Perhaps the most interesting thing about AI is that it is new yet nothing new.
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Perhaps the most interesting thing about AI is that it is new yet nothing new.
The president of Snacking Global at Mars, Andrew Clarke, recently spent some time chatting with The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Clarke articulated some important and exciting areas of innovation and interests that Mars continues to pursue for its snack brands.
Alongside category design, messaging, storytelling, and thought leadership, positioning is where your company claims its strategic seat within the market’s mental map—and, when engineered deliberately, this seat is one competitors cannot easily take.
Ferrari’s recent introduction of the Luce, its first fully electric four-door model, has sparked exactly the kind of controversy one might expect from an iconic brand. Just as the Jaguar rebrand did, and many others before it.
The criticism was predictable. A revered luxury watchmaker partners with Swatch, introduces a colorful US $400 pocket watch, and collectors immediately worry about dilution. But the Audemars Piguet x Swatch Royal Pop Collection is not simply a less expensive expression of Royal Oak codes. It is a brand architecture move.