Creativity by Design

I am reminded frequently how important creativity is to our success in winning and keeping clients. Just recently, a client asked us to pick up a new product category because the incumbent agency “lacked creativity.” Our dozens of industry awards over the years frequently recognize our creative thinking in addition to other aspects of our [...]

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A branded Habitant

I was raised a Habs fan. My parents are both Montrealers and so the red, blue and white c-shaped logo was the definitive symbol of sport in our household. When we couldn’t get hockey games in English, they were watched in French (this was back when Radio-Canada still held the broadcast rights).
My father would share stories [...]

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Sports team branding: Bullish or bull-sh . . .?

As a fan of most sports, I’ve noticed evolving trends in sponsorships, naming and branding over the last 20 years. I grew up in St. Louis and am an avid fan of the Cardinals, the greatest franchise in Major League Baseball.
Since the 1950s, the Redbirds have played at three different ballparks called “Busch Memorial Stadium.” [...]

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Jobs’s absence a branding dilemma

News of Steve Jobs’s leave-of-absence from Apple is a blow to the company, but it needn’t have been such a massive challenge. It’s never a good idea to have a single person, no matter how tempting it might be to do so, to embody a company.
Since 1997, Jobs has done a tremendous job of turning [...]

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