In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, many companies are challenged to achieve expeditious growth. With stockholders demanding swift returns on their investment, many aggressive management teams bypass the long, slow path to growth and instead ...
Niels Bohr once noted that "prediction is very difficult, especially about the future," but then he didn't have access to predictive loyalty metrics. Happily, we do. And, as they ...
Companies are using their financial muscle to bring about change.
LEVI'S uses the sex appeal of its products to sell safe sex and SABMiller SA uses taverns to ...
Two people meet. They like the look of each other. They start hanging out. They find they share interests. They are happy and proud to be seen together. Over time, they get to know each ...
Your people are your brand and your brand your competitive advantage.
Whether or not they headlined punters’ lists at the local bookies, Germany had a distinct advantage over all other teams in this year’s Soccer ...
“Branding needs to be less about broadcasting (one-way communication of adverts, jingles, billboards, packaging) and more about conversation (two-way communication with the people that use the brand).”– Nicholas Runnalls
These words come from ...
From Groot Constantia to Google: 1865 to 2010 - a colourful history of brands & branding in South Africa by Affinity Advertising & Publishing.
"...the influence that brands exert on consumer behaviour means they have also become part of the social history of the times, reflecting the fashion, art, literature, technology, health, sport and social norms of the day..." - Publisher Ken Wilshere-Preston