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The Undoing of GM

In the third decade of the 21st century, GM may once again be a big brand in big trouble paying the high cost of brand positioning failure. The company’s U. S. market share of 17.

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Starbucks: Get Back To Being Unique

An article in the Columbus Dispatch touted that Starbucks was taking cues from its cheaper rivals. That they were seeking part of the 'value' pie. What a ghastly mistake.

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The Key To Failure: Hyper-Commoditization

Rite Aid. General Motors. Krispy Kreme. Sbarro. Dollar Thrifty. Trump Entertainment. What do these brands have in common? They're all expected to go under this year. What is behind this failure?
Some say the answer is obvious. It's the "economy.

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Size Doesn't Matter! Marketing Focus Does.

Marketing is the distinguishing, unique function of business. To those of you in leadership positions: The foundation of effective leadership is thinking through the organization's difference, defining it and establishing it, clearly and visibly. You have to have a well differentiated brand to survive today.

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Positioning Online: Why I.T. Can't Position Your Company Online

A little history: when the world wide web first appeared on the scene, companies had no idea what to make of it. Positioning online was not a thing. Since the web involved code and computers, it was a logical decision to put websites in the hands of the I.

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Domino's Positioning: Are You Gonna Finish That Cardboard?

We Guarantee a Bad Product - Fast!
Let me see if I have this right: A major brand is spending lots and lots of money telling us that for years and years its product has always been lousy. Until now, that is. Thanks, Domino's.

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Toyota. Big Brand. Big Trouble

We've all heard the adage, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall. "  Nowhere is this truer than in corporate business today. The first decade of the 21st century has opened like a Greek tragedy with financial empires and kingdoms tumbling.

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Dove For Men: From Line Extension To Line Extinction

The latest miscalculation in line extension is brought to you by Unilever, maker of Dove, the world's first "beauty bar. " Dove was one of the first products in advertising history to "be positioned.

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Measuring Apple's Brand Strategy

In the 2008 book, Killer Differentiators: 13 Strategies to Grow Your Brand, authors Jacky Tai and Wilson Chew conclude that Apple's brand strategy of consolidating software and hardware has "crippled its growth. " Are they right?

The answer to this brand strategy question may be a matter of perspective.

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Chevy's Brand Positioning Attempt

It Sure is Deep in Here: Chevy is "retooling" and "reinvigorating" so that you'll be "resonating"

Apparently, brand positioning and resulting sales no longer matter in the automotive business. It's all about resonating. Recently, GM Chief Marketing Officer Joel Ewanick told the world that the time had come.

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