The news that supermarket giant Tesco has launched a range of premium own label products with branding that is not immediately recognisable – such as ChokaBlok ice cream and Lathams dry dog food – has caused a great stir in the media.
Maybe we are seeing the beginning of a trend in retailing – perhaps as a response to the difficult trading conditions.
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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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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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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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Could the current environment of austerity – higher petrol costs, rising food bills etc – lead to a change in shopping habits?
The current Co-operative television advert features a husband appealing to his wife for relaxing Saturdays rather than the usual trip to the supermarket that involves waiting in queues etc. He ends with the exhortation to [...]
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