Father’s Day has long been one of retail’s seasonal bright spots, but this year’s research from the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) in collaboration with Roy Morgan tells a more nuanced story: fewer Australians are shopping for Dad, but those who do are spending significantly more. With 4.7 million shoppers expected…
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Flash, boom! Neon takes us back to the era many of us now yearn for. Neon has been a strong trend this year with so many influences from the 80s and early 90s. Nostalgic branding is very powerful, especially as millennials (my generation) are most…
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Sustainability branding is no longer about ‘eco’ colours or colour washing. Brands used to highly depend on their packaging and look to communicate their ‘eco-friendly’ mission. They overly used shades of Greens and Browns to show their roles in fighting climate change. Now, brands are…
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A powerful, purpose led and culturally sensitive brand that protects, connects and inspires. The Keeping Place has a bold vision to be a sustainable digital cultural centre for all Indigenous Australians. Roberta Molson, Heritage Specialist at Fortescue Metals Group Ltd says the brand development process,…
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The Brand Value of Customer Service. Just ask Apple, the best retailer in the world in terms of $ sales per square meter (and is there any other metric worth measuring?), customer service is still where the rubber hits the road. New Apple retail customer…
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Key insights from Adobe’s third annual consumer email survey, essential reading for brand marketers. The survey shows that email significantly trumps direct mail, mobile apps and social media as the best way to deliver offers to consumers. However, there is still a great degree of…
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Grids, rules, order, harmony — qualities that typically define ‘good design.’ What happens when all of this is thrown out? When chaos is embraced and celebrated? It’s called brutalist web design and it’s taking the design world by a storm. In this post we will take…
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Beers aint beers Everything about the Coopers brand oozes authenticity. Coopers in South Australia is a family owned brewery with a long history of making fine ale (as opposed to making beer). Coopers is a brand with high beer cred for taste and quality. But…
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