Another turning point for brands?

The current slowing down of brand advertising expenditure is most likely to have been caused by inflation in media rates.

Another turning point for brands?

Stephen KingResearch and Development Director, J. Walter Thompson

Stephen King's analyses of the nature and role of the brand have for many years been received wisdom. But the current apparent slowing-down of brand advertising expenditure (which he attributes largely to inflation in media rates) leads him to wonder if this now signals our arrival at a major turning point – which he would regard as a particularly dangerous corner. To cope with the four main pressures on the brand today – social change, retailer power, new technology and global marketing – it will be...

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