This is the second of two posts on new research into brand assets by JKR x IPSOS (1). Last week we looked at the research method and the overall findings.…
More and more companies are recognising the role brand assets can play in marketing. In new brandgym research, to be published after the summer, 87% of marketing directors said brand…
Service businesses are so inherently complex that service breakdowns are inevitable. I experienced just such a breakdown last night, during a dinner to celebrate my dad’s 84th birthday at a…
Blog post by Prasad Narasimhan, Managing Partner for Asia based in Bangalore with a passion for service brand projects Across markets, the lines between product & service are blurring. No…
I've just come out from watching one of my favourite movies of recent times: Air - Courting a Legend, starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Viola Davies. It tells the…
The Franco Manca brand of pizza restaurants was in the news this week, with Japanese restaurant group Toridoll agreeing to buy brand owner Fulham Shore for £93million, a 35% premium…
I was interested to see Airbnb's latest quarterly earnings report this month. In particular, I was curious to see an update on their strategy of re-focusing on brand marketing and…
Participants on the Mastering Brand Growth program often ask about how to grow small brands with limited marketing budgets. For such 'challenger brands', the key is to drive distinctiveness through…
A recent stay at The Pig at Harlyn Bay in Cornwall reminded me about the great brand building job done by this boutique hotel collection. The first Pig was opened…
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…