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 14
Why Design Matters
Posted By : Rhonda Page

More often buying decisions are being made at the point of purchase and shoppers are being forced to sift through a lot of visual noise and confusion.

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
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

November 2009 06
Unilever Interview
Posted By : Thomas Gilmore

McKinsey Quarterly interview of Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever McKinsey has made available a series of videos featuring Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever. The interview focuses on a variety of topics including the economy, social