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KFC's Interesting Ad Buy... Is this right?

A huge part of advertising strategy is placement - because depending on where you buy is he awareness that you will get. But before I go into my observation as to the picture you see on the blog, let me begin by sayint that not too long I was reading a very interesting article on the "Disneyzation of Society," which can be boiled down to 4 key objectives: 1) Theming, 2) De-differentiation of Consumption, 3) Merchandising, and 4) Emotional Labor. Though my attempt on today's post is not to talk about the paper it is important to say why it is that I am bringing up. About a decade ago or so, a book that tackled the idea of globalization through the usage of a major corporation, McDonald's, revolutionized the way we look at business - the author called this McDonalization. McDonalization is the idea that global corporations seek to maximize 1) efficiency, 2) calculability, 3) predicatability, and 4) control. Well, in order to be able to accomplish the 4 things, companies...

Consultants: Saving a business but killing your own

As I was waiting on gate D3 in the New York LaGuardia airport, and while waiting for a colleague to get her boarding pass out, I couldn’t help but seeing the guy that you see in the picture. Ok, so far, well you’re probably thinking, well, he looks pretty normal, well dressed, sorry, let me rephrase that, is wearing a suit and tie. Now what caught my attention was when he moved to adjust his place on the 50” seat, you could see his gut just coming out… badly! Please understand that it is not that I am super fit, I mean I like to exercise, and I would do it more if I could. Going back to my observation, immediately after thinking “oh man, that guys is pretty chubby, I thought, well, it must be from all of the crap there has to eat at the airports. I decided to observe a couple more people and see if I saw the following trend: 1. Does he look like a business man? a. Based on the attire. I know that many people whom are business man don’t travel with a suit and tie, bu...

Nike Scored the last Goal, not Spain!

Based on preliminary reports the 2010 World Cup, which was hosted by South Africa was a success - in viewership, merchandise and even tourism. The point of today's commentary is not to talk about the cup's success, but about the who really scored the last goal. As I came across the attached email I began to think what an amazing job Nike had done through out the world cup in order to ambush Adidas marketing. Sure, after Adidas noticed Nike's approach) and well known strategic point of view (i.e. Olympics in Barcelona) they took it to FIFA and pretty much said, "we are paying you millions of dollars to be the "World Cup" sponsor, make sure its known. Any how, so as the month long tournament progressed, there were more mentions of the soccer ball, and the importance of its sponsors. With all of the above said, I have a couple of comments to close with (thought starters if you will)? It is usually said "no publicity is bad publicity." Can Adidas really...