by Evelyn Starr | May 15, 2020 | Brand Experience, Brand Growth & Rebranding
I’ve been racking up miles lately. On foot. Power walks were the least frequent choice of my go-to exercise triumvirate – hot yoga, elliptical trainer rides and power walks – until mid-March. Now they are now the most frequent. I walk fast and greet everyone I...
by Evelyn Starr | Jan 10, 2020 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Brands In Adolescence
When I began writing this newsletter eight years ago, my two children were in middle school. Now both are in college. As middle school students they had no idea what they would study in college. Even upon arriving on campus they were unsure. My son AJ went to college...
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 | Apr 11, 2014 | Brand Growth & Rebranding, Marketing Insights
My husband Dan is a champion shopper. When we identify a need in the household, it goes on Dan’s mental list. He doesn’t like to let his list stagnate. He begins to keep an eye out for the item and to research it. Before long, he’s able to give you an outline of...