A new year is upon us, and usually at the onset of each new year, one of the big ticket items that consumers invest in with their year-end bonuses is an upgrade to their old mobile phone. And one of the biggest winners of this seasonal consumer trend is the new iPhone 13® which hasContinue reading “Apple®: The World’s First Three Trillion US Dollar Brand & Its ‘Walled Garden’ Product Strategy”
Tag Archives: Brand Strategy
KENNETHCOBONPUE®: A Brand Made Unique through Design
In this blog, we will revisit ‘Brand Strategy‘ and focus specifically on one of its three important elements, specifically ‘USP‘ or ‘unique selling proposition‘. I always teach my students who attend my ‘The Brand Architecture‘ webinars, that the foundational stage of any brand building exercise is ‘Brand Strategy‘ which is composed of three important elements,Continue reading “KENNETHCOBONPUE®: A Brand Made Unique through Design”
Humble Market®: A Humble Retail Brand with a Far-Reaching Mission
In our previous blogs which covered local Filipino brands, namely Happy Helpers® and Mary Grace®, we discussed ‘Brand Personality‘ and explored how this critical element of the ‘Brand Identity‘ defines and directs a brand’s priorities and behavior in the marketplace. In this blog, we revisit the concept of brand personality and focus our attention onContinue reading “Humble Market®: A Humble Retail Brand with a Far-Reaching Mission”
ISO®: A Trustworthy Brand that Makes Brands Trustworthy
In a news item earlier this 2021, I read that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) of the Philippines secured the ISO 9001:2015 recertification for quality management systems (or QMS). I remember wondering then, what’s the significance of that and why does the OVP of the PH bother with such certification? In the midstContinue reading “ISO®: A Trustworthy Brand that Makes Brands Trustworthy”
VMV Hypoallergenics®: The Evidence is Not Skin-Deep for this Skin Care Brand
In our blogs on Japanese brand Kongō Gumi and Korean boy band BTS, we tackled the importance of ‘brand positioning‘ which forms part of a brand strategy. We’ve learned that the hallmark of a strong brand positioning is its narrow singular focus. Kongō Gumi narrowly focuses on Buddhist temples and shrines which allowed them toContinue reading “VMV Hypoallergenics®: The Evidence is Not Skin-Deep for this Skin Care Brand”
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