by Bruce Turkel | May 6, 2007 | Branding
VIA Bob Wright. If you or I owned a Smokey Bones Bar-B-Q Restaurant, we might be thrilled with the money it makes. But the concept does meet Darden’s internal hurdle rate for returns for a national chain. Darden’s fought the limitation of their bar-b-q/sports...
by Bruce Turkel | May 5, 2007 | Branding
VIA CNN Artist Christian Nold outfits volunteers with global positioning system devices and the sensors used in lie detector tests. Then, he sends his subjects out to wander their neighborhoods. When they return, Nold asks them to recount what they saw and felt when...
by Bruce Turkel | May 2, 2007 | Branding
We spend our lives marketing the travel industry and destinations and yet it was my client, Bill Talbert, the president of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau who showed me this genius bit of architecture that was hidden in plain view. Why EVERY hotel...
by Bruce Turkel | May 2, 2007 | Branding
Because I fly so much, I’ve mostly gotten over my fear of flying. But I also sit next to lots of people who are still concerned. This article VIA Daily Candy is for them: You’d love to visit Bucharest. And Beijing. Oh — and Bahia. Too bad...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 29, 2007 | Branding
Some of the most memorable and effective advertising happens when the creators use the medium itself to transmit their message. These international examples, collected on the web, show us that creativity can transform shopping bags, billboards, bus doors and even...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 26, 2007 | Branding
In an interesting combination of advertising and social commentary, Nike has plunged bravely into the Don Imus controversey. Although the company takes the high road, it will be interesting to see what (if any) the response will be with consumers and throughout the...
