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The challenge of happy customers

Happy Customers - Market Leader

Few major brands seem to know what to do with happy customers. Companies are so busy firefighting complaints, that all

Through the glass ceiling

Market Leader January 2012

The opportunity for women in the marketing and advertising community to earn a place in the boardroom is still relatively

Ideas & issues: Advertising and the art of fly fishing

Market Leader March 2012

I was lucky enough to go to Trinity College Glenalmond in Perthshire and, among its many wonderful facilities, the school

Possibilities and pitfalls for location-based marketing

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As excited as we can get ordering items from internet retailers, it is misleading to think that this virtual world

Will frugal innovation challenge the west?

Melanie - Market Leader 2011

Scaled-down products for poorer consumers in BRIC countries could pose a threat to developed markets, says Melanie Howard

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When was the last time a subtitle made you cry?

jeremy bullmore Marketing Leader 2011

Jeremy Bullmore reflects on the magical power of words and wonders why copywriters’ efforts seem so thoughtlessly clumsy

The most

Why are there no ads on Big Ben?

Big Ben

Why isn’t Big Ben’s clock tower covered with ads? It’s one of the most photographed and frequently televised edifices in

Uniqlo thrives on digital marketing

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For more than a decade, Uniqlo has been exporting its brand of Japanese low-cost, quality casualwear around the world. Tessa

Iterative marketing and ecosystems

Market Leader 2011

The annual festival of creativity is an indicator for the state of the global economy and the state of marketing

A nation of shopkeepers

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Prasad Narasimhan considers how the explosion of innovation in India can take the next step to become thriving brand ideas

Creating value: service strategy from aristocrats to aviation

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Unfortunately history does not seem to record whether, one morning in 1771, the one thousand German aristocrats who received an

Is the traditional client - agency model now out of date?

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One of the most tantalising observations about the new technologies is that we tend to overestimate their effects in the

Lessons from the value marketers

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Recessions have always produced a certain amount of trading down – often merely transient. But, in 2008, things might well

Differentiation that matters

Market Leader Summer 2009

Marketing is about two things. First, the marketing concept: 'Marketing is not a specialised business activity. It is the whole

Morris dancing to Norwich may not be the best way to build your brand

Morris

I don't suppose you remember William Kempe. He was very famous once. Between 11 February and 11 March 1600, he

How to manage talent in the wider experience economy

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Work is theatre and every business a stage,’ wrote James Gilmore and Joseph Pine in their 1999 book, The Experience

It's complementarity these days, rather than advertising

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When consumers like a particular campaign, it is facetiously observed that they are ‘buying the advertising’ as well as the

The agency model is broken - but you can fix it

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The current 'one size fits all' commodity model is no longer fit for purpose. The future will need to be

In search of authenticity

Market Leader Summer 2010

The world of business is fast realising that creativity is too valuable to be left to the creatives. Whether the

How we learn socially is key to marketing

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Within an hour of being born, humans are busy copying and learning from the actions of those around them. Mark

Should public relations be part of marketing?

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Not so long ago public relations executives had to fight for a seat at the table to be heard, to