strategy

Demythologizing the McElroy Memo

By Stanley Moss | Published: July 24, 2009

In 1931 a young P&G executive wrote a document which proved crucial to the formation of ideas about contemporary brand management. But attitudes about branding have since grown up around the memo’s opportunistic policies. This article deconstructs McElroy’s directives, reassessing our perspectives on how brands need to be viewed in today’s post-globalisation strategic universe.

Also posted in Brand management, The Journal, The Journal of the Medinge Group, vol. 3, no. 1, 2009, branding, ethics, history, marketing, marketing management, retail | Tagged branding, communications | Leave a comment

Saving Detroit, by Not Making the Same Old Mistakes

By Jack Yan | Published: August 30, 2008

Detroit has not ever used a brand orientation in its automakers’ marketing strategies, and it talks of trimming brands and numbers to allow it to compete. The author believes in being more focused on brands and not losing economies of scale, and building more of what consumers want. The tools are there, such as consumer-targeted blogs, but manufacturers need to use them.

Also posted in Brand management, The Journal, The Journal of the Medinge Group, vol. 2, no. 1, 2008, branding, design, history, internet, marketing, marketing management | Leave a comment

The Second Wave of Sustainability Hits Swedish Brands

By admin | Published: August 30, 2008

This article introduces the argument that Swedish brands have moved beyond other countries’ positions on sustainability.

Also posted in Brand management, CSR, The Journal, The Journal of the Medinge Group, vol. 2, no. 1, 2008, branding, environment, ethics, marketing, social responsibility | Leave a comment

A Participative Approach to Brand Building

By Nicholas Ind | Published: August 30, 2008

The argument of this paper is a simple one: creating value for customers is an organization-wide responsibility. The author reconsiders the market orientation papers of Narver and Slater and Kohli and Jaworski and introduces the concept of Participatory Market Orientation.

Also posted in Brand management, The Journal, The Journal of the Medinge Group, vol. 2, no. 1, 2008, branding, management, marketing, marketing management, relationships | Leave a comment

How to Improve the Chances of Successfully Developing and Implementing a Place Brand Strategy

By Sicco van Gelder | Published: August 30, 2008

This paper tries to answer critical questions by describing the criteria and factors that contribute to successful place branding. By assessing the place, the players and the plans they make, it is possible to predict the likely success of a place branding initiative.

Also posted in The Journal, The Journal of the Medinge Group, vol. 2, no. 1, 2008, branding, history, location marketing, marketing, marketing management, place branding, social responsibility, strategic planning | Leave a comment

Issues and Challenges of Developing and Managing Brand Strategy in a Not-for-profit (Chartered) Body

By Ian Ryder | Published: August 30, 2008

The rules are different for chartered bodies. Not the fundamentals of brand strategy, clearly, but the processes and procedures of development and execution, as the author reveals.

Also posted in Brand management, The Journal, The Journal of the Medinge Group, vol. 2, no. 1, 2008, branding, management, marketing, marketing management, relationships, strategic planning | Leave a comment

We the People

By Patrick Harris | Published: August 30, 2008

This paper considers the importance of employees in the process of building customer experience. It states that internal investment is rewarded with consistent, quality customer exchanges. Brand values are presented as the currency to measure the worth of exchanges between organizations and their customers. The paper concludes by presenting a case study of the mobile operator, Orange, during the period 1994–2003.