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Appealing to Muslims

appeal

In 1991 Stephen King wrote a prescient article predicting, among other things, the rise of the ‘corporate brand’ in coming

Can big companies be radical?

Market Leader 2011

Radical innovations almost invariably come from outsiders – revolutionary entrepreneurs whose style, culture and management are inimical to large, stable

How to make choice easier

choice

If any single word defines the consumer benefit of a market-based society it is ‘choice’. It is rooted in our

Beyond the long tail…

Market Leader 2011

Fru Hazlitt discusses the anticipated and real impact of the digital age on TV production, transmission and revenue streams

EvEry

How to pick a winner

winner

Successful entrepreneur Luke Johnson acknowledges that researching the psychological make-up of entrepreneurs is difficult, but here he offers some tips

Bigger is different: growing a marketing services agency

growing

Every agency wants to be bigger, to offer new services, to attract better staff and to serve more demanding, high-profile

From bags to riches: the success of Radley handbags

bags

At the end of 2007, Radley + Co, makers of distinctive handbags branded with a small Scottie dog, exchanged hands

The future of big box electrical brands

tv

The downturn is the catalyst for a number of different trends in electrical goods retailing; Richard Jenkings summarises the key

How marketers should use brand valuation

sale

The techniques and methodologies of brand valuation have had a dramatic impact on business. Generally this has been positive, with

Unravelling the Gordian knot of brand contact

contact

Of the many challenges facing marketers, one of the most intractable is simply deciding where the marketing budget should be

A new vision for corporate social responsibility

Whitehouse

Corporate social responsibility has been a complete failure at seriously addressing the real issues of sustainable business practices, says Dr

A quick bluffer’s guide to digital

digital

ANDREW MELSOM offers a selection of opening lines to get you started in any digital conversation. After that, good luck

Editorial: Doing the right thing right

right

So desirable is brand leadership that a whole literature of 'challengership' has grown up. Indeed, so seductive and inspiring have

New routes from old roots: Comparing the Indian and Chinese middle class

roots

WHEN WE THINK of India and China, a huge variety of popular perceptions and images come to mind, captured in

When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Market Leader Winter 2010

Rory Sutherland argues that mechanistic processes, artificial dichotomies and the urge to compartmentalise are alien to creative activity

One thing

Operating on the customer’s heart

surgery

How does it feel to be the customer when your heart is being operated on? Hugh Burkitt describes his recent

This much I’ve learned

book

The best advice i ever got … Business is about relationships. the worst advice i got … I was once

How to define and drive competitive advantage

car

The role played by customer insight professionals should determine their position in the organisational structure. Melanie Howard provides an interesting

Stop feeling guilty, learn to trust your instincts

Market Leader March 2012

We feel we must justify our choices logically. But Rory Sutherland says instinctive decision-making is  what we do naturally and

Because marketers are worth it

Old town - Market Leader 2011

How are you feeling today? Are you feeling noble? Even saintly? Probably not. Well maybe you should be. Because marketing

Technology that helps you to monitor yourself

tech

Communicating with ourselves is now as important as communicating with other people. Melanie Howard describes a trend called The Quantified