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CX Design: Strategy Beyond Theatrics

CX Design: Strategy Beyond Theatrics

Why not all business is show business.

How Music Became an Experience (Again)

How Music Became an Experience (Again)

Once upon a time, the process for creating a record breaking band was very simple: find a talented artist, release an album, get it into heavy radio rotation, reach platinum sales, and stage a world tour. In 2014, however, for the first time in history, only one artist reached platinum sales: Taylor Swift.

'Alex from Target': Can I Do This With My Brand?

'Alex from Target': Can I Do This With My Brand?

As #alexfromtarget is fascinating the Internet and creating a ton of brand buzz for Target, marketers may be asking: Can I do this with my brand? The answer lies in marketing's knowledge about diffusion and market creation.

How Marketers Made (and Remade) Diamonds a Girl’s Best Friend

How Marketers Made (and Remade) Diamonds a Girl’s Best Friend

Diamonds – universally recognized as a token of status, wealth, power, and above all romance. It’s absurd actually, considering their lack of inherent value, but the intrigue around diamonds, or rather the myth market, has made them an inseparable and indispensible part of courtship and love. 

When Brands Banter: Designing Doppelgänger Images

When Brands Banter: Designing Doppelgänger Images

From stories about Walmart as a corporate villain and pink slime at McDonald’s to jokes about Starbucks as “Starsucks” and Apple’s Bendgate. A brand’s meaning is not only created by the brand’s owner but rather by multiple stakeholders including journalists, celebrities, bloggers, activists, scientific experts, and consumers.

Why Brandy Melville Should Listen to Its Plus-Size Fans

Why Brandy Melville Should Listen to Its Plus-Size Fans

Brandy Melville offers fashion for "diverse California girls." And in Brandy Melville's opinion, this diversity is reflected in one size: small. "I don't think it causes a negative effect on the body image of any one of our shoppers because anyone can come in the store and find something. At other places, certain people can't find things at all." 

Teaching Consumers How to Rationalize on Your Behalf

Teaching Consumers How to Rationalize on Your Behalf

Focus group: Why are you using Botox? I use Botox because it’s so much cheaper and more effective than makeup, but also less painful than plastic surgery. Right? Probably wrong.