The way companies structure their brands gets little attention but is of huge importance, as three high-profile stories have reminded us this week.
By Mark Ritson
Cannes Lions 2018: Marketing still matters in a world of mass disruption, says P&G’s chief brand officer, it just means working smarter, cutting out waste and becoming more equal.
To maximise both revenues and savings, Sainsbury’s and Asda’s merger must get brand architecture right, unifying operations while keeping the brands distinct.
A lot has changed since Marketing Week was first published in 1978, but the search for differentiation, the need to understand customers and the battle for brand supremacy will always be marketers’ key challenges.
Coca-Cola praises marketing investment for helping to shift consumer mindsets about the soft drink company and its namesake brand.
Reports are constantly suggesting the CMO role is obsolete, but top marketers from RBS, Tesco, Birds Eye and Salesforce disagree, saying when “marketers deliver, there is no problem”.
Japan’s rugby team might appear to have few links to Skoda, but both have excelled against expectation using a challenger mindset, which others can emulate.
The strategies for success behind the best global brands Interbrand marked the 20th anniversary of its annual Best Global Brands valuation report by comparing the current top 10 with their first rundown from two decades ago. No surprise that big tech dominates this year’s list (Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft hogging the top four, in […]