What’s hotter, a Ferrari or a Toyota?

Back in March I wrote about how Toyota did irreparable harm to their brand because they violated the pact they made with their consumer by not delivering on their core competency – durability. If Hyundai and Kia cars are cheaper, we don’t mind. If a Toyota is passed...

Knowledge is power. Really?

It’s been almost five weeks since the Deepwater Horizon disaster and barrels of oil continue to pour out of a broken pipe 5,000 feet below the ocean’s surface. “Green” BP is trying to stave off a PR disaster, red-faced politicians are playing to the cameras and people...

How to damage your brand – the Toyota way

Toyota did irreparable harm to their brand because they violated the pact they made with their consumer based on their core competency – durability. If Hyundai’s and Kia’s are cheaper, we don’t mind. If your Toyota is passed by a BMW or a Mazda, that’s...

Toyota Flirts With Going It Alone

AdAge reported that Toyota is thinking of firing its ad agencies and doing everything in-house. My friend Andrew Jaffee has some interesting comments: Toyota spends $900 million in measured media in the U.S. alone, according to Nielsen. That means they’re...

Best Brands In The World?

BrandChannel.com, Interbrand’s online brand exchange released their survey of the world’s top brands. The company stressed that this list is not a record of the world’s best-known brands (such as Coca-Cola). Instead, the BBC News says Interbrand asked consumers “what...
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