The Starbucks brand was built on coffee and nobody knows that better than Howard Schultz. Seeing him so blatantly and arrogantly remove it from...
These days marketers are going in exactly the wrong direction. The recession has caused a lots of companies to panic. And when companies panic,...
They used to sing “Fall into the Gap.” And consumers did. Since the Woodstock era, the Gap has outfitted millions of consumers with its...
The Challenge: Help the Atlanta Union Mission, a 72-year-old brand founded during the Great Depression update its image, clarify its mission and focus its...
Would a sugar taste as sweet by another name? I say absolutely. Even sweeter. High fructose corn syrup has become public enemy number one...
If your brand doesn’t have a visual difference it is going to be very difficult to create excitement. Shock and surprise is what generates...
McDonald’s moved at lightning speed and initiated a voluntary recall of its popular Shrek glasses that contained trace amounts of a toxic metal. While...
BP talked the talk but never walked the walk. Like many companies in unpopular industries, BP launched a massive advertising campaign to put a...
What does Goldman Sachs need to do to save its brand? In a word, nothing. A powerful, leading brand is practically bullet-proof. It’s not...
Sometimes the most illogical business decision is the right decision for the brand. This is certainly the case for Google. Google is pulling its...
Branding expert, Laura Ries, talks about Tiger Wood’s returning to the Masters Tournament and the benefit to his sponsors on the Fox Business show...
What works in the beauty business? The same thing that works in all businesses. Own a word in the mind. Typically, a beauty brand...