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- Brands as new cultural institutions…
- There is only one boss – the customer
- User onboarding – will they stay or will they go?
- Future of retail – technology to accelerate change and the way we shop
- It is not all about purchases
- The white space is where your brand lives
- Brands need to know that “good is the new cool”
- AmCham 2017 Main Achievements
Branding and Marketing
Brands as new cultural institutions…
Brands are a very important part of modern civilization. A brand
magically transforms a commodity’s product attributes into symbolical
values (Raymond Williams); it gives products a meaning, identity and
difference; it changes mere consumption and its pragmatic utility into a
signifier and signified full of meanings (Roland Barthes, Jean
Baudrillard, James Twitchell, Jean Noel Kapferer); through a connection
to archetypes, it brings deeper meanings into human lives (Carol S.
Pearson); it takes part in the privileged social discourse (Kline,
Jhally); makes visible and gives names to social codes (Douglas Holt,
Clotaire Rapaille); and, in today’s world of disruptive technological
changes and innovations, the brand is beginning to be one of the most
significant signs of deep, groundbreaking, social and economic changes.
Brands have stopped being a part of pure consumption and the economic
world, they are becoming the initiators of change in the world (Thomas
Kolster, Grant McCracken, Faris Yakob).
There is only one boss – the customer
The decisions we make in life are based on memories and experiences. The creation of positive memorable experiences is becoming the new battleground to improve customer value. How do companies operating on the Slovak market approach this challenge and which ones are winning over customers?
User onboarding – will they stay or will they go?
A business is doomed to fail if it alienates its users. Without a proper onboarding process this is exactly what happens; you’ll either have a lot of unhappy users, or they won’t know what you’re doing.
Future of retail – technology to accelerate change and the way we shop
Shopping centers of the future will become just “centers” by reinventing themselves as mixed-use destinations and adding healthcare, educational and leisure uses, according to new insights from The Future Of Retail 2030, a series from CBRE.
It is not all about purchases
The widely recognized definition of a customer journey is represented by a SEE-THINK-DO-CARE framework, which, as its name suggests, divides the journey into four main stages.
The white space is where your brand lives
We focus on the assets that we believe make up our brand. Logo, color, imagery, messaging. Those things are certainly important; they contribute to the core of your brand understanding. But those pieces are only parts of the brand.
Brands need to know that “good is the new cool”
Bobby Jones, youth marketing strategist and author of Good Is the New Cool: Market Like You Give a Damn, traveled the globe gathering insights in his quest to help brands understand the forces reshaping cultural identity in an era of new youth expectations. Jones expounded on his ideas at PSFK 2017 held recently in New York City.
AmCham 2017 Main Achievements
We would like to highlight some of our achievements from 2017 as we continue to be your 1st choice business association in Slovakia. We are grateful for your membership as we acknowledge that none of the achievements below would be possible without your support.
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