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The Problem with Trend Tracking

Harvard Business Review

Both parties are to this extent "glocal" — global and local. Marketing once specialized in advertising and packaging that was identical everywhere. Seth Godin suggests that even time could be made more local. Yes, both are listening to national and international communities of taste and practice. Haven't heard of Kelowna

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How Story Platforms Help Global Brands Go Local

Harvard Business Review

The Coke campaign is one example of what three prominent co-authors addressed in a March HBR post titled " Great Advertising is Both Local and Global." Coca-Cola, following a well-defined global trend among savvy advertisers, declared in 2011 that it''s marketing practice was going to shift to content creation. Advertising Marketing'

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