Archive for September, 2010

Corrective advertising – the real cost

Although corrective advertising is intended to undo mistaken beliefs created by false claims rather than be punitive in nature, there is ample evidence it can have serious effects on the firms involved. By John Varcoe, Everything Design, Auckland, New Zealand

Marketing in emerging markets – size doesn’t matter (in China)

Author John Varcoe from brand strategy company Everything Design outlines research that identifies the factors that help companies grow successfully in emerging markets like China and India.

Marketing and promotion effectiveness – but wait, there’s more

John Varcoe from brand strategy company Everything Design discusses recent research around the effectiveness of marketing and promotions that yields some counter-intuitive results.

Branding start-ups

Author John Varcoe from brand strategy company Everything Design in Auckland, New Zealand discusses the importance of brand strategy and positioning for new businesses and highlights it as blind spot that should be addressed by start-ups.

Managing brand extensions

Author John Varcoe from brand strategy company Everything design in Auckland New Zealand discusses brand extension as a strategy. He highlights recent research that can be used to model consumer responses to brand extensions.

New export apple brand announced

Prevar Limited announces outstanding new export apple brand SMITTEN designed by brand strategy company Everything Design Limited from Auckland, New Zealand.