Distinctiveness and differentiation are both integral to brand success so there doesn’t need to be a trade-off between the two.
By Mark Ritson
Kraft Heinz is suffering from a number of self-inflicted wounds, from underinvestment in its brands to a failure to adapt its portfolio to modern tastes, leading to a parlous financial situation.
Classic ads and product placements continue to have a brand-building effect decades later, which is a benefit more marketers should pay attention to when commissioning creative.
Marketers would be far better off focusing on what definitely won’t change in 2019 and making a list of all the things they could do better than being distracted by hollow predictions.
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Reports are constantly suggesting the CMO role is obsolete, but top marketers from RBS, Tesco, Birds Eye and Salesforce disagree, saying when “marketers deliver, there is no problem”.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 […]