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Credibility Crisis: 4 Sure-Fire Strategies for Cultivating Consumer Trust

Strategy Driven

While the retail industry crisis has been well-reported, particularly with respect to dwindling foot traffic to brick-and-mortar stores. These disparities are also among the biggest misperceptions that both online and offline marketers hold. Companies that do this effectively will most certainly amass market share.”.

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Addiction Marketing

N2Growth Blog

“ Addiction Marketing &# is a phrase I started using a few years back while waiting in line for my drink at Starbucks. What Starbucks has done better than many other addictive marketers is that they also make it cool and trendy to succumb to your addiction. By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth.

Marketing 366
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Lessons from the Best Global Brands 2010: Building trust and.

Strategy Driven

subprime mortgages, instead doing business the old-fashioned way, with 80 percent of revenues derived from retail banking. While so much expansion can be tough on a brand, Santander is moving quickly to rebrand all of its acquisitions under the Santander name and launched substantial marketing campaigns in the U.K., and Latin America.

Brand 66
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Why Tesco’s Strengths Are No Longer Good Enough

Harvard Business Review

Troubles at Tesco, the UK’s leading retailer, are mounting. Tesco, the success story of the British retail scene for the last 20 years, has suddenly fallen from grace. Successful companies are notoriously prone to pursuing tactical fixes rather than confronting strategic problems. and spends it in international markets.

Retail 11
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SOPA Blackouts: When Annoying Your Customers is Best Practice

Harvard Business Review

But this reaction from SOPA's ostensible industry reveals more about the apparent effectiveness of this digital cause-related marketing effort than its legality, morality or ethics. The logical question is whether this sort of corporate "hacktivism" will emerge as a new normal for cause marketing worldwide.

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The Value of Being Original in an Age of Knock-Offs

Harvard Business Review

I appreciate that he goes against the cutting-quality tactics that, unfortunately, I've seen so many companies turn to in an age where fast fashion is the norm. Today, more than ever, brands need to understand the importance of well-crafted design and storytelling in the modern market. How Ethical Are You? More >>.

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The Big Picture of Business – What Business Must Learn: Putting.

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving by Hank Moore Any company or organization is like a tree. Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. How much further should we extend ethics? How far will we go to excel?

Ethics 59