Brand Builders: Compass Box
23 Feb 2005 | by Jane Bainbridge
Developing blends to appeal to modern palates is key to this innovative whisky brand's growth.
It is extremely difficult to identify which companies are good at branding. One common mistake is to assume that the ownership of strong brands indicates equally strong brand management. In reality, the two very rarely go hand in hand. Take Coca-Cola. While Coke is unquestionably a power brand, the...
Developing blends to appeal to modern palates is key to this innovative whisky brand's growth.
When you meet David Pullan you may be inclined to ask: 'So what went wrong?' This could be a fair question to level at someone who started out on the executive fast-track - a Harvard MBA graduate who read philosophy and theology at Oxford before training at blue-chip management consultancy McKinsey...
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To look out of your window, you would hardly think summer is on its way. Yet that is the view at Coca-Cola GB, where they are currently setting out the deckchairs in anticipation of bluer skies and brighter days (you understand I'm speaking figuratively, of course). The flurry of stories about the soft-drinks...
23 February Cadbury Schweppes publishes its annual results. 25 February WPP's annual results. 28 February HSBC publishes its annual results. 1 March Arts Business awards, Barbican Centre, London. Recognises innovative partnerships between business and the arts. 1-13 March Fairtrade Fortnight....
This year's event has a European theme; it is built around a mock Victorian canal and piazza. - A Spanish villa has been designed by Linda Barker, while interiors duo Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan (pictured) have created a cave-style home.