Ben & Jerry’s: Why standing for a cause can build stronger customer bonds
Having a social purpose is helping brands such as Ben & Jerry’s, owned by Unilever, build a relationship with customers beyond sales transactions.
Having a social purpose is helping brands such as Ben & Jerry’s, owned by Unilever, build a relationship with customers beyond sales transactions.
Speaking to Marketing Week to promote The Venture, Chivas whisky’s $1m competition for social enterprises, the wine and spirit maker’s chief executive Alexandre Ricard claimed today’s consumers will uncover any lack of authenticity in corporate social responsibility efforts.
Brands need to replace the outdated concept of CSR with a social purpose that is intrinsically linked to their core objectives.
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