Distinctive packaging & design Archives

May 08 2019

10 tips for effective brand names

By David Taylor Distinctive packaging & design

Post by Simon Gore, our new Managing Partner and Head of Brand Identity & Naming, based in London. Choice of brand name is one of the most significant decisions taken…

May 01 2019

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How to get retail customer support to grow the core?

By David Taylor Distinctive packaging & design, Grow Your Core Business

"We know we should grow the core. But our sales force and retail customers demand innovation and new products to give us support!" This challenge was shared during a workshop I recently…

Mar 20 2019

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Inside an insurgent: the Gran Luchito story

By David Taylor Big brands under attack, Brand Vision, Positioning & Purpose, Brand-led business, Consumer Insight, Distinctive packaging & design, Distinctive products & services, Internal engagement

Post by Jon Goldstone, Managing Partner (Global) based in London According to 88% of marketing directors in our research (posted here) smaller, ’insurgent’ brands pose a serious threat to big brands, In…

Mar 06 2019

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Weight Watchers shows risk of name changes as share price drops 36%

By David Taylor Brand rejuvenation, Distinctive packaging & design

The renaming of Weight Watchers' to 'WW' shows the risks of changing brand name. The company lost 300,000 subscribers in the quarter following the September 2018 change, followed by a…

Dec 06 2018

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3 Black Friday brands benefiting from ‘Fresh Consistency’

By David Taylor Distinctive communication, Distinctive packaging & design

Post by David Nichols, Group Managing Partner and Head of Invention This Black Friday weekend I saw several brands reaping the benefits of 'fresh consistency': remembering what made them famous…

Nov 21 2018

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Building an effective brand character

By David Taylor 'Turbo Charged' Marketing Plans, Distinctive communication, Distinctive packaging & design

'Brand properties' help build the distinctive memory structure that gets your brand recalled when people are making buying decisions, as we posted on here. And a 'brand character' is one of the…

Nov 07 2018

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Distinctiveness vs. differentiation: who is right?!

By David Taylor Distinctive communication, Distinctive packaging & design, Distinctive products & services

In a recent brand-led innovation project, we discussed Mark Ritson's latest column that has added fuel to the fire of debate about distinctiveness versus differentiation (1). "There is a worrying trend…

Sep 19 2018

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Uber ditches its dodgy design

By David Taylor Brand-led business, Distinctive packaging & design

Uber has just ditched the dodgy design it introduced in 2016 and gone back to basics with its new logo. This whole exercise has been a monumental waste of time,…

Jul 17 2018

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Why big brands win in eCommerce retail, not small ones

By David Taylor Distinctive communication, Distinctive packaging & design, Distinctive products & services, Driving Distribution

Big brands are the knock-out winners in a recent eBrand ranking (1) of performance in UK online retailers, despite the popular view that big brands are losing out to smaller, more digitally…

Mar 27 2018

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New logo design by Santander: the good, the bad and the questionable

By David Taylor Distinctive packaging & design

We start our brandgym Mastering Brand Growth program and our brand strategy projects talking out how branding is about the whole business, not just logo design. So, I read about the…

Distinctive packaging & design66

10 tips for effective brand names

How to get retail customer support to grow the core?

Inside an insurgent: the Gran Luchito story

Weight Watchers shows risk of name changes as share price drops 36%

3 Black Friday brands benefiting from ‘Fresh Consistency’

Building an effective brand character

Distinctiveness vs. differentiation: who is right?!

Uber ditches its dodgy design

Why big brands win in eCommerce retail, not small ones

New logo design by Santander: the good, the bad and the questionable

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