Over the past few years, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a buzzword among brands—companies want consumers to know that, in both big and small ways, they are giving back to the community. Millennials are increasingly interested in CSR efforts, and brands are responding in kind. More and more studies…
I have had the privilege of spending time with J.P. Kuehlwein, executive vice president of Frédéric Fekkai, to discuss his views about what’s next in the domain of brand management. After reading Rethinking Prestige Branding: Secrets of the Ueber-Brands, the book that he co-authored with Wolfgang Schaefer, global chief strategy officer at…
With a 16% growth rate that outpaces display advertising and digital marketing spend category growth rates, performance marketing—in which an advertiser pays based on actions derived from an ad, such as generating click-throughs or sales leads—is one of the fastest-growing online marketing channels. Forrester Research estimated that the channel would grow…
Is traditional branding dying? Is the “big brand idea” a relic of our traditional past? Conventional broadcast advertising (radio, print and television) is useful for verbally and visually communicating brand and product benefits, but in an era of consumer empowerment, top-down messaging—or the passive embrace of manufacturers’ wisdom—is no longer…
I dream of a day when societies around the planet all have expanding and prospering middle classes, and that a certain quality of life is available to everyone. Inside of those vibrant economies will be the energy, innovation and force of marketing. In this dream, the esteem with which the…