A charity supermarket. Surely an idea whose time has come. Another example of innovation in the circular economy
Category Archives: business for good
Hot in 2022: Why the circular economy will grow, everywhere
Hot in 2022: The Circular Economy
What sustainability means for brand reputation
Most old brands are encumbered by legacies of bad practice – but for a few, newer challenger brands, there is an opportunity to transform those categories with particularly dire track records.
Brave
was the big idea of this year’s Marketing Society conference. It proved an inspirational platform. A great conference theme- credit must go to new CEO Gemma Greaves and her team. This being an individualistic culture (and age) stories were often told as personal triumphs over fear, especially in extreme sports (a big theme of theContinue reading “Brave”
Bad leaders and their impact
Was the theme exposed and discussed in a new style seminar (called Bad leader) that has been launched by the Marketing Society’ new CEO, Gemma Greaves. 50 or so society members sat in the round in a session moderated by leadership expert and coach Steve Radcliffe. Two people shared stories of being on the receivingContinue reading “Bad leaders and their impact”
Predictions you can make with confidence (1st of a series)
We will be eating a lot of fruit and veg in the next 10 years The forces that will make even more of us “demi-veg” (or even vegetarian) are a powerful combination of the personal, environmental and economic. Plus, anything that Jamie Oliver champions is likely to go mainstream. “I’m going vegetarian 3 timesContinue reading “Predictions you can make with confidence (1st of a series)”
My favourite Christmas campaign is not John Lewis
The Columbian govt used Christmas trees to persuade FARC guerrillas to give up the fight.Nine 75-foot trees along paths the insurgents used were decorated them with Christmas lights and a message encouraging them to come home. The operation was deemed a success; 331 guerrillas demobilized while the campaign was active, a 30% increase from theContinue reading “My favourite Christmas campaign is not John Lewis”
Spotted at DA&D judging week
I was wandering around looking at the work at D&AD judging week when this one caught my eye. Even Stella Artois – known in certain circles as “wife beater” for bringing “rocket fuel” lager to the general public in the 90s- is getting in on public good branding. At first sight you thinkContinue reading “Spotted at DA&D judging week”
Please, please, please can we ban the C word?
Words get stripped of their meaning if used too often. There is a phrase for this- semantic satiation: a word progressively loses its potency through over repetition. The marketing business positively over flows with such words and phases as Brand, Engagement, Target Audience, Core Values and, my particular bug bear, Content. The C word isContinue reading “Please, please, please can we ban the C word?”
My favourite online resources
I was asked what they were by Aurora magazine – a Karachi based media and marketing magazine so here there are Slideshare.net A treasure trove of PowerPoint presentations on all sorts of topics If you can’t get to the ultra hip SXSW tech conference in Austin Texas with all the other cutting edge digerati, well,Continue reading “My favourite online resources”