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 ...
05 May 2010
| by Staff
of Samuel L Jackson fronting the brand to Brendan from Strictly in its latest campaign. There's certainly ...
to attach your financial brand to one. So Barclays has revamped 1700 branches - but what's dancing got ...
branded guardsmen in busbies is the optimum expression of Barclays' retail brand. However, it ...
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 Andrew McCormick
Finance and utility brands are more likely to benefit from price-comparison and voucher-code sites...-affiliates', sites that, although brands in their own right, are geared toward driving sales for others. Yet, while ...
Quidco and Rpoints have gained mass-market appeal, brands have mixed feelings about both propositions ...
-comparison sites, so if brands neglect the channel, they could miss out a significant chunk of their target market ...
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 ...
23 Mar 2010
| by Nicola Clark
Many major brands were forced to scale back their marketing budgets during 2009, allowing those...to 'spend through the recession' were to little avail as brands struggled with swingeing budget cuts imposed ...
of nearly 10% year on year - as brands struggled to get to grips with the scale and scope of the economic ...
%. Sean Meikle, managing partner at media agency PHD, warns that brands will pay for short-term cuts ...
23 Mar 2010
| by Alex Brownsell
, politicians have long been nudging the brand toward a fuller financial-services offering. The chain has ...
-Morley . Question of trust Now the brand has commenced a review of its design agency arrangements, stating it is looking for agencies with 'proven experience' of working with major high-street finance brands, to create ...
17 Mar 2010
| by Mary Cowlett
Asking consumers set questions will give brands only certain answers. If they sit back and listen...division of global branding agency Imagination. Immediate response Streten's company recently put ...
, points out that customers can become frustrated with brands they feel are not listening to them ...
are simply not spontaneously talked about, and often brands need something that is a bit more directed ...
10 Mar 2010
| by Mark Kleinman
by customers in Asia, and the number of policies from Pru-owned brands in China or India will dwarf that held ...
and in that respect it must be good for 'Brand Britain' as well. - Mark Kleinman is City editor at Sky News and a ...