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Today, millions of consumers will log in to Amazon and other online retailers in a frantic search for the best Cyber Monday deal.

I cannot open my Twitter without being reminded by Trunk Club advertising that I'm a terrible dresser. They're all over me right now and, by all reasonable fashion conventions, they're probably right. If you're unaware, Trunk Club is a subscription gift box service of men's clothes specifically curated by a stylist based on my supposed preferences. And it's not alone. What Trunk Club is for men's clothes, Birchbox is for cosmetics and BarkBox is for squeaky toys. We're living in a subscription gift box renaissance. Harry and David is soooo 2013.

Each edition of this publication, PositionistView®, highlights a noteworthy accomplishment or (more often) a stunning positioning "swing-and-a-miss" of a big brand.

Blue Buffalo and Purina are embroiled in a battle. A relative newcomer to dog food, Blue Buffalo says it uses nothing but the best natural ingredients and no byproducts.

Is the advertising industry losing its way? The recent Wall Street Journal article about the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity seems to point that the answer to that question is…

It's easy to slide into cynicism, as the world tends to be a pretty heavy place sometimes.

Quick! What's A. 1. ? (You answered, "Steak sauce. ") Quick! Name a steak sauce. (You said, "A. 1. ") Positioning marketing theory calls this "equivalence.

On a very hot day last summer while tracking Tiger Woods at Firestone Country Club, I thought for a moment about buying a bottle of water.

In talks I deliver on the topic of positioning, I often make an offer that elicits a great response from the audience.

Eighty percent of Super Bowl ads don't sell. That's according to a new study by the research firm Communicus.