Category Archives: Brand Advertising

Welch’s and Mott’s – two separate American brands but yet so much the same

Being a man of a certain age, when it comes to food I grew up in what consider to be an iconic age of American food brands.  Included in our refrigerator right now is a bottle of Welch’s White Grape … Continue reading

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Mobile blogging on how advertising tries to impact me

Sitting on the 11:39 p.m. train with an hour on my hand, I notice the train ads ( kind off liking OOH BTW), I realize I’ve never mobile blog posted, (can that be written?) and I find the three ads … Continue reading

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The Las Vegas brand in one word – FUN!

Until this week I hadn’t been in Las Vegas for almost five years. I’m here for a client franchise convention and while I like to sit and play a little blackjack and even stand at a crap table for a … Continue reading

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The future of Chinese brand success in the U.S. will be tied to better – not cheaper

Samsung (from Japan) is one of the most recent examples of a foreign brand that has successfully changed its brand perception in the eyes of many Americans.   The success of the Samsung smart phone has enabled Samsung to sell more … Continue reading

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Ad agencies getting bigger does not mean things will be better for clients

The news of the Publicis/Omnicom merger last week was perhaps the opening act in what might be a series of advertising agency consolidations.   The number one reason Mr. Levy of Publicis and Mr. Wren of Omnicom gave for the merger … Continue reading

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A great example of branding the right way

Just by the colors and font of the type face my guess is you will know the brand about which I am writing.   It’s impressive that without a word mentioning the brand the simple font and color treatment of the … Continue reading

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Ethan Allen – the interesting Asia story of a venerated American Brand

Last week at the Asia Society in New York I attended an event entitled “Ethan Allen CEO – Selling ‘Made in the USA’ to China.   It featured Ethan Allen Interiors CEO M. Farooq Kathwari interviewed by Timothy Aeppel bureau chief … Continue reading

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The Men’s Wearhouse debacle – What’s wrong with changing a tired face of a brand?

Men’s Wearhouse founder, CEO and longtime spokesman George Zimmer was fired by the  board last week.  The reverberations can still be felt.   I had not realized that Mr. Zimmer had been the spokesman for almost thirty years.   In fact … Continue reading

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Thinking outside of the box is easier when you were never in the box in the first place

We’ve been interviewing a number of very smart and qualified young candidates for summer internships.   One thing that has struck me is that when we have met with foreign students (as well as American students) the foreign students have shown … Continue reading

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Screenvision commands a captive audience

Don’t be alarmed but while you’ve been going to the movie theater over the past several years we’ve all been conditioned to accept advertising while we sit and wait for the feature presentation to begin.  (OK the endless previews followed … Continue reading

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