CoolBrands: How to capture the essence of cool
28 Sep 2011 | by Nicola Clark
Aston Martin has held off Apple to retain top spot on this year's CoolBrands list. Nicola Clark asks what it takes to make the grade.
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Reebok, the sports brand, is being forced to return $25m (£15.9m) to consumers in the US who have bought its "toning" shoes, to settle a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission.
Aston Martin has held off Apple to retain top spot on this year's CoolBrands list. Nicola Clark asks what it takes to make the grade.
Apple may be about to launch its iPhone 5 while laying claim to be the biggest company in the world, with a market cap in excess of $335bn, but the tech company remains a distant second to the 98-year-old car maker, Aston Martin, in the cool stakes.
Designer brand Ted Baker will plunge into the increasingly crowded 'click and collect' marketplace at the end of the month, in a move to ramp up its multi-channel offering.
Lingerie brand Boux Avenue, owned by 'Dragons' Den' star Theo Paphitis, has appointed former French Connection marketing and PR director Lorna Perrin to its newly-created marketing director role.
Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Burberry are just some of the British brands backing Prime Minister David Cameron's new 'GREAT' campaign, promoting Britain as a destination for business and tourism.
Major venues are trying to entice thrifty brands with special deals on their corporate hospitality packages, writes Mary Cowlett.
"A lack of clarity on rules and responsibility" and "being too internally focused" are two key reasons why global marketing campaigns fail, the former Unilever chief marketing officer Simon Clift said in today's BrandMAX keynote speech.
ASOS has its sights set on conquering the global fashion market on the back of impressive profits. Nicola Clark goes behind the scenes with Lindsay Nuttall to uncover the secrets of the online retailer's marketing strategy.
House of Fraser, Office and La Redoute are among the brands that will feature in eBay's autumn-winter push to promote the variety of retailers available on its fashion portal.