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Trump initiated tariffs with major U.S. trading partners on 1 February, then retracted them on 3 February. Executives across the North American continent expressed uncertainty regarding their preparedness for the possible supply chain and economic shocks. For executives at manufacturing and distribution companies with supply chains that stretch across borders, pricing decisions must be made at a highly accelerated pace to manage the economic shocks associated with new tariffs. Today, more than…
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Who owns your personal brand? What is driving the meaning of your brand to clients, partners, and employers? How is your online content being disseminated across the digital divide? For those who have yet to incorporate LinkedIn into their hierarchy of marketing objectives, these may be challenging questions.
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The human endeavor survives through hope. It is possible to breathe new life into tired and nearly extinct brands. Restrain those discounts.…
Read More The question still comes up: What is LinkedIn? Once that answer is delivered, sometimes to the satisfaction of the inquirer; most often, not, the other question is sure to follow: Why LinkedIn?
Read More What do International Harvester, Fisher Body, Howard Johnson’s, E.F. Hutton, Mr. Donut, Statler Hotels, McCall’s and Marshall Field’s have in common? They are all magical brands of the past that sit on the junk heap of dead brands. Like products and product categories, brands follow a life cycle and eventually decline into oblivion. However, in some cases death may not be permanent and resurrection may be possible.
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