Well, we’ve decided to dance with the devil and start a paid listing for our 27 year old Bay Area day spa on Yelp. After our first month, the preliminary results are…uh…in. My representative, a very affable and informed young woman named Ali, forwarded the stats to me today. Views of Preston Wynne Spa’s listing […]
The Wall Street Journal Headline reads, “Retailer Turns in Loss on Increase in Markdowns.” They’re referring to Talbots, which over the past three years re-imagined its famously frowsy fashion label. Despite some high profile successes in 2010–Michelle Obama wore a flowered Talbots dress, reportedly spurring catfights over the item in stores–the Chief Creative Officer has […]
What is a brand? In technical terms, the American Marketing Association defines a brand as a “name, term, sign, symbol or design, or a combination of them intended to identify the goods and services of one seller or group of sellers and to differentiate them from those of other sellers.” While this is true, there […]
Last week, French Skin care company Clarins launched a Facebook game called Spa Life. A virtual world populated with avatars, Spa Life is a time management game that recreates the challenges of running an actual spa. Players must manage an ever-increasing flow of visitors in search of facials and pedicures. The Clarins brand is not […]
As I’ve said in my earlier blogs, I have toured City of Hope and it is amazing that within the park-like campus just northeast of Los Angeles, resides one of the most advanced biomedical research institutions in the world. Renowned for transforming elusive clues into scientific discoveries, City of Hope brings groundbreaking research and compassionate […]
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