Rebranding the British Royal Family – too little too late?

April 30th, 2011

In the happy afterglow of the recent (British) Royal Wedding, commentators are already talking about the ‘re-branding’ of the Royal Family and how the young couple seemed to have brought a new ‘lightness and humour’ to what could have been very formal and ’stuffy’ occasion.

But, as every marketer knows, a successful re-brand is more than merely changing a logo or designing a new website – or in this case putting on a noticeably lighthearted major event

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Could 2011 see the return of advertising?

March 30th, 2011

After five years in which Social Media was ‘flavour of the month’ could we be seeing the return of traditional advertising as a key Marketing tool?
Early in March, ITV reported a 16% increase in advertising revenue in 2010 and is on track to be 12% up in the first quarter of 2011.
Meanwhile, over at WPP advertising industry giant [...]

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Marks & Spencer’s new brand strategy – a stretch too far?

February 27th, 2011

M&S boss Marc Bolland’s new business plan plans a move away from the M&S brand with labels such as Per Una defining a collection to a stable of brands with independent identities under an M&S master brand.

M&S is not Selfridges or Debenhams so perhaps the success of Per Una (created by the carismatic George Davies) as a sub-brand should not blind the management to their core market.

It could be disasterous if M&S became a poor department store rather than the great middle-market, single brand retailer it once was.

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Delivering on the promise – what Obama should have learned from Marketers

October 31st, 2010

Brand Obama appears to be in trouble. Buy why? Maybe Obama should have understood that a brand must deliver what it promises.

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Will Aleksandr Orlov the Meerkat conquer the marketing world?

August 31st, 2010

With the the launch of the third part of the history of Aleksandr Orlov’s family (The Steeets of Ambitiousness ) comes the rumour that there may be a full-length movie in due course. Could an advertising concept become a stand-alone character?

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