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Mattel, the owner of Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, UNO, Thomas & Friends, MEGA, Polly Pocket, Masters of the Universe, Monster High and Matchbox, may be up for sale. Or, some of Mattel’s individual brands may be sold off. There is a difference between selling a brand and understanding what makes that brand valuable.

One of Mattel’s major sharehol...


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Internal politics is detrimental to brands. Sounds like a business cliché. But brands struggling with internal politics — geography, silos, command and control, accountability, responsibility and leadership — can lose sight of their real goal: developing and consistently delivering relevant, differentiated, trustworthy experiences that customers value.

Global brands ar...


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International hiring has moved beyond being primarily a cost play. For many companies, it is now a talent strategy. When the people you need are not in your city, you look beyond the city. When they are not in your country, you look beyond the border.

The harder part comes next.

You don’t necessarily need to


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Pricing should not be a tactic. Pricing is a strategy.

Raising prices, lowering prices, then raising prices again may make sense when the end goal is growing margins and, hopefully, profitability. But these can become knee-jerk reactions. From a brand standpoint, the consequences of fluctuating prices are huge. Raising, lowering and then raising prices again may indica...


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Brand A.I. is having an uncertain month.

Yes, A.I. has become a brand, although there seem to be discrepancies about just what Brand A.I.’s brand purpose and brand promise are. Current Brand A.I. debates have cast uncertainty over our collective future and human health. In some ways, it’s reminiscent of Brand Smoking.

Smoking became a brand on January 11, 1964, ...


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