Month: June 2012

HeinekenHmeDesign

Heineken eyes ‘Apple of beer brands’ status

Seb Joseph

Heineken is reaching out to independent designers to develop marketing initiatives for its global Open Your World marketing strategy in a bid to become the “Apple of beer brands” and set itself apart rivals focussed on sport and music sponsorship.

Web addresses

Brands bid for new domain names

Lara O'Reilly

The full list of submissions for the new top level domain names that allow companies to replace the traditional “.com” or .”co.uk” ending has been unveiled, revealing some interesting entries from brands.

Case study: Supermarkets

Josie Allchin

How consumers are coping with a double-dip recession: read the cover story here As a retailer, White Stuff has been particularly hard hit by the recession. Read here about how it’s adapting to the changing consumer The six faces of the post-recession consumer: which one are you? Vice-president of business development at Mysupermarket.com and director […]

White stuff

Case study: White Stuff

Josie Allchin

How consumers are coping with a double-dip recession: read the cover story here The double-dip recession has also come with a supermarket price war – click here to read about how customer data is helping brands get ahead The six faces of the post-recession consumer: which one are you? Vice-president of business development at Mysupermarket.com […]

Marks Spencer

M&S Bank has brand metrics but doubts remain

Russell Parsons

Marks & Spencer’s claim that its “trusted brand” can create a successful alternative in M&S Bank to the UK’s high street banking giants has been given weight by data that finds perception of its financial services brand far exceeds the majority of high street banking giants.