by Evelyn Starr | May 8, 2015 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Brands In Adolescence, Marketing Insights
This past March marked the 30th anniversary of the movie The Breakfast Club. For those of you who might not know it, the movie portrays the gathering of five stereotypical high schoolers (a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal) for a day-long...
by Evelyn Starr | Feb 12, 2015 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Brands In Adolescence
I was a persistent child. How persistent? Let’s just say that several times during my childhood my father wished, “May you have a child just like you.” Well, I did. Two of them. On a Monday in early January 2004 my daughter Fiona came home from...
by Evelyn Starr | Sep 12, 2014 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Marketing Insights
I never knew toilet paper could be exciting until I met Dave. Dave joined me in the Veryfine Marketing Research Department in the early days of 1993 after a two-year stint at James River, maker of Quilted Northern bathroom tissue. He entertained us with stories of...
by Evelyn Starr | Jul 11, 2014 | Brand Storytelling, Emotional Connections, Marketing Tools & Tactics
Would you hire an ambulance driver to repave your driveway? My parents did. Two days before Thanksgiving in 1980, my mother broke her ankle. She tripped on something left on the stairs while she was descending and carrying a laundry basket that blocked her view. My...
by Evelyn Starr | Jun 13, 2014 | Brands In Adolescence, Marketing Insights
To say that I was a curious child is an understatement. I asked questions relentlessly. I was always trying to figure out how things worked and to understand why people did what they did. My parents patiently answered my questions, probably hoping I would outgrow...
