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I heard today that innocent are pulling their Veg Pots to focus on the core drinks business. This is what I suggested back in 2008, almost six years ago, in…

 Many of us may think two main things about stress: first, that stress is bad for your health; second, that you have too much stress in your life. Well, this…

The total and utter failure of polling to predict the outcome of yesterday's UK general election is another example of the shortcomings of conventional research.  The polls  predicted that the…

I spent a lovely morning this week talking about the wonderful Olympic Studios brand and business, with Membership and Marketing Manager, Mairead Murray. The Olympic is a boutique cinema, café and members…

This is the second post where I look at the "mad tech" (marketing & advertising technology) companies I'm investing in through the Collider program*. Last week's Demo Day, where the start-ups…

Two interesting articles showed how physical experiences are still important in today's digital age. The first concerned the rapid growth in vinyl records; the second was about the success of…

The Apple Watch looks like being one of the biggest brand events of the year. And I'm a signed up member of Appleaholics Anonymous. But even I'm not sure if…

Uber is the mobile app based cab company that has gone from zero to a valuation of $20bn in seemingly no time. We last blogged about the success of the…

This week I was left bemused by Facebook's TV and poster advertising campaign. I first spotted it from the moving walkway on the Jubilee underground line, where the online brand…