December 2009 14
Bass Pale Ale, Time-Tested #1
Posted By : Thomas Gilmore

The Original Pale Ale Artists and writers often hear that they should create from their own experience—pull from what they know. If that holds true for branding professionals, then the criteria for this forum’s “time-tested”

December 2009 11
The Future of the Potato Chip
Posted By : Thomas Gilmore

Can there be any further innovation in the snack food aisle? Pepsico is betting on it. With scientists devoted to evolving the snack and beverage company’s offerings, Pepsi has announced plans to open a long

December 2009 11
CPG Branding Website!
Posted By : Thomas Gilmore

An Avenue for Sharing Ideas After many requests, I am proud to announce the launch of the Consumer Packaged Goods Branding and Marketing Forum website! Started as a Linkedin group with just a few members in

December 2009 11
Pop-Up Store Leveraged
Posted By : Thomas Gilmore

Unique retail environment leveraged by Baltimore-based Under Armour to engage consumers and build awareness of  Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Under Armour Opens NYC Pop-Up Store.

December 2009 08
Would You Buy a Broken Cracker?
Posted By : Thomas Gilmore

Nabisco Wheat Thins Redesign As I walked down the cracker aisle of my local supermarket the other day, I was surprised to see that Kraft has once again changed their Nabisco Wheat Thins brand and

December 2009 07
Private Label Seen Clearly
Posted By : Thomas Gilmore

Private Label Infant Formula In a big win against Mead Johnson, PBM Products claimed that the national brand falsely represented the quality of PBM’s private label infant formula products, just as many private label brands are

December 2009 04
P&G’s BAL Management in Action
Posted By : Thomas Gilmore

Publicis Groupe’s Starcom Mediavest Group loses communication planning duties to Aegis Group’s Carat in major shift of Gillette’s North American communication planning. Omnicom Group’s BBDO Worldwide is the Brand Agency Leader (BAL) for Procter & Gamble’s male grooming

December 2009 03
Official Call for Panelists
Posted By : Thomas Gilmore

AIGA Cincinnati 2nd Annual Green Salon Planning has begun on the AIGA Cincinnati 2nd Annual Green Salon. We are actively recruiting individuals to become panelists for this year’s event. If you are interested, please submit