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The Problem with Trend Tracking

Harvard Business Review

Both parties are to this extent "glocal" — global and local. Seth Godin suggests that even time could be made more local. Yes, both are listening to national and international communities of taste and practice. But now being locally responsive matters just as much and sometimes more. Now, Coca-Cola marks cans by city.

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How Story Platforms Help Global Brands Go Local

Harvard Business Review

Despite the truth of most of these observations, "Go Crazy" is part of a global campaign originated for Coke by Ogilvy Brazil. 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." It''s not easy to do, however.

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