A key formula to assuring you are able to realize your goal of being an “Innovation” driven brand, is to assure the innovation hits the market at the right time, in the right markets with the right consumer. This is all achieved by ensuring you have a cohesive Product Life Cycle Planning system in place. Many […]
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Disruptive or Disrupting…
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Brands that classify themselves as “Disruptive” have a clearly defined a market opportunity, drive towards bringing this “vision” to reality and understand the risk that comes with this “Creation” process. Brands that “think” they are “Disruptive”, are just “Disrupting” while they figure out what they are trying to accomplish, take “incremental” steps towards design/product progression […]
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Brand Bloodlines…
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Brand Bloodlines should always run “deep” in all that is generated by the machine. With product, marketing and merchandising being the veins all should be “True” , “Authentic” and “Bled” from the brand’s founding principles of what you stand for… This will always be expected by your customer, and should always be engrained in your […]
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Strategy Myth…
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No doubt that a clear, defined corporate Strategy is a key component to driving long term success, building a cohesive team, and successfully adapting to emerging technologies. With the progression of Digital transformation, and AI integration in our daily lives, this must be a continual “adaptable” part of a companies short and long term Strategy […]
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Brand Influencers..
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Brands that engage with Social Media Influencers must understand the relationship, and expectations. You must take the good with the bad, relative to how you are engaging, and how proactive you are with defining your overall intent and strategy to build brand awareness, and drive “authentic” traffic to your site. Having worked with global […]
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Act Global…Think Local
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The ultimate compliment for a brand is when it translates globally. However, when you act global as a brand from a positioning, imagery and lifestyle perspective, you will need to be aware of the intricacies within differing regions of the world. The brand can and should be positioned with a single unified message, but when defining […]
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Product Vision…
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Whenselecting a primary source to produce your product overseas, you must ensure that the “core” compentancies/capabilities of the factory match the “vision” of the Design team and brand as a whole. This many times is where brands fall short, and compromise happens, whether in construction, materials or both. In falling short, you risk alienating your […]
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