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Walmart home delivery goes next day. Amazon’s response?
Walmart home delivery Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 22 May 2019 Walmart home delivery goes next day. Amazon’s response? Walmart home delivery once again responds to Amazon, and so the delivery version of the Battle of Winterfell is on. As I wrote...
The Ember mug makes you smarter
The Ember mug Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 21 May 2019 The Ember mug makes you smarter My youngest son and his wife are notorious for giving some of the coolest gifts known to man. They are a thoughtful (and creative) couple. So whatever they’re...
Clif Bar logo comes alive, mystery dies
Clif Bar Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 20 May 2019 Clif Bar logo comes alive, mystery dies When it comes to branding, there’s always a fine line between keeping the mystery alive and blowing it open for all to see. Take Clif Bar, which is unveiling...
Social media study shows struggle with importance
Social media study Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 13 May 2019 Social media study shows struggle with importance Many marketers love social media because it’s cheap. And you can measure it in terms of likes, shares, retweets and comments. But, as a...
Wake up, medical device marketers
Medical device marketers Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 9 May 2019 Wake up, medical device marketers A few weeks back I wrote a post on pharmaceutical advertising, remember? That there's so much of it? Traditionally, medical devices have not...
A Styrofoam ban is a no brainer
Styrofoam ban Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 8 May 2019 A Styrofoam ban is a no brainer Maine is banning Polystyrene, commonly known as Styrofoam. Good riddance. It can’t be reused, it’s difficult to recycle, it's not biodegradable and manufacturing...
Please leave Woodstock alone
Woodstock Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 7 May 2019 Please leave Woodstock alone I was a hippie in my youth. Me, with my puffed coiffure accompanied by bell bottoms and a leather vest. Saddled with a tattered copy of Carlos Castaneda’s The Teachings...
Kentucky Derby controversy – a good thing for the sport?
Kentucky Derby controversy Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 6 May 2019 Kentucky Derby controversy – a good thing for the sport? In boxing, controversy just primes the mob to yell, “We wanna a rematch!” In horse racing, with the Kentucky Derby...
Walmart online grocery seriously stalking Amazon’s leadership
Walmart online grocery Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 1 May 2019 Walmart online grocery seriously stalking Amazon’s leadership Thank you, Walmart online grocery. Thank you for giving me one-day shipping from Amazon Prime.I generally hate...
Teenage Engineering, a brand of sound with nuance
Teenage Engineering Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 30 April 2019 Teenage Engineering, a brand of sound with nuance Recently, the crew at Stealing Share dove into rebranding the cymbal giant, Sabian. This brought us to Sabian’s Canadian headquarters...
Why Amazon stores are struggling
Amazon stores Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 29 April 2019 Why Amazon stores are struggling More than a year ago, I wrote that the success of Amazon Go and other various Amazon stores would depend on brand. That is, how those stores defined their...
Why we love subscription boxes
Subscription boxes Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 26 April 2019 Why we love subscription boxes I am a slow learner. Subscription boxes are not in my experience. Yesterday on the way in to the office, I heard a radio commercial I have heard many...
Pharmaceutical TV advertising: Why so much of it?
Pharmaceutical TV advertising Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 25 April 2019 Pharmaceutical TV advertising: Why so much of it? Has anyone else noticed how crazy pharmaceutical TV advertising has become?I'm not talking about the often outright...
Arya Stark had every right to get naked
Arya