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The Return Of Starbucks’ Place Strategy - Branding Strategy Insider

With the advent of online shopping, the idea of a physical place – you know, the bricks-and-mortar establishment – took a hit. The business press,

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Consumer Opinions Are Mushy - Branding Strategy Insider

From all my years in research and consulting, I think I’ve learned a thing or two about marketing worth sharing. Enduring fundamentals, mostly yet often

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29.07.2025

McDonald’s Needs To Rethink Its Value Strategy - Branding Strategy Insider

A recent article in The Wall Street Journal reminds us that understanding value is critical for brand viability. The story focuses on McDonald’s.

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Marketing vs. Finance: United’s Plus Points Problem - Branding Strategy Insider

In my Marketing Strategy class at Kellogg, I spend a significant amount of time exploring the critical link between finance and marketing. It is

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How Brands Can Use Uncertainty To Create Relevance - Branding Strategy Insider

When rapid and disruptive change occurs, marketers are handed an extraordinary moment to align themselves with percolating consumer needs when the

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Kraft Heinz: A Case Of Brand Mismanagement And Value Destruction - Branding Strategy Insider

Iconic American brands are under pressure. Some of our most beloved and well-known brands are facing uncertainty. There has been a Sotheby’s auction-like

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Why Convenience Rules The Day - Branding Strategy Insider

From all my years in research and consulting, I think I’ve learned a thing or two about marketing worth sharing. Enduring fundamentals, mostly yet often

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Kellogg's Cereal: A Story Of Missed Strategic Opportunities - Branding Strategy Insider

WK Kellogg – inventor of cereal – is being bought by Italian candy maker Ferrero for the soggy-sounding price of $3 billion. Here are two big lessons from

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Apparel Resale Brands Drive The Future Of Shopping - Branding Strategy Insider

Apparel resale is a robust category centered on the ability to sell and buy pre-worn clothing that is in good condition. Apparel resale is also the

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Marketing Works By Following Trends, Not Setting Them - Branding Strategy Insider

From all my years in research and consulting, I think I’ve learned a thing or two about marketing worth sharing. Enduring fundamentals, mostly yet often

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Brand Lessons From The Demise Of Del Monte - Branding Strategy Insider

Years of reorganizations, restructuring, buying and selling assets, and accumulating enormous debt have finally led to the downfall of one of America’s

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Jobs-To-Be-Done: A Strategic North Star - Branding Strategy Insider

What can brands learn from Listerine? The brand dominates the mouthwash category that it created decades ago, largely because it focuses very clearly on a

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Aim For Market Dominance - Branding Strategy Insider

Whatever the FTC and other governing bodies think, there is—and will always be—an ongoing battle for business leadership: a drive for domination. Just

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7 Brand Moves For A Troubled Economy - Branding Strategy Insider

In October of 1980, The Conference Board (the business and economics organization focused on corporate governance, HR, business ethics, global corporate

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Brand Moves Must Stay Central To The Value Proposition - Branding Strategy Insider

From all my years in research and consulting, I think I’ve learned a thing or two about marketing worth sharing. Enduring fundamentals, mostly yet often

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The Invisible Power Of Brand Consistency - Branding Strategy Insider

A strategic take on consistency as a trust-building engine—beyond visuals, it’s about meaningful repetition to earn credibility. Consistency: True

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17.06.2025

How Tesla's Brand Image Shields Its Low Quality Issues - Branding Strategy Insider

Let’s put the rhetoric and posturing aside for a moment. There is a brand issue with Tesla that continues to create a serious problem. Tesla continues to

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11.06.2025

How Marketers Can Counter The Decline In Time Spent Shopping - Branding Strategy Insider

There has been a steady erosion of time spent shopping over the course of this century—since roughly the take-off point of digital media, social

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10.06.2025

Shockingly, Brands Do Not Legally Exist - Branding Strategy Insider

Now is a great moment to generate a legal definition of a brand. Mondelēz, owner of iconic brands such as Oreos, Chips Ahoy! and Wheat Thins, is suing

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How Simplicity Builds Competitive Advantage - Branding Strategy Insider

Simplicity gets a bad rap. Too often, it’s taken to mean obvious or basic. In part, it’s because so often the ideas we remember, the art that moves us,

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03.06.2025

Brand Management Lessons Emerge From FTC Meta Trial - Branding Strategy Insider

The FTC-Meta trial is in the judge’s hands right now. The case is a monopoly case. The FTC asserts that when Meta was Facebook, Facebook purchased

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29.05.2025

Building Capacity For Breakthrough Innovation - Branding Strategy Insider

You may not know Vesta Stoudt, but you definitely know what she invented—duct tape. Her story holds a lesson for us today. In 1943, Stoudt was inspecting

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How Brand Loyalty Creates Enduring Profitable Growth - Branding Strategy Insider

The Wall Street Journal reports that streaming companies are finally becoming profitable. The article describes how streaming company profitability

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23.05.2025

Brands Take Note: Demographics Matter Most - Branding Strategy Insider

From all my years in research and consulting, I think I’ve learned a thing or two about marketing worth sharing. Enduring fundamentals, mostly yet often

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Your Brand Is What Is Received, Not What Is Sent - Branding Strategy Insider

I’ve been spending many, many years working with various sized brands – from huge multi-nationals to smaller scale ups. But one thing I find that holds

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21.05.2025

Is 3G Capital A Threat To The Skechers Brand? - Branding Strategy Insider

The latest acquisition news is that 3G Capital is buying Skechers, the footwear brand. Reuters indicates that the deal stands at $9.42 billion. Although a

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20.05.2025

Branding Is More Than Communication - Branding Strategy Insider

The 2025 CMO Survey, conducted annually by Deloitte, The Fuqua School at Duke University, and the American Marketing Association, was published recently.

