Small businesses and start-ups can get big benefits from brand growth coaching. However, such business owners struggle to make time for a full brandgym project, being so busy running their…
Beans. Not exactly the sexiest category! Most marketers wouldn’t pick them as the battleground for premium innovation. But that’s exactly what Bold Bean Cº founder Amelia Christie-Miller has done, according…
B2B marketing can often lacks distinctiveness. On a project for a big insurance company we names this issue "the sea of blue": every brand used the same colour and also…
I’ve spent over 30 years working in food and drink marketing and am always on the lookout for brands that are doing remarkable things. Crosta Mollica is one of those…
A delivery of white t-shirts from Sunspel today reminded me of how important a strong core is when rejuvenating a brand. "The T-shirt of choice for discerning men and women,…
You imagine that a market as mature as tea is pretty stable, but over the last decade the UK tea market has experienced one of the biggest shifts in market…
If you work in marketing, creating a personal passion brand can be a great wonderful of fulfilment and learning. It’s a great opportunity to try out your own principles &…
Post by Charlotte White, Managing Partner based in New York. We questioned whether Gatorade’s stretch to Unflavoured Water was "Dumb or Genius" in a recent brandgym blog. Time will tell which…
One of my favourite weekend activities of this year was visiting "Accidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition" (1) with Mrs Taylor, my daughter and her boyfriend Charlie. Do try and see…
"Give your work a genuine purpose" was the attention grabbing headline in a Times article I read this week (1). "Before the pandemic, 'purpose' was voted as the business buzzword…