Brands Move To Create Value Beyond Core Purpose
Oscar Yuan, at Millward Brown Optimor, has written a really interesting Point of View about innovations in marketing.
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Oscar Yuan, at Millward Brown Optimor, has written a really interesting Point of View about innovations in marketing.
I’ve said for some time that brands seem to be taking more and more of their prompts from the fashion industry – in how they act and how they think. Not surprising, given that the upgrade economy now demands that brands refresh and update their products with increasing frequency.
A full decade into the 21st century and we have witnessed radical transformation and creative destruction of nearly every aspect of the marketing toolbox. Marketing – as we have practiced it over the past 50 years – is obsolete.
I think that those of us who work in marketing often over-estimate the degree of affection that people have toward brands.
Unfortunately, fear is still the primary motivator among humans.