January 2011
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Brand Resolutions
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What Do You Want, What Do You Need? It’s the first year of a new decade and while we consider and promise ourselves ways we can make this new one rewarding for our bodies and
November 2010
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Here’s to Beer!
It is very easy to assume that innovation and creativity in today’s world is the exclusive domain of the new age industries and brands. We are constantly in awe of the speed with
November 2010
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Home Improvement Faces Opportunity
Brands Can Bust Through with Forward Facing Trends Let’s start with the good news. As a result of the economic downturn, we’re now working with consumers who are ready to work—on their homes that is.
September 2010
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Message In the Bottle
As all the forward-thinking players of the CPG market ramp up their efforts in reducing carbon footprint through packaging innovation, creating packaging that is fully recyclable, lighter and more locally distributed, the wine category in
June 2010
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Reviving the Retail Giants
Here is the basic fact: Once you’ve stumbled into the sportswear forest at a Macy’s, Nordstrom, Bloomingdales or Lord & Taylor you could pretty much forget if you’re in the
March 2010
25
Malternatives: Contender or Surrender?
The sun is beginning to peak out and just on the horizon, might we finally see a category contender this summer in Flavored Malt Beverages or “Malternatives”?
February 2010
25
How Are Women Changing the World?
The Rising Deciders There’s more and more talk recently of women superseding men in the workforce as they become increasingly more educated, completing degrees that are more advanced than those of their male counterparts, and
January 2010
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Can Luxury Be Sustainable?
Cheers to Veuve Clicquot and the Trend of Luxurious Sustainability The French champagne brand Veuve Clicquot has a history of being progressive. In 1805 Mdme Clicquot Ponsardin made history when she assumed the
December 2009
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Think Inside the Big Box
Why you should become pallet-able with retail-ready packaging As a woman, there is always a great desire to be both strong and beautiful. We want to carry the contents and associated weight of each day