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Reflections on an age of faith

When it comes to engagement, brands could learn a lot from the principal tenets of Islam.
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B2B marketing: a more positive picture

The Capsicum Group’s research report, featured in the January 2013 issue of Market Leader, painted a bleak picture of B2B marketing.
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Are you getting personal? Then keep your distance!

Yet again, the internet presents legislators and regulators with problems that were never foreseen in pre-digital times.
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The best benchmark is the competition, not the plan

“The real profit ultimately earned from a business is simply the realisation of relative advantage” – Kenneth Simmonds
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A fork in the road: Brand loyalty during the digital transition

How brand loyalty could either be enhanced or diminished in the digital transition.
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Rabobank: stability, continuity and solidity

In this extract from Business is Beautiful, a collection of case histories in five categories – integrity, curiosity, elegance, craft and prosperity – Tony Allen and Nick Liddell look at an unusual Dutch bank,
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Battle of the brands. winners and losers in the culture war

Brands are beginning to question whether just knowing their consumer is enough to differentiate them.
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Multicultural marketing: taking niche brands mainstream

There is exciting growth potential for ethnic brand owners working with marketing and advertising agencies.
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Lock sights on the new customer-centric agenda

Amazon aspires to be “Earth’s most customer-centric company”. Numerous mission statements are sprinkled with customer focus. Yet the brands we most admire are much more than customer-led. 
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TV's not dead: six recurring myths

Recent rapid changes in the way we consume and access media have led many commentators to conclude that TV is dead.
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