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Undercover sampling

Joss Davidge, managing partner of brand experience agency BEcause, continues his weekly quest for great marketing ideas.
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New Yorkers take on the Asics challenge

Joss Davidge, managing partner of brand experience agency BEcause, continues his weekly quest for great marketing ideas.
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Silly things that matter when making ads memorable

In addition to his extremely insightful column (inevitably a good read), New York Times Advertising Columnist Stuart Elliott answers letters fro
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Victims of the Hollywood paradox

The studios spend ever more on the blockbusters they make because that demonstrates their power and pays everyone in the chain more money, which creates more (apparent) power for those in charge.
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ASOS plans China launch with 'culturally relevant' marketing

ASOS.cn will become the brand’s eighth international market, joining the US, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Russia.
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What’s mine is yours in the sharing economy

Several years ago, trawling through TED talks I ran across a lively Australian called Rachael Botsman, who I have subsequently read about from other sources.
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The future of retail is in your hands

It’s 2013. It’s been six years since the first iPhone was unveiled, an event that turned our cell phones from communications devices into a way of life.
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SNCF opens the door to European destinations

Continuing his weekly quest for great marketing ideas Joss Davidge, managing partner of brand experience agency BEcause, looks at how SNCF is embracing experiential marketing to get people bo
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Get over yourself

I don't own a car. I haven't had one for three years. Before that I had owned three consecutive BMW 530s. Apart from being great cars they were also an important symbol of my success at work I thought.
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Global marketing: do Western marketers hold the answers?

Say ‘global marketing’ and most people’s understanding will be of centrally created campaigns and policies being rolled out imperialistically across the globe.
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