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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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Smart Phone Wars, Why the iPhone Wins

With Palm announcing the new Pre, Apple announcing a new lower price iPhone 3G S, Google’s latest Android ...
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Why I love my Flip video camera

When I first heard about Flip, the simple video camera that literally plugs and plays, I realized this ...
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Ask Jeeves is Back! – the butler’s back in the UK!

Three years after making a critical online branding mistake, Ask Jeeves in Great Britain is back with a ...
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Apple brand up, Microsoft down – What recession?

Apple defied the predictions of the analysts and the recession, posting increased sales and an overall increase in ...
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Tropicana’s big mistake. Where’s the orange and the straw?

As brands go, Tropicana spent a small fortune on redesigning its OJ product packaging. The one that we ...
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What is the Wells Fargo brand as it expands through Wachovia territory?

This week when I presented to a local university’s MBA class on branding, I showed some of the ...
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