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.
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.
Each year, research firms such as CB Insights analyze why both startups and new products from mature companies fail. On average, about 80 percent of VC-backed startups fail (and those are the best of the startup world), and somewhere between 40 and 60 percent of new products launched by mature companies also fail. Invariably, the primary reason for failure is “no market need.”
It is just astounding that after more than 35 years, some marketers are still using the flawed funnel approach to how advertising works. This is one reason that real, credible, data-supported brand management must be taught in business schools. For decades, we have known that using the funnel approach to advertising, in hopes of building brand loyalty, is a form of mismarketing on a major scale.