part 2)

By David Taylor Consumer Insight, Distinctive products & services

This is the second post looking at monthly highlights from our 52 weekly blog posts, based on the number of Linked In views. In this final post we look at…

Dec 23 2021

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2021 in review: our most popular posts (Part 1)

By David Taylor Distinctive products & services, Grow Your Core Business

As another crazy year draws to a close, it’s time to look back at some monthly highlights from our 52 weekly blog posts. In our 20 years of blogging, with…

Dec 14 2021

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Portfolio focus pays off for Coca-Cola

By David Taylor Brand Portfolios & Architecture

It was interesting to watch Coca-Cola CEO James Quincy talk about portfolio focus in a CNN interview (1), one year after we posted here on his plans to cut a…

Dec 10 2021

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Is Tropicana toothpaste a bonkers brand extension?

By David Taylor Innovation to Stretch into New Markets

Yes, you read right. Tropicana have stretched their brand from juices into, well, toothpaste. Crazy as it may seem, this is a real product launch and not an April Fool’s…

Nov 30 2021

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Relentless revitalisation pays off for Pets at Home

By David Taylor Brand rejuvenation, Consumer Insight, Grow Your Core Business, Innovation to Stretch into New Markets

I'm pleased to see that positive predictions about Pets at Home in this post two years ago proved to be accurate. Pre-tax profits rose +81% to £71 million in the…

Nov 26 2021

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Is Sky smart to stretch into smart TVs?

By David Taylor Innovation to Stretch into New Markets

Is Sky smart to stretch its brand into the smart TV market? I asked myself this question today, after seeing an ad for the new Sky Glass TV. Sky's subscription…

Nov 16 2021

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Core renovation of a traditional service: Milk & More

By David Taylor Brand rejuvenation, Brand-led business

You can’t get a more traditional service than ‘the milkman’ (or milkperson as I guess they should be now called). Milkmen/women drive around delivering milk to your door on a…

THE BLOG

Brand growth inspiration from our first 20 years

TURN NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS INTO NEW HABITS

2021 in review: our most popular posts (Part 2)

2021 in review: our most popular posts (Part 1)

Portfolio focus pays off for Coca-Cola

Is Tropicana toothpaste a bonkers brand extension?

Relentless revitalisation pays off for Pets at Home

Is Sky smart to stretch into smart TVs?

Core renovation of a traditional service: Milk & More

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