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Why Signage is the Brand in Retail

When you go into a store, whether it's a Safeway, a Macys or a Trader Joe's, the signage ...
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Beating a Dead Horse: Black Friday is Meaningless

It’s the time of year that retailers and brands push, push and push their early sales on Black ...
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How the Gap fell through the gap

How could a billion dollar company develop a new brand identity and end up with customers hating it? ...
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What Does Local Mean? and Who Values it?

The local movement which includes buying locally grown food, shopping from local vendors and stores and focusing on ...
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Fiat Get’s the Brand Right with New Dealerships

Do you think the same guy who's selling you a Chrysler Le Baron or Jeep Wrangler can sell ...
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Why the Palm Pre Flopped – a girl on a mushroom

The Palm Pre launched to much fanfare in 2009, with good reviews for the most part. The smart ...
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Why the Toyota Brand Won’t Sink

Although Toyota has taken a media beating in the last few weeks because of two recalls on popular ...
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Are Chain Store Brands Authentic Local Businesses?

The city of San Francisco, and now the town of Sausalito, across the Bay, have passed ordinances controlling ...
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On Target or not? Yet another small grocery brand?

Target is the ultimate brand in cool retail. The store that has instant brand recognition is now launching ...
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Beer Labels Gone Bad

About six months ago the Pyramid Brewing Company of Seattle introduced new names, new labels and a new ...
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Brand behind the brand: Flickr is now from Yahoo

Just a few weeks ago when I went to my Flickr account I noticed that it’s now “brought ...
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Apple’s Next Move and why it’s not a Netbook

With the massive proliferation of small, inexpensive laptops, now called netbooks, selling like hot cakes, it’s easy to ...
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