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Have Brands Lost The Real “Why”? - Branding Strategy Insider

In 2009, Simon Sinek delivered an inspiring TED talk, "How great leaders inspire action.” Viewed more than 65 million times, it was the inspiration for

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Advertising Works By Changing Reference Points - Branding Strategy Insider

From all my years in research and consulting, I think I’ve learned a thing or two about marketing worth sharing. Enduring fundamentals, mostly yet often

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Brand Management Considerations For Anti-American Sentiment - Branding Strategy Insider

There has been considerable hand-wringing recently about the decline in global stature, anti-American sentiment, and boycotts of U.S. brands, all stemming

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The CMO Role Needs A Rebrand - Branding Strategy Insider

This is yet another milestone moment for marketing and brand management. Why? Because the pages of our business press report that many well-known brands

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Brand Management Mistakes Hold Back Peloton - Branding Strategy Insider

For some time now, almost since its inception, Peloton has avoided communicating why it is relevantly differentiated from other exercise platforms. Even

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Starbucks Rediscovers Its Human Side - Branding Strategy Insider

Starbucks has just re-learned what business it’s actually in. It discovered that its customers' Job to be Done isn’t to “get coffee.” Rather, they’re

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What Makes A Powerful CEO Brand? - Branding Strategy Insider

Can a CEO build a brand that is bigger than their company’s? A truly iconic brand? Can a CEO brand have the power to transfer from one business to bring

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Brands And The Rising Value Of Trust - Branding Strategy Insider

From all my years in research and consulting, I think I’ve learned a thing or two about marketing worth sharing. Enduring fundamentals, mostly yet often

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29.04.2025

Harley-Davidson Needs More Than An Age-Defying Strategy - Branding Strategy Insider

Harley-Davidson is in trouble again. The iconic American brand faces another C-suite crisis as it is losing another CEO. And, this will likely mean

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Legacy Brands Thrive On Constant Renewal - Branding Strategy Insider

What is it about successful brands that attracts change over time when added size, complexity, and maturity advance to depress the culture of innovation

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How To Build Brand Value In A Tariff-Impacted Economy - Branding Strategy Insider

With tariffs on imported goods and services, brands must realize their inherent customer-perceived brand value. Conversations reported in the business

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6 Ways AI Is Changing Product Management - Branding Strategy Insider

AI has triggered both enthusiasm and anxiety in product circles. AI promises to transform workflows, slash costs, and create dazzling new experiences —

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Brand Strategy For Creating Enduring Profitable Growth - Branding Strategy Insider

The Return Of Starbucks’ Place Strategy - Branding Strategy Insider

Consumer Opinions Are Mushy - Branding Strategy Insider

McDonald’s Needs To Rethink Its Value Strategy - Branding Strategy Insider

Marketing vs. Finance: United’s Plus Points Problem - Branding Strategy Insider

How Brands Can Use Uncertainty To Create Relevance - Branding Strategy Insider

Kraft Heinz: A Case Of Brand Mismanagement And Value Destruction - Branding Strategy Insider

Why Convenience Rules The Day - Branding Strategy Insider

Kellogg's Cereal: A Story Of Missed Strategic Opportunities - Branding Strategy Insider

Apparel Resale Brands Drive The Future Of Shopping - Branding Strategy Insider

Marketing Works By Following Trends, Not Setting Them - Branding Strategy Insider

Brand Lessons From The Demise Of Del Monte - Branding Strategy Insider

Jobs-To-Be-Done: A Strategic North Star - Branding Strategy Insider

Aim For Market Dominance - Branding Strategy Insider

7 Brand Moves For A Troubled Economy - Branding Strategy Insider

Brand Moves Must Stay Central To The Value Proposition - Branding Strategy Insider

The Invisible Power Of Brand Consistency - Branding Strategy Insider

How Tesla's Brand Image Shields Its Low Quality Issues - Branding Strategy Insider

How Marketers Can Counter The Decline In Time Spent Shopping - Branding Strategy Insider

Shockingly, Brands Do Not Legally Exist - Branding Strategy Insider

How Simplicity Builds Competitive Advantage - Branding Strategy Insider

Brand Management Lessons Emerge From FTC Meta Trial - Branding Strategy Insider

Building Capacity For Breakthrough Innovation - Branding Strategy Insider

How Brand Loyalty Creates Enduring Profitable Growth - Branding Strategy Insider

Brands Take Note: Demographics Matter Most - Branding Strategy Insider

Your Brand Is What Is Received, Not What Is Sent - Branding Strategy Insider

Is 3G Capital A Threat To The Skechers Brand? - Branding Strategy Insider

Branding Is More Than Communication - Branding Strategy Insider

Have Brands Lost The Real “Why”? - Branding Strategy Insider

Advertising Works By Changing Reference Points - Branding Strategy Insider

Brand Management Considerations For Anti-American Sentiment - Branding Strategy Insider

The CMO Role Needs A Rebrand - Branding Strategy Insider

Brand Management Mistakes Hold Back Peloton - Branding Strategy Insider

Starbucks Rediscovers Its Human Side - Branding Strategy Insider

What Makes A Powerful CEO Brand? - Branding Strategy Insider

Brands And The Rising Value Of Trust - Branding Strategy Insider

Harley-Davidson Needs More Than An Age-Defying Strategy - Branding Strategy Insider

Legacy Brands Thrive On Constant Renewal - Branding Strategy Insider

How To Build Brand Value In A Tariff-Impacted Economy - Branding Strategy Insider

6 Ways AI Is Changing Product Management - Branding Strategy Insider

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