With a global recession on the horizon, you might think that premium brands would be struggling for sales. However, the continued success of the Rolls Royce brand shows that this…
How to revitalise a brand which is iconic but has somehow lost its way and is suffering as a result? This was the challenge the BN brand of biscuits faced,…
A pull-out newspaper supplement for luxury watch brand Breitling grabbed my attention this week (see below). The second edition of The Breitling Chronicle covered the re-launch of the Superocean collection.…
Back in 2016 I posted on an attempted re-launch of the bodyspray brand Lynx (Axe in most markets), with a campaign idea called Find Your Magic. At the time, I…
As part of a beer brand creation project I'm working on, I was looking today at the Brewdog brand. When I landed on their website I came across one of…
I’ve just stepped out of the cinema having watched Top Gun: Maverick with fellow brandgym partner David T. And wow, what a film! As an acrobatic pilot myself (more on that in…
It’s easy to get carried away by the creative brilliance of a one-off, stand-alone campaign. But the most instructive case studies look at long term brand evolution. One such case…
Airbnb reported its strongest ever quarterly results in the 4th quarter of 2021. Revenue of $1.5bn was up 38% vs. 2019. At the same time, sales and marketing spend decreased…
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…
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…