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Designing brand communities
Posted July 29th, 2008 by Thinktopia

When you’re part of a community, you prefer that brand above all others.

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World’s first entirely Green city
Posted March 11th, 2008 by Thinktopia

Masdar City allows no cars, runs on solar power, has an electric-powered light rail system, the world’s first hydroelectric plant with costs upwards of $15 billion

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Ubiquitous 20th Century Brands Set To Disappear In 2008
Posted March 10th, 2008 by Thinktopia

Will companies like Vonage, Dodge, Circuit City seize the opportunity to re-engineer themselves, or will they let marketing by rote seize the day?

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Global consumerism means that distance does not mean difference
Posted March 5th, 2008 by Thinktopia

Globalization is not new, what is new is the speed to markets and the ubiquity of primary brands

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Moleskine notebooks
Posted March 3rd, 2008 by Thinktopia

Legendary Moleskine notebook brand narrative is Primal Branding 101

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Branding Minneapolis/St. Paul
Posted March 2nd, 2008 by Thinktopia

Why can’t the City Fathers create their own creed?

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Starbucks removed from Forbidden City for Beijing Summer Olympics
Posted March 2nd, 2008 by Thinktopia

A Starbucks inside the Forbidden City is like inserting a coffee shop in the Wailing Wall, atop Macchu Pichu, inside St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, or tucked under Abe’s Beard at Mt. Rushmore

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Bamboo is the new superfiber
Posted February 19th, 2008 by Thinktopia

ThreadsForThought supports social initiatives with sales its casual, including supersoft T’s

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Tesla Motors 100% electric sports car
Posted February 19th, 2008 by Thinktopia

The news, of course, is that the Tesla is 100% electric and goes 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds

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Slanglish
Posted January 7th, 2008 by Thinktopia

Communities are bound together by their common understanding of words

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