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2009/09/29

BUILDING ON "MASTER BRAND"

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Unilever launches Dove for Men in Italy Major personal care manufacturer, Unilever, has launched an assault on the men’s grooming market i...

BEAUTY FOOD - Danone kills beauty yoghurt but comeback likely

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Danone has killed the Essensis beauty yoghurt worldwide blaming lower consumer spending but the dairy giant remains convinced of beauty food...
2009/09/24

COMPANY TRANSFORMATION - Inside the Kraft Foods Transformation

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Eleven of the top leaders from the largest food and beverage company in the U.S. talk about their three-year turnaround and their campaign t...
2009/09/11

NEW PRODUCT DVLPMT - Democratizing product development

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Last year, Mountain Dew's "Dewmocracy" brought the conversation to the social space. Today, Vitaminwater is turning to Faceboo...
2009/09/03

FAIR TRADE - Cadbury continues to spread its strategy

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Cadbury has pledged to achieve Fair Trade certification for its Dairy Milk bars in Canada ... after successfully making the Fair Trade trans...
2009/08/24

PETFOOD PROMOTION - Mars Petcare Goes on Tour

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Mars Petcare is introducing its latest line of restaurant-style dog food meals with a cross-country sampling campaign to be held at dog park...

LUXURY & PACKAGING - New French law could make luxury packaging illegal

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A French law, which could make luxurious packaging of high end fragrances and cosmetics illegal, has come under fire from a European packagi...
2009/08/20

ETHNIC MARKETING - The Bounty/ Hispanics case study - Interview

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Consumers are cutting back on just about everything right now, but some items—paper towels and diapers, for instance—will always be musts. T...
2009/08/16

EMOTIONAL MARKETING - From unknown to revered in 2 years

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Barack Obama's amazing rise is one of the most phenomenal stories in recent history. Other American presidents, such as Jack Kennedy, Ji...
2009/08/12

AUTOMOTIVE - The Best Years of the Auto Industry Are Still to Come

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Even as they struggle through the economic meltdown, vehicle makers can look ahead to a high-growth, flexible, global future. Automobiles de...

MEDIA - The Promise of Private-label Media

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A direct-to-consumer media strategy can help companies build brands and reach consumers in new ways. Just about every company has a Web sit...
2009/08/11

DESTOCKING: It's the perfect excuse for poor performance

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Cosmetics companies looking for something to blame for poor financial results are turning to the ever so convenient excuse of destocking. I...

UNILEVER - Discounting saves the day

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The company said that discounting had enabled it to raise sales volumes in all regions, particularly in Europe, where in the second quarter ...
2009/08/07

SOCIAL NETWORK - Who Uses Social Networks?

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Everyone knows that social networking sites are growing in popularity. Millions of individuals visit daily—or even more often. According to...
2009/08/04

PRIVATE LABEL - growth driven by innovation

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Private label product innovation has reached unprecedented highs and market share has rocketed as a result In the US, private label foods h...

PACKAGING INFORMATION - Consumers don't trust food industry portion sizes

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Consumers do not trust portion sizes given on food packages and buy extra to ensure they have enough to eat, finds IGD research has found; i...

TRYVERTISING: a free camcorder for a weekend at the hotel

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Hotels are an ideal setting for many " tryvertising " campaigns, approximating as they do consumers' domestic milieu. Omni H...

NEW PRODUCT - NISSAN Leaf - first electric car with strong symbole

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NISSAN UNVEILS "LEAF" - THE WORLD'S FIRST ELECTRIC CAR DESIGNED FOR AFFORDABILITY AND REAL-WORLD REQUIREMENTS The "Leaf...

NEW TREND ? - Embracing slowness: the anti energy drink

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Out to help those looking for a quick relaxation fix, a new drink from Canada offers ‘an acupuncture session’ in every can. An antidote to e...

BUSINESS IDEA - 100 flavours in new Coca-Cola soda machine

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Developed on the assumption that there's no such thing as too much choice, COCA-COLA FREESTYLE is a new self-serve soda fountain that ca...

LONG TERM STRATEGY - Reckitt's 'Power Brands' Strategy Pays Off - interview

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Brandweek: "Reckitt Benckiser has been posting consistently strong quarterly earnings, as larger rivals like Procter & Gamble and ...

NEW INTERNET STRATEGY - Toys 'R' Us - Toys Around with Internet Domain

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Toys "R" Us relaunched the internet domain Toys.com with a goal of building its online brand portfolio in the search market for to...
2009/08/03

OBAMA & FOOD - The German Touch

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While American hucksters wasted no time in cranking out the Obama T-shirts and memorabilia, it took a German company to come up with the que...

SONY & FOOD - Coming Soon: PlayStation Food

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April 21 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) recently named Target Entertainment Group as licensing agent for PlayStation software I...

PRODUCT OF THE YEAR - How it works, what it costs and why it’s worth it

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By recognising innovation, Product of the Year promotes a wide range of benefits, improving packaging, quality and value for money. Product...

HEALTH - Lactose intolerance

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Did you know that around 75% of the world’s population suffers from lactose intolerance? Lactose intolerance refers to gastrointestinal sym...

SPAIN - NUTRITIONAL PANEL: Consumers prepared to pay for nutritional panel: Study

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Spanish consumers are more willing to pay a premium for food products that carry a nutritional panel on packaging than for those that just m...

PRIVATE LABELS: Parents avoid switching for their children

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While the switch to private labels may be gathering pace, consumers are reluctant to switch to store brands on purchases for children , says...

BRAND IMAGE analysis should not be limited to a descriptive function presenting scores on a series of attributes.

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You may expect operational results and a real MARKETING TOOL! Our solution: The identification of your ideal target group, including consume...

SAVE THE PLANET WITH YOUR LOGO - For every Brand and Logo, a species to be saved

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From the Lacoste crocodile to Charlie the Tuna, countless brands around the globe use animals and plants to personify and represent them. Af...
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Previously Marketing Director at Nestlé, COO at Délifrance (Switzerland), I'm now Marketing and Market research consultant - CEO at ECS Conseil SA
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