11 Aug 2010
| by Gemma Charles
to get brands to fund the anti-obesity campaign Change4Life....brands should make financial contributions to the Change4Life campaign and he dangled the carrot for a ...
11 May 2010
| by Helen Edwards
Seeking to make sense of Tesco's brand extension into house-building, and perhaps to allay a ...
. It was the original brand extension pioneer, branching out, like Tesco, from grocery retail beginnings. How does that work, both then and now? How can brands be so elastic? Is there something about putting food ...
05 May 2010
| by Helen Edwards
Brands seeking to challenge a 'big two' need to find strategies that will build loyalty...It's one of marketing's tougher challenges. You're the number-three brand in an established market, with a fairly steady 20% share. The big two play tag for brand leadership, with shares in the high 30s. Some tiddlers and niche brands nibble away at the market edges. You're charged with achieving strong ...
28 Apr 2010
| by Helen Edwards
The emotional bonding that is crucial to any brand's success cannot be built using metrics alone....The BrandZ top 100 is one of those annual rankings that hit brand owners whether they like ...
Optimor feels compelled to give them catchy, trademarked names: Brand Signature, Presence, Bonding ...
metrics and the beguiling precision of those bar-grids can make you think you're up there in the brand ...
28 Apr 2010
| by Staff
more brands genuinely communicating with and involving their customers in their business. Let's celebrate the brand and business benefits of authentic co-creation. This is especially important in terms of business ethics and brands acting responsibly. At a time when transparency, confidence and trust feel ...
27 Apr 2010
| by Gemma Charles
guidance on green claims for marketers looking to build the environmental agenda into their campaigns ...
that we need to encourage brands to make claims and engage in the agenda,' she says. While the latest ...
slams the suggestion that brands should use third-party verification as 'vague'. 'What third party ...
21 Apr 2010
| by Alan Mitchell
LONDON - Political parties are showing brands the way on handing consumers control.... For far-sighted brand managers, it also represents a huge opportunity. The old organisation-centric approach to managing personal data is a dead duck (read my blog for more on this). Brands need to replace ...
to it and enrich it (the trust high road)? Brands that take the trust high road will innovate in many ways ...
19 Apr 2010
| by Gemma Charles
LONDON - The three main parties are lining up to challenge brands over targeting children....The issue of the sexualisation of children propelled the regulation of brands and marketing into the spotlight last week. Not only did the subject appear in both the Labour and Conservative manifestos ...
for selling Playboy-branded stationery, have declined. '(The problem has) been getting worse for some time ...
14 Apr 2010
| by Nicola Clark
that is well understood by brands - that female-specific marketing is often a blunt and ineffective instrument ...
, they shop around and have no brand or political loyalty. ...
30 Mar 2010
| by Adam Woods
Clarke, chief creative officer at digital agency LBi. Ironically, the increasing refinement of brands ...
, there appears to be a growing belief among brands that increasing adspend does not guarantee marketing success ...
Williams, the brand's director of communications. In a handful of sectors there was a sharp reduction ...