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  • Why cutting marketing budgets compounds faster than you think 19 min read

    Why cutting marketing budgets compounds faster than you think

    Kraft mac and cheese fell to 39% share as zero-based budgeting proved marketing works multiplicatively, not additively—cutting 25% one year costs far more.

  • When LEGO abandoned open creativity for licensed franchise merchandising 11 min read

    When LEGO abandoned open creativity for licensed franchise merchandising

    Marketing consultant questions LEGO's shift from open-ended building blocks to licensed IP sets, sparking debate about retail economics versus imagination.

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    Merkle's recommendations to implement the People-Based Marketing

    Merkle has released its seventh installment of the Marketing Imperatives, a guidebook for CMOs. The 2019 Marketing Imperatives prescribe the building blocks of an integrated, successful people-based marketing strategy. “Placing the customer at the center of the business strategy is a top priority for CMOs, but figuring out how