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¿Por qué es importante que lo que hace y lo que dice tu marca sea coherente?

Todos conocemos alguna marca cuya comunicación nos parece muy creativa o hasta inspiradora, pero… ¿qué pasa cuando esto queda solamente en lo discursivo y no se plasma en acciones? Por ejemplo, una marca que se jacte de ser muy incluyente o de estar preocupada por el medio ambiente pero que, en sus acciones reales, estos […]

5 razones por las que tu marca necesita un eCommerce

3D for Successful Sales Presentations

Escape & Enjoyment

The Evolving World of Automotive Brands

Keeping Us Connected

Technology & telecommunications brands in a time of crisis

The Transformation of Retail

The changing retail landscape during COVID

Bonding with Consumer Goods Brands

Our changing consumption and habits during the pandemic

Our Connection to Fast Food During the Pandemic

How the industry provided comfort in trying times

The Increased Intimacy of Beverage Brands

Providing comfort in challenging times

How Health & Hygiene Brands Are Building Intimacy During the Pandemic

The differing approaches of Olay and Dove

Who’s Paying It Forward?

The evolving role of financial services brands during the pandemic

The Increasing Need to Connect

Apps & social platforms during the pandemic

Marketing’s Next Normal

Four Strategies for Building Stronger Connections with Consumers

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Dove Today

The changing voice of the most intimate health & hygiene brand

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Fast Food & COVID-19

How consumers are talking about their favorite fast food brands during the pandemic.

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Financial Services Brands & COVID-19

Examining how banks are communicating and connecting during the pandemic

¿Por qué es importante que lo que hace y lo que dice tu marca sea coherente?

Todos conocemos alguna marca cuya comunicación nos parece muy creativa o hasta inspiradora, pero… ¿qué pasa cuando esto queda solamente en lo discursivo y no se plasma en acciones? Por ejemplo, una marca que se jacte de ser muy incluyente o de estar preocupada por el medio ambiente pero que, en sus acciones reales, estos […]

5 razones por las que tu marca necesita un eCommerce

3D for Successful Sales Presentations

Marketing’s Next Normal

hygiene products from Dove, Olay, Nivea and Crest hero image

Dove Today

hero image of fries, coffee and sandwich

Fast Food & COVID-19

How consumers are talking about their favorite fast food brands during the pandemic.

3 financial services cards

Financial Services Brands & COVID-19

Examining how banks are communicating and connecting during the pandemic

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Beverage Brands Today

The Changing Landscape of Beverages during COVID-19

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The Power of Nostalgia

How consumer goods are providing comfort and relief during these trying times

Technology Brands and COVID-19

Seizing the moment

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Why Social? Why Now? 

How apps & social platforms are building emotional bonds during these uncertain times

Women and Brand Intimacy

How women are connecting with brands in the US, Mexico, and the UAE

Luxury: Dior Shines Brightest

Examining Dior's growth in the Luxury industry

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Luxury Brands: High costs, Low connections

The dichotomy of performance

Nike: Just Doing It

Examining Nike’s consistent Brand Intimacy performance and dominance in Apparel

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Chevy Wins the Hearts of American Consumers

Examining this leader’s emotional power

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Whirlpool: Leading the Pack

Appliance Industry Struggles to Build Emotional Connections

UAE telecom brands comparison

Comparison of UAE telecom brands from a brand intimacy perspective

Supermarket and convenience store apps

Peer-to-peer loans

Carsharing Brands Head-to-Head Mexico

Food Delivery Brands Head-to-Head

Mobile Payment Apps Head-to-Head

We tested six P2P payment services to see which has the best user experience

Meal Kit Brands Revisited

Reexamining this exciting category to see what's changed

Meal Kit Brands

We set out to test which meal kit brand is best

Car-Sharing Brands Head-to-Head

See what happens when MBLM test drives the top car-sharing brands

One Year with the Apple Watch

Users are Conflicted, Confounded, and Critical

The Six-month Itch

A Month With the Apple Watch

An Entirely New Kind of Intimate

Escape & Enjoyment

The dominance of media & entertainment brands during the pandemic

The Evolving World of Automotive Brands

Keeping Us Connected

The Transformation of Retail

Bonding with Consumer Goods Brands

Our Connection to Fast Food During the Pandemic

How the industry provided comfort in trying times

The Increased Intimacy of Beverage Brands

Providing comfort in challenging times

How Health & Hygiene Brands Are Building Intimacy During the Pandemic

The differing approaches of Olay and Dove

Who’s Paying It Forward?

The evolving role of financial services brands during the pandemic

The Increasing Need to Connect

Apps & social platforms during the pandemic