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Timberland taps into a cultural truth to reboot its brand

I came across an interesting article in The Washington Post about how Timberland has mined customer data to help "reboot" the brand, here.
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Brand of the Year 2016: Time to nominate

The countdown begins. Which brand will be named The Marketing Society's Brand of the Year 2016?
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To survive and thrive in our digital age, make a list

To survive and thrive in our digital age, make a list.
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The changing role of the CMO

If there’s one thing I know about CMOs it is that they have to wear a lot of different hats. Our MD's piece in The Times 'future CMO' supplement.
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Damn good reasons to avoid decision fatigue

What do Barack Obama, Vera Wang, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Tom Ford, Henry Rollins, Carolina Herrera and Albert Einstein all have in common?
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Why we should celebrate the art behind logo design

“The logo is an identifier but it’s also something that stands-in for who you are.” — Steven Heller
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Dare to demand some sausage, not just sizzle

Marketing directors were urged to "Lobby for the kind of (creative) work...
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Consumers on shifting sands: reaching new audiences in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is changing both economically and socially, writes Stephen Hillebrand, chief executive of Kantar Consumer Insights MENA.
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Could chatbots eventually be better communicators than humans?

Chatbots are coming, but this does not mean that the end of marketers and creativity is nigh, argues Jamie Evans-Parker, founder and CEO of wayve.  
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Data-driven campaigns, done well

Manjiry Tamhane, WW CEO of Gain Theory, judged the Creative Data Lions recently at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival.  Inspired by what she’s seen, she considers how data and technology have changed the way people interact with advertisin
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