by Marc H. Rudov | December 29, 2014 | Article
Twenty-eight years after his death, Andy Warhol’s brand remains strong. On a par with Picasso, his paintings still fetch historically high prices. The Andy Warhol Museum, in his native Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the largest museum in the US devoted to one...
by Marc H. Rudov | December 11, 2014 | Article
Kathleen Sebelius revealed herself, once again, as a prevaricating political hack and a branding ignoramus. She told Politico: “Obamacare has a very bad brand… I think we may need to call it something in the future different, but it’s working.”...
by Marc H. Rudov | December 9, 2014 | Article
In The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the Martin Vanger character uttered a phrase that aptly sums up our politically correct culture: “The fear of offending is stronger than the fear of pain.” This fear of offending affects the branding, or lack thereof,...
by Marc H. Rudov | November 9, 2014 | Article
The title of this article is misleading. Technically, Republicans can’t rebrand — because they have no brand. None. They need one, fast. But, as you can read, I don’t question herein whether Republicans can rebrand but whether they will rebrand....
by Marc H. Rudov | October 24, 2014 | Article
Recently, a venture capitalist, who had read my book on branding for CEOs, asked my opinion of Amazon’s brand. I couldn’t fathom it. Amazon’s sell-everything-to-everyone model, I averred, is unbrandable, not to mention, unsustainable. When trying to...
