Distinctive products & services

This week, I read an article in Wallpaper about swimwear brand Vilebrequin celebrating its 50th anniversary with an exclusive collection of swim trunks (1). In a nice touch, each trunk is [...]

Post by Jon Goldstone, Managing Partner based in London. I must admit I’d never hear of Rimac until I recently read about their new 55/45 joint venture with Porsche: ‘Bugatti Rimac’. I was [...]

Post on driving distinctiveness by David Nichols, Group Managing Partner and Head of Invention. I was at the Goodwood festival of Speed at the weekend with my son, ogling all the new cars. And I [...]

The most satisfying part of my job is seeing brandgym clients achieve their brand and business ambitions in the marketplace. A recent example was seeing the Castle Lite team and their agency [...]

Post by Bety Martinez, our brilliant brandgym Partner based in Mexico City. This week, I was moved by a report from Interbrand on “The pursuit of the barrier-free brand experience” (1). It is a [...]

On a plane (yes, a plane!) this week I read with interest Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder and CEO of ‘female-first’ dating app Bumble, talking about her secrets of success in GQ (1). And [...]

Lego is a lockdown winner, with 2020 sales growing +13%, profits up +20% and market share gains achieved in its 12 largest markets (1). But these short term results are the reward for more than a [...]

In this post, I explore in detail how the brand building of Peloton drove explosive growth, using seven ‘workouts’ from our upcoming brandgym Mastering Brand Growth Program. I [...]

As this bonkers year draws to a close, it’s time to look back on the year and pick some monthly highlights from our 52 weekly blog posts. In our 15 years of blogging, with almost 1,500 [...]

Inspiration on brand growth this week comes from an unusual source: Mr Bean. An article in The Times (1) explored some of the reasons for the character’s enduring and ever-growing global appeal. [...]