AdAge reports that Australia has ruled in favor of plain packaging requirement across all tobacco brands. Regardless of how you feel about the product, is uniform packaging the end of big tobacco? If the product becomes stripped of brand equity and visual recognition, is there a need to compensate a

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 souls, as strategists and marketers

Grassroot Efforts Provide Meaning There is a lot of discussion now about the power of your friends online. They have the ability to recommend products, services, websites and even other friends. But how much do we trust those recommendations? Most of these people are not in our lives everyday.

Going Beyond the Health Headline At the OTC National Conference in Philadelphia last month Brian Levy spoke about the evolution of health & wellness marketing. Private label brands were the hot topic of conversation at the conference. They represent a significant threat for marketers in many categories, but particularly in OTC,

Can a Brand Make You Feel Better? There are tens of millions of websites. When you look for how to keep yourself and your family healthy, there are tens of thousands of health web sites to spew information. If you are looking for consumers to interact with your brand is that where they’re doing it?

Information Is Not Enough A recent National Grocers Association study confirmed what we already know — 75% of consumers use the Internet on a regular basis to learn about nutrition issues. That’s more than any other source. So, it’s no surprise that nearly every healthy brand has a website,