The recently launched MSN web portal was created from scratch with a mobile-ready audience in mind. The new site is a collaborative platform that pulls content from a host of contributors that include leading global media outlets....
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Plain sailing at Lippincott
In the month following global brand agency Lippincott‘s acquisition of employee engagement firm Bonfire Communications, Andrew Thomas caught up with its global CEO, Rick Wise....
E-commerce sparks race to rebrand retail’s digital assets
By David Benady The spread of digital devices over the past few years has sparked a race to revamp brand websites. In this new multi-channel world, people are accessing the web via iPhones, Android phones, all manner of tablets, th...
Identifying and understanding the most valuable brands
As it becomes easier to attribute value to a brand companies are becoming more aware of the need for a strong brand strategy. Global branding agencies, such as Interbrand, who published their 15th Best Global Brands Report yesterda...
Transform Asia-Pacific shortlist reveals worldwide branding excellence
Brand strategy is often dictated by a company’s location, its reach; whether national, international or global, and its target audience. Different markets respond in different ways to the various components that make up one complet...
K-Swiss’ new brand retains American heritage
The trainer market is booming right now, with Nike and adidas leading the pack. In this competitive environment of super-brands there is no room for complacency, and the latest athletic footwear retailer to refresh its brand is K-S...
Tesco faces repositioning post crisis
By David Benady Dave Lewis has got the mother of all relaunches on his hands. The new chief executive of Tesco is tasked with turning around poor performance at the supermarket giant but first has to put out fires on many fronts. T...
Opinion: Paul Twivy asks “What is the purpose of Tesco?”
Paul Twivy, senior strategic consultant, The Partners Overstating your half-year profit guidance by £250m is a fairly substantial fault in anyone’s books or on anyone’s books, even if the books are as big as Tesco’s. Despite the su...
Cultural icon brings European Games brand to life
The great success of the past couple Olympics Games, in addition to the growing prominence of events like the Commonwealth Games and the European Capital of Culture have paved the way for a new quadrennial festival of sport, the Eu...
Multilingual typeface and wordmark for Louvre Abu Dhabi
Saadiyat Island, set to be the centre of cultural and artistic life in Abu Dhabi, will see its jewel, the Louvre Abu Dhabi, open in 2015. The museum, an extension of Paris’ Louvre in the Emirates, has been designed by architecture...
