Brands with a Conscience

How to Build a Successful and Responsible Brand

Nicholas Ind editor Sandra Horlings editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Kogan Page Ltd

Published:3rd Mar '16

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Provides exemplary guidance on building a conscientious brand strategy, underpinned with not just stories of success, but also caveats based on real world challenges and failures Allows you to place responsible practice at the heart of your organization with numerous inspirational case studies including Ecover, H&M, TED, IWC and the John Lewis Partnership Illustrates how to create and sustain a culture that meets the needs of internal and external stakeholders

Create and sustain a culture that meets the needs of both internal and external stakeholders, inspired by this illustrious collection of international case studies from multiple brands.The definitive expert guide to ethical brand practice from the prestigious Medinge Group, Brands with a Conscience dissects the philosophies underpinning sustainable brands to arrive at a set of eight clear guiding attributes which can be used as the foundation of a strategy for responsible growth. These attributes span the public persona of an organization, the actions to take when things go wrong, the effort invested in developing relationships, the promotion of core values and balancing measures of success across economic, human, social and environmental factors. They are then used as the criteria to assess twelve carefully selected case studies, which include Dilmah Tea, H&M, Dr. Hauschka, Merci and the John Lewis Partnership, amongst other leading international brands. Because the potential to have bad practice unmasked or to have successes amplified online is greater than ever, it pays to adopt a strategy that builds customer loyalty and trust. Brands with a Conscience inspires via examples of brands which not only exhibit a genuine desire to operate ethically, but also have seen impressive success in terms of engagement with consumers, reputation, and return on investment. The book includes a range of practical tools to bring together the main concepts in an easy-to-adopt framework for building a brand strategy based upon real world experience. If you are a brand manager or marketing professional seeking a conscientious approach to consumer engagement, then Brands with a Conscience will support you every step of the way.

"Brands with a Conscience presents a timely and necessary reflection on how brands should focus to remain competitive and relevant in today's marketplace. The cases and concluding framework showcase what have become the imperative foundations for building brands in a participative market where consumers, more than ever, have control over the identity of a brand. A must-read for any student, manager, or entrepreneur trying to contribute in making a better world." * Francisco Guzman, Associate Professor, University of North Texas and Co-Editor of the Journal of Product and Brand Management *
"In an age of understandable scepticism about brands, it is refreshing to see a more rounded view of branding being taken by Sandra Horlings and Nicholas Ind. Being a brand with a conscience isn't another gimmick but should be a way of life for a brand; a recognition that brands can improve our lives. This interesting and varied collection of case studies highlights how deep seated values should be at the core of 21st Century brand management." * Professor Stuart Roper, Bradford University School of Management *
"I like that Brands With a Conscience builds sustainable thinking and doing into their way of being. As a more than 300-hundred-years-old family business, Berry Bros. & Rudd share this ethos. To be successful over the long term, we know the importance of having a vision of the future, balancing a humanistic approach with commercial realities of running a business, and, critically, being able to know when to change and when to stay the same." * Geordie Willis, Creative Director, Berry Bros. & Rudd *

ISBN: 9780749475444

Dimensions: 233mm x 156mm x 12mm

Weight: 366g

240 pages