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Mark Ritson9 min read

Starbucks needs to cut the crap from its brand positioning

The coffee chain is a serial offender at producing esoteric mission statements, so can ...
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Mark Ritson9 min read

Product is the P all marketers should strive to influence

Marketers should have a say in all 4Ps but one more than any other – the one they are ...
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Mark Ritson6 min read

Dom Pérignon perfectly demonstrates the appeal of scarcity

What better expression of a luxury brand than refusing to sell your product this year, ...
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Mark Ritson9 min read

What can McCain’s Grand Prix win teach us? Nothing new

The IPA Effectiveness Awards winner is a case study in the marketing fundamentals that ...
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Mark Ritson7 min read

Want a brand fit for the future? Understand its past

Understanding your brand’s history and heritage is essential to successful brand ...
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Mark Ritson11 min read

Synthetic data is as good as real – next comes synthetic strategy

AI customers can now deliver a 95% match to real survey results, which will ultimately ...
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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 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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