Booing at Beckham: why Brit brands find it tough to crack America

Many British brands have tried to crack America, and many have come home licking their wounds.

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Yoga meets Sport Science to train elite athletes in Olympic 2012 build-up

Hayley Winter has combined the ancient tradition of yoga with the latest sport science techniques to create a new training science which has won the support of leading sports figures including Graham Gooch, Sir Clive Woodward and Tim Newenham the Performance Sport Advisor to UK Sport.

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Welcome to Scrivener

I'm deep into writing my book How To Build A Brand In Thirty Days : and the process is being made so much more pleasurable than it might be by a fantastic little piece of software called Scrivener.

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Too many Starbucks?

Starbucks is in trouble. Closing stores. Struggling with its brand credibility.

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Gordon, David and errmm.. Nick: are political leaders really brands?

I was asked by a national TV news programme last week to comment on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's 'brand'. Did I think political leaders qualified as brands? And if so are their personal brands distinct from their parties or even their political beliefs?

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