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Unauthorized Use Double Whammy?

Posted in Infringement

Always on the look out for interesting shopping finds, my husband snapped these photos of a product at a local Lands End store last week.  I couldn’t find the backpack on their website to get any further information about it but I do find this use of BMW pretty interesting.   We often see clothing… Continue Reading

G Doesn’t Grasp Successful Marketing

Posted in AlphaWatch, Branding, Food, Guest Bloggers, Marketing, Product Packaging, Trademarks

In November, I wrote about how Gatorade’s 2009 re-branding as G has been a complete failure. G was an ill-conceived approach to slowing sales in 2007 and 2008. It damaged brand equity, confused consumers and didn’t reverse the trend of falling unit sales. In the final paragraph of my last blog, I noted that PepsiCo… Continue Reading