Heritage Brand Strategy: Four Types, Four Distinct Strategies
Today, heritage brands occupy a difficult position. Squeezed between private label that sets value and insurgent brands that speak to values. Having worked on several, I have found that they often take the same approach ...
How To Restore An Iconic Brand
When an iconic brand begins to fade, the decline is rarely dramatic. In iconic brands, financial performance often lags changes in cultural relevance and brand meaning. Revenue may hold steady. Market share may appear stable. ...
Failure To Relevantly Differentiate: Amazon’s Grocery Blind Spot
Last week, I discussed the new brick-and-mortar Amazon entry: a big box store with a large helping of Amazon logistics, data mining, and merchandise expertise. As part of that Amazon discussion, two brand stumbling blocks ...
Brand Positioning Is A Leadership Decision, Not A Marketing Exercise
Brands that lead today do three things exceptionally well. They create an emotional advantage that customers cannot get elsewhere. They establish a distinctive advantage that customers recognize as meaningfully different. They build a connective advantage ...
Stratégie, décisions et croissance
Stratégie, décisions et croissance : mes conseils pour piloter une marque avec impact
Au fil de mes missions en stratégie et développement commercial, j’ai constaté que la performance d’une marque ne dépend pas uniquement de son ...