… Today’s optimists are those who think the current partial government shutdown will allow the Republican Party to work out some internal issues — and actually make a showdown over the debt less likely. Perhaps the political base will be satisfied by a demonstration of dissatisfaction against carrying out the […] Read more »
Apple Passes Coca-Cola as Most Valuable Brand
Apple is the new most valuable brand in the world, according to a closely followed annual report. The report, to be released on Monday, is from Interbrand, a corporate identity and brand consulting company owned by the Omnicom Group that has been compiling what it calls the Best Global Brands report […] Read more »
Mapping the Republican Brain
… But you will understand the current war in the Republican Party better if you are able to see the the six underlying attitudinal dimensions that run through the consciousness of today’s Republican Party supporters. It is these dimensions that create the passionate factions at war against “Obamacare,” gay marriage, […] Read more »
Top Pollster Gallup Is Jolted By The Innovator’s Dilemma
… Gallup’s troubles can be summed up in three words: the innovator’s dilemma. That term, coined by Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, describes the sickness that ensues if you fixate on your high-end customers and ignore the market’s low end. Cheap, new methods seep in, eventually disrupting a whole […] Read more »
Kantar acquires Benenson Strategy Group
WPP announces that Kantar, its wholly owned data investment management business, has acquired The Benenson Strategy Group (“BSG”), a global strategic research and consulting firm. Founded in 2000, BSG ran the award-winning research and polling programs for President Obama’s 2008 and 20012 campaigns and has advised 11 Prime Ministers and […] Read more »
Democrats, Republicans See Many Industries Differently
Democrats and those who lean toward the Democratic Party are significantly more positive than Republicans and those who lean Republican about a number of U.S. business and industry sectors, including the federal government, the movie industry, education, publishing, the legal field, healthcare, and the automobile industry. Republicans are significantly more […] Read more »