In recognition of Earth Day, Brand Keys has released its list of the greenest brands in America. Being seen as green is much more difficult because so many brands are…
This article from the New York Times this weekend was a bit unfocused, but it touched on two different trends among teenage girls – girls who, in a decade or…
The Advertising Research Foundation announced its 2017 Ogilvy Award winners this week and the Grand Winner was Nike’s “Take on TJ” campaign. This campaign was in support of Nike’s “Gear…
The 2016 IPA Effectiveness Awards were recently announced and the Grand Prix Winner was John Lewis, a retailer whose holiday adverts have become part of the culture in the UK.…
A recent study attempted to map how :15 video ads on various online platforms affect activity in the brain. One of the insights is that “health food, coffee and hospitality…
This Friday New York Times column is another reminder that brands are more than a collection of product attributes and functional consequences. The author, Wendy McLeod, has composed a paean…
Love this commercial from Sonos that ran during the Grammy’s – Wake Up the Silent Home There is a cultural story at work – it is increasingly common to be…
Fundamentally, the neighborhood bicycle shop is only a little different than it was when the Wright Brothers were building bikes -- before they got into airplanes. But it might not…
A study just published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences explores the topic of playfulness in adults and even implies it could be an addition to the “Big Five”…
Augmented reality, after close to a decade of hype and promise, is finally making a bit of a splash in the children’s toy market this holiday season. In case you…
Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 "Christmas" or "Holiday"? A marketing communications company has studied which email subject lines lead to the best open rates around the holiday season. “Happy Holidays” is an inclusive greeting…