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The difference between a commodity and a brand
An abiding memory of my career is sitting on a pavement in Saigon pouring hundreds of cans of lager down the drain. As an expert in the potential of the Vietnam market, having been there once before, I was with … Continue reading
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Tagged brand integrity, brand loyalty, brands, commodity brokers, commodity markets, consumer promise, customer loyalty, distress purchase, electricity, emotional reward, fixed contracts, free market economy, gas, Guinness, Heineken, Heinz Baked Beans, Johnson's Baby, Laphroaig, lock in clauses, Marmite, Saigon, Vietnam, Weetabix
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Kindness
This post on kindness was going to be my Christmas message until the massacre in Newtown forced me, and many others, to rage against the inhumanity of the US gun laws. Mind you, even at Sandy Hook, there was evidence … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Watts, Aristotle, Desert Island Discs, Facebook, helpfulness, human behaviour, Intelligence, John Lloyd, kindness, Larry DePrimo, Newtown, NYPD, Saigon, Sandy Hook, Second World War, Victoria Soto
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