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It costs multiple millions to sponsor a global sports event. Why bother when non-sponsors cleverly associate themselves for next to nothing?
The new VW Beetle: heading into the sunset?
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How an icon took a wrong turn.
Are gender differences innate or learned? Or both?
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Whether gendered toys are creating stereotypes or just playing to boys’ and girls’ innate differences is a vexed question.
The new normal.
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Smoking kills. But the shocking warnings on plain packaging might not be the best way to get smokers to kick their habit.
Not everyone is impressed.
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At first, it seems like IS has an image perfect for driving recruitment – but in fact, its image has very limited appeal.
Preaching to the converted.
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Pope Francis’ mercy mission to a migrant camp in Lesbos is another effort to rescue the tarnished and failing brand of Catholicism.
How do you sell something that solves a problem customers don’t know they have?
Danger lurks when customers are the be all and end all.
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Putting the purchasing public at the heart of your business is getting harder and harder as technology drives ever more interaction.
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Because chocolate gifts need their glasnost too.
Do advertisers know us better than we know ourselves?
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New research shows that behaviorally targeted ads can do more than figure out what kind of person you are – they can also shape how you see yourself.
A man you can trust?
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Perhaps surprisingly, men spend more money after being romantically rejected while women do the opposite.
Saint Laurent
From changing its name to Saint Laurent to bringing an air of perma-cool to the fashion house, creative director Hedi Slimane has turned the company’s fortunes around.
A lucrative business.
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Despite her age Barbie hasn’t matured – a successful formula that has worked for Mattel.
Bad branding?
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Donald Trump’s support among Republican voters has remained strong even as he has disparaged a variety of groups. Will his support from his business partners do the same?
Changes have not just been about bulk.
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The next generation of mobile technology, 5G, is not all hype. History shows there have been big developments between past mobile generations.
Me next?
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When Higher Education gets involved in our children’s schooling, we risk widening inequalities and creating ethical dangers.
Kneel young.
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Whenever we talk about refraining from things, it is bound up with piety and martyrdom. A different approach could help realign us with the planet.
Targeted wallet relief.
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Packaging and pricing have their own healing properties says an expert on the psychology of advertising.
He’s tweeted, Instagrammed and Facebooked, but will he get what he wants?
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Social media can amplify the fear of missing out, or FoMO, but it can also be a platform for emotional support during the festive season.
The force is strong with this one.
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How to build a movie empire that will last for generations.