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Find the Best Local Markets to Drive Growth

Harvard Business Review

These super geos were local profit pools that were concentrated and big enough to offer big ROI upside for marketing and sales. Sometimes it’s not immediately obvious why some geographic markets are such big consumers of a particular product. Certain local markets have the right ingredients to ripen demand.

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How Vineyard Vines Uses Analytics to Win Over Customers

Harvard Business Review

When brothers Shep and Ian Murray cut their ties with Corporate America to start a little company on Martha’s Vineyard in 1998, their motivation was clear : “We’re making neck ties so we don’t have to wear them.” ” Of course, this type of real-time, one-to-one marketing is easier said than done. .”

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