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The Value of creativity

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Peter Field describes an ingenious analysis of cases from the IPA awards and Gunn report that puts to rest any

Golden brands of 1961

Lemon. If there was one word that summed up marketing and advertising in 1961, it was lemon.

In the US

Accept the challenge

Rubik's

The Brand Learning WheelTM is a simple model to help organisations appreciate what building marketing excellence requires in practice and

The wisdom of aphorisms

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I like aphorisms. Not for nothing are these compact little sayings the finest means of wisdom delivery known to mankind

After the recession: resurrecting the reputations of the banks

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If your car let you down catastrophically and then cost a fortune to fix, you probably wouldn't hesitate to switch

The magic of words

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Today, hundreds of students from all over Britain will converge on Golden Square in London to learn about 'creativity' in

How marketing has lost the plot

Market Leader Summer 2009

I started in marketing 50 years ago, joining Procter & Gamble in 1959, the year The Marketing Society was founded

Will the internet mean the end of civilisation as we know it?

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Bill gates famously said in 1981 that 'a memory of 640 kilobytes ought to be enough for anyone'. People now

How clients and agencies can improve their relationships

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In this edited version of his address at the IPA annual lunch, Mark Hunter spells out his vision for transformational

Going social

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A social media strategy has become an essential part of a wider communications strategy. Julian Saunders describes why

If your

Getting to grips with the Now Web

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Like any emerging technology, the web has continually reinvented itself, first as sites that simply reproduced printed matter, later as

Brands of the future and the importance of style

Market Leader Summer 2010

I recently spoke to a group of students studying art and design who were considering a career in advertising. There

Chinese consumers, brands and the MNC learning curve

Market Leader summer 2008

A seasoned China watcher takes a look at China’s progress in terms of the brand issues marketing people need to

Ideas & issues - The new line: in-house or outsourced

Market Leader January 2012

Not so long ago, agencies were classified using an imaginary line, whose origins stemmed from 19th century accounting terminology1. In

Never waste a good crisis

Market Leader January 2012

If any CEO knows about marketing’s contribution to success it is Tesco’s ex-marketing director, Sir Terry Leahy. Here, he urges

Blogbytes: turning bad breath into medicine

Market Leader March 2012

Many years ago in America, Listerine had an antiseptic liquid for which it needed a mass-market use. So they invented

What’s different about B2B marketing?

Market Leader March 2012

When marketers who are experienced in the fmcg sector change to the world of B2B, many find it unnervingly different

Digital Architects needed

Market Leader June 2011

Using the analogy of builders versus architects in the construction industry, Vicky Bullen and Christian Barnett describe how to move

Method: innovative cleaning products

Jim stengel - market leader 2011

While researching his book, Jim Stengel visited a company that has successfully grown its image and profits. Here, he explains

A new world order

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As China displaces Japan for second place in the world economy and India, Brazil and the next 11 power ahead

It’s time to boldly lead

Market Leader 2011

In a world where digital, mobile and web technology has transformed the media landscape into a bewildering array of possible