This is the second assignment I set myself to make amends for not working on enough American brands, after the blog post I shared with my thoughts on Gap Clothing’s brand strategy and ideas last month. It is also timed with America’s 250th Independence Day and year in 2026. As it happens, 2026 is also… Continue reading How Tapestry Can Remake Itself and Build America’s Luxury Industry
The world’s second largest economy has mostly been in the news for its slowing domestic consumption and for the overcapacity it has generated in high-tech industries which still keeps powering the economy through exports. While both these are true, it is perhaps time to explore the Chinese economy a little more in detail for it’s… Continue reading What We Can Learn from China’s Two Speed Economy
In continuation of my Brandology thinking and work this year, especially that of exploring brands’ connections with companies, I thought I’d turn my mind to fashion brands. Actually, it occurred to me that I haven’t worked on American brands on my blog all these years, save for American Express and Pepsi, and therefore, I thought… Continue reading Gap Clothing’s California Connection
The Iran war is into its fourth month, when it was supposed to end in 4-6 weeks according to President Trump. And we are all aware of the dangers this prolonged conflict is posing to our economy here in India as well as around the world. India in particular is affected through the external sector,… Continue reading India Must Untie the Economic Knots It Has Tied Itself Up In
In my previous blog post on how brands are connected with companies, I had shared my thoughts on a new brand strategy for Titan wristwatches that I recommend. This is to strengthen the Titan brand and to enable it to compete better with international competition as well as to explore international markets at a later… Continue reading Brands’ Connections with Companies – Titan Wristwatches (Part 2)
You might wonder what would an advertising professional – a writer at that – know or have to do with the 4Ps of marketing propounded by Philip Kotler decades ago. It’s true, I am not a marketing professional, but having read and studied the 4Ps of marketing as part of my post-graduate one-year course in… Continue reading The Relevance of Marketing’s 4 Ps in the Digital Age
When I last wrote about the European economy six months ago, I had said that the EU must look beyond trade for economic growth and that there is ample room to increase domestic consumption as well as investment across EU member countries. I had also written about how many of the countries in the continent… Continue reading Geo-economic Challenges That Europe Must Address Soon
As part of my work for several years putting down my thoughts on brands, and also my more focused Brandology work this year, one of the many areas that I have been exploring is the connection that brands have with companies. Actually, these connections are several and operate at many different levels. The important ones… Continue reading How Brands Are Connected with Companies: Titan Wristwatches (Part I)
If at the start of 2025 and now in 2026, we thought that Trump’s tariffs would adversely impact the US economy and the rest of the world, we now also have the impact of Trump’s war in Iran to contend with. The latter could, in fact, take a much bigger toll on the global economy… Continue reading The Global Economy Faces a Double-Whammy in 2026
As part of my writing on Brandology – the art and science of building brands – I decided to explore some of the thorny issues concerning certain sectors of the Indian economy. After airlines, I wrote about the telecom industry in my previous blog post and the kinds of policy reforms we must see in… Continue reading How Vodafone Idea Can Tune in to Growth
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