Naming a company, brand or product is not as simple as adding ‘i’ to the beginning of a word. A name has to invoke a sense of what it is trying to describe, while avoiding the potential intellectual property and trans...
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Digital strategy and the lap of luxury
Luxury brands are some of the most prominent retailers in the Middle East and North Africa, and yet their brand strategies and digital communications largely fail to cater to local audiences. How can luxury brands ada...
Brand in Action: Chip off the old block
Who: Saelen and TS Industrie What: The Saelen and TS Industrie brands had a long history in European green waste solutions. Yet, a series of acquisitions and changes...
Computing the impact of sustainability
With a supply chain fraught with environmental issues and its own sustainability to take into account, Dell prioritises corporate social responsibility as a core part of its business strategy. Emily Andrews reports...
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....
A brand is forever, not just for Christmas
At a breakfast last month, co-hosted with independent creative engagement agency Rufus Leonard, discussing the development of the corporate brand, brand managers shared their thoughts about the modern comms landscape...
Evolution in east London as Canary Wharf Group rebrands
“The city doesn’t belong to us,” said Sir George Iacobescu at the launch of the Canary Wharf Group’s new brand yesterday morning. He noted that it was the tenants, workers, residents and travellers that brought Canary...
The simple life at Siegel+Gale
As global brand strategy agency Siegel+Gale gears up for the autumn publication of its annual Global Brand Simplicity Index, Transform magazine catches up with co-CEO and chief creative officer Howard Belk....
A rock and a hard place
The Rock of Gibraltar stands at a mighty and auspicious precipice. It overlooks three countries, two continents, one of the most important bodies of water in the history of the world and the place in which the Atlanti...
Staying afloat
Every quarter we’ll ask brand experts from around the world to rebrand or reposition a historical organisation or event. This quarter, we look at the impact of the Titanic disaster on White Star Line’s brand credibili...