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Mark Ritson8 min read

Only crap marketers mistake stereotypes for segments

The ASA’s research into harmful gender stereotypes is spot-on, but why do marketers ...
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Mark Ritson7 min read

Ethnography beats focus groups hands-down, but they still serve a purpose

Focus groups are a bone of contention, as a Twitter debate featuring Professor Byron ...
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Mark Ritson9 min read

There’s one true measure of marketing effectiveness: Marketing(t)

Time is the variable that most defines marketing success, because consistent growth is ...
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Mark Ritson13 min read

Copy KitKat on your quest for ‘double D marketing’

Tight positioning, a respected brand heritage and refusal to overcomplicate things means ...
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Mark Ritson10 min read

Häagen-Dazs and BBH rekindling their flame has got me excited

The ice cream brand and its famed agency achieved one of the great UK product launches 30 ...
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Mark Ritson13 min read

Badly designed surveys don’t promote sustainability, they harm it

Brands love reported data that shows people care about sustainable consumption, but these ...
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Mark Ritson8 min read

Synthetic data is suddenly making very real ripples

Ready for the era of synthetic data? The implications for strategy and execution could be ...
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Mark Ritson8 min read

Brand diagnosis is the brand manager’s first job, so prioritise it

Marketers have lost sight of proper research into what drives brand successes and ...
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Mark Ritson4 min read

12 reasons why Twitter’s rebrand to X is a mistake

The biggest branding move of the year is a mistake. Why Twitter’s sudden transformation ...
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