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January 21, 2015 Successful Challenger Brands Embrace Discrimination

Here’s a news flash: We like people who are like us. More to the point, we favor people who look like we do, act like…

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January 13, 2015 For Challenger Brands, Imitation Is Anything But A Long-Term Strategy

  You’ve heard “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” While that may be true, it’s also a lousy long-term strategy for taking on market…

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January 8, 2015 Sorry OSU. Allstate’s Challenger Brand Thinking Won The Sugar Bowl

  It’s hard to think of a client whose media spend tops $886 million as an underdog. But that’s exactly where Allstate finds itself, looking…

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January 6, 2015 The 5 New Year’s Resolutions Every Challenger Brand Should Make

  It’s January 6 and odds are, you’ve made a number of New Year’s resolutions you hope to make good on sometime in 2015. But…

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December 16, 2014 A Challenger Brand Peek Into the College Football Playoffs

  One of the great truths of a bracketed championship format like the NCAA Basketball Tournament, and now the College Football Playoffs, is that no…

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December 5, 2014 NBC’s Challenger Brand Thinking Takes Flight With “Peter Pan” LIVE

  Quick. Your network is in fourth place. You’re programming a Thursday night during the holiday season and you’re up against CBS, FOX, ABC, cable,…

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November 11, 2014 What Challenger Brands Can Learn from the Midterm Elections

  With all due respect to the NFL, Heavyweight Boxing, and MMA, America’s favorite blood sport is politics. In the past year, candidates in the…

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November 6, 2014 The Challenger Brand Library: 16 Books That Transformed LOOMIS, Pt.2

  On Wednesday, we blogged about eight of the 16 books that have influenced and helped transform LOOMIS over the years. Today, we look at…

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November 5, 2014 The Challenger Brand Library: 16 Books That Transformed LOOMIS

  Whenever people ask us about building challenger brands, inevitably the discussion turns to what books have been most influential for us and which are…

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October 15, 2014 It’s time for challenger brand restaurants to raise a glass

When it comes to competition in the restaurant world, it doesn’t matter whether you’re casual dining, fast casual, or QSR. The battle royale for customers…

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