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A quest called tribe

Quest

Every now and again, you read something and think:

‘I wish I’d written that.’

It happened to me twice in

For Sale: baby shoes, never worn

shoe

Legend has it that in a Paris restaurant in 1923, Ernest Hemingway’s friends challenged the writer to craft a story

Meanwhile in South Korea…

Korea

Korean culture is highly influential across Asian markets. As such, it is often the first place to launch new and

A journey across the Pacific Ocean

ship

Natalia Cohen was one of a team of six women who rowed unsupported 9,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean setting

The desire to be liked is vanity

desire

In reading Wendy Gordon’s article about liking (Q2 2017, page 30), I am reminded of quite how irrelevant and marginal

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should

spy

For years, you’ve been unable to do something.  Then new technology comes along – and suddenly you can.  So you

Tel Aviv: Where the car market is being revolutionised

car

Arriving at Ben Gurion Airport at the crack of midnight last month on my tenth trip to Israel, I was met by Eli, the taxi driver...

Looking beyond the wood for the trees

cabin

David Ogilvy once remarked that, in the course of his working life there was only one big idea he had failed to sell.

When the personal inspires the professional

architecture

On a trip to Chicago last year I visited the home and studio of the great American architect...

Why being adventurous demands calm reflection rather than raw courage

adventure

Of all the expenditure decisions that major companies make, decisions on advertising expenditure are surely...

Disruptive strategies work – and minimise envy

toast

Creative ideas can be kind of stupid but they should not be killed at birth, writes Rory Sutherland

Unravelling the mysteries of the Russian doll

dolls

Despite economic instability, the outlook for foreign brands in Russia is on the up.

Advertising’s Golden Age: and why we should resist its return

bubbles

The year 2016 will be remembered as the time when politicians around the world confessed to having lost it. They

Purpose is meaningless without a clear definition

purpose

Purpose is meaningless without a clear definition

Modern feminism: is it floundering or flourishing?

girl

Now that the White House will have a new tenant, one might well ask in the manner of old Fabian

Brexit, brands & the fear of the future

Brexit

The real impact of Brexit is yet to be seen, but consumer data from The Futures Company...

Are today's ads too truthful for their own good?

ads

What other people wrote about it but not the report itself. So were it not for Matthew Parris’s column in

The importance of feeling important

bus

Considering how to boost your customers’ self-esteem could be one of the most important things you do, writes Rory Sutherland

Three absurdities laid bare by that poisonous referendum

pen

Three absurdities laid bare by that poisonous referendum

Why should marketers care about 'purpose'?

purpose

In 2015, ‘purpose’ is everywhere. It’s a key part of The Marketing Society Manifesto. The new president of the IPA

Don't be 'brave', just be authentic

Big Ben

It continues to defeat me why advertising agencies so persistently  urge their clients to be brave.