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Love (and the Market) Actually

Love (and the Market) Actually

“Love, Actually” exemplifies a remarkable transformation from a society that understood female empowerment as a systemic concern to one that interprets all feminist concerns about empowerment through the ideological lens of market-based morality.

CX Design: Strategy Beyond Theatrics

CX Design: Strategy Beyond Theatrics

Why not all business is show business.

'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.

Zombie Brands: The Science Behind Undead Market Icons

Zombie Brands: The Science Behind Undead Market Icons

When companies and products die, their brands often live on. From Napster and Pan Am to Woolworth and Mister Donut - zombie brands abound. They have been resuscitated, redefined, or kept alive by unusual means. However, zombie brands are not all made from the same cloth. Some are brought back as nostalgic fashion icons, others have been sustained by passionate fans. Yet others simply continue exist in other parts of the world or in our imagination.

Apple Pay, CurrentC, and the Normalization of Credit/Debt

Apple Pay, CurrentC, and the Normalization of Credit/Debt

Paying for stuff has just gotten easier with Apple Pay - or so it seems. Apply Pay is a wireless payment system that lets owners of iPhone 6 pay for goods at retailers with wireless payment terminals. Users put their phones near the payment terminals, put their thumbs on the Touch ID button, and the transaction is complete.

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." 

Netflix's Transformation: Big Data vs. Big Design

Netflix's Transformation: Big Data vs. Big Design

From streaming service to original content provider.

Just Why Is Ello So Naive?

Just Why Is Ello So Naive?

Challenging Facebook is not about delivering a naive message about privacy and freedom from ads. It is about understanding how we use the market, brands and technology to construct our moral identities.

Bendgate: 5 Things Apple Will Do Next

Bendgate: 5 Things Apple Will Do Next

There are two ways to address a brand image crisis: redesign the actual product or redesign people's expectations around the experience of consuming the brand. Here are five brand image revitalization tactics Apple will use next.