MEC, formerly Mountain Equipment Co-op, is one of Canada’s most trusted and beloved brands. Beloved by me personally, but also by many Canadians. Over the last five years, it has consistently ranked in the top two most trusted brands in Canada [1]. So last week [...]
The campaign cycle for fitness clubs follows the New Year’s Resolution cycle, so right now we have new marketing from some of the biggest brands. We use TV commercials and video as examples here because they are the fastest way to communicate marketing and creative [...]
Almost two years ago, here, we posted CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING. Ironically, it has become the most popular post in Marketing Wilderness' 10-year history. Ironic because the main point of that post was that context is accidentally or intentionally left out of so much on the [...]
Three fairly recent developments in the frothy beer business lead to the title of this post: The craft brand that isn’t really a beer. The no name brand that isn’t really a no name. Big Beer advertising that appears to be cannabis-infused. The craft brand [...]
Oct 18, 2019, will mark one-year since cannabis was made legal for recreational use in Canada. How’s the industry going? Surprisingly, given the hype leading up to Legalisation 1.0, not that great. In our opinion, that result flows from an inconvenient truth. How's it going? [...]
Warning: We’re going to stray into geopolitics here. You can't talk about the Huawei brand in any depth without doing so. Branding by MarketingHuawei entered Canada selling low-end mobile devices to mobile service carriers. Starting in 2014, mid and high-end devices arrived, marketed to [...]
