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Posts By Al Ries

  • Red giants and white dwarfs.

  • The no-name trap.

  • Heineken Premium Light.

  • Is it the end of the ultimate advertising slogan?

  • One brand for today. One brand for tomorrow.

  • Small business.

    One of the most frequently-asked questions at our seminars and speeches is: “What special rules do you have for small businesses?” The answer is:...

  • The halo effect.

    Marketing and psychology are closely related. If psychology is the “systematic study of human behavior,” then marketing is the “systematic study of human behavior...

  • Fixing General Motors.

    Former General Motors chairman Robert Stempel declared (when he was general manager of Chevrolet in the early 1980s,) “The secret to success in this...

  • Guatemala’s new marketing program.

    Recently, the country of Guatemala hired a global branding consultancy to develop a new tourist strategy. According to the consultants: “Extensive focus groups were...

  • Common sense can lead you astray.

    Volkswagen just announced that it was withdrawing its luxury Phaeton model from the U.S. market. No surprise there. In the two years since its...

  • The astounding rise of Google.

    The last time I checked, Google was worth $125 billion on the stock market. More than four times as much as General Motors and...

  • Consistency versus creativity.

    Last February, Mayor Shirley Franklin and the Atlanta Committee for Progress announced the launch of a public/private initiative “to create a new, compelling branding...

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