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Tag Archives: brands
Can Adidas and Nike bring a new added value for building sustainale communities?
As the World Cup rolled out last week, two major sports brands Adidas and Nike were showing off their muscles and bragging who is a global sales leader globally in football. While Adidas have the most of its shirts in the tournament (12 out of 32 teams) and the official ball, Nike predicts that its [...]
What is at the core of a nation branding? Inspirations from New Zealand, Iceland and Latvia.
A concept of nation branding is relatively new. It says that a country’s reputation can be built and managed just like any other brand. In a nutshell, brands are built on a proposition, attributes and behavioural manners. The role of brands is to create a new meaning in products, experiences and services. The critics of [...]
Epic Victories. Updated “The world’s most powerful event”
This is an update to yesterdays post. Nike & “Write the future” campaign shows how to play at the A-level league. It’s epic. It’s on insights. It’s powerful. The World Cup really is the most powerful event on earth.
The World’s Most Powerful Event. It’s On.
World Cup is a fascinating and powerful event. First, probably this is the world’s only event where all human emotions are in one place. There is everything: love, hate, anger, peace, supremacy, democracy, sharing, jealousy, global friendship, nationalism, dedication, weakness, triumph, defeat, hope, disappointment, passion, fear, frustration, support and much more. These emotions are extremely [...]
Brands On A Freeride / Toyota Sienna
This week’s title goes to Toyota Sienna. This is very refreshing and amazing stunt from a brand that usually is very predictable and well behaved. Enjoy!
Europe attempts to polish its faceless brand identity
On May 8 the key European institutions in Brussels were open to public. I took the opportunity to visit few office sites where various institutions, directorates and divisions were presenting themselves. The idea as such to connect with society is wonderful. However, its execution another year in a row showed that Europe is inefficient, complex [...]
Who is Lexus?
Finally. It has happened on Season 4, Issue 33. At last Lexus have decided to feature their story in “Monocle x brand” series – brand’s sponsored content at the premium savvy magazine Monocle targeted for global citizens. Seamless fusion of commercial content that fits naturally within a context of media usually is very rare. You [...]
Impossible Dream
Imagine you are engineering company working in various categories. You have a history of failures but it does not stop you to exceed. This has led you to a positioning of innovator; the one that pushes limits and creates impossible possible. Your task now is to create a corporate ad and to communicate all (or [...]
Salesman of the Month
April 2010 has turned out to be very remarkable and has left visible footprints in a history of global development. Firstly, the launch of iPad – a mobile device that is transforming a future of computing (and beyond) starting from day one. Secondly, the Eyjafjallajokul volcano has explicitly pointed that we not only need a [...]
Decided. Bloomberg is your new name.