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Forget Brand Preference – Win the Brand Relevance War

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Brand Relevance : Making Competitors Irrelevant by David Aaker. Not only are these brands phenomenally successful – they are examples of product categories where competitors are nearly irrelevant, says branding guru David Aaker. Whole Foods Market. Brand Preference vs. Brand Relevance. About the Author.

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Personal Needs vs. Customer Relationships

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The challenge of sustaining long-term value pushes businesses toward considering short-term relationships as the easiest route to profits. Marketing scholars Jennifer Aaker and Susan Fournier reveal how closely business relationships and interpersonal relationships mirrored each other in an Internet-based psychology test.

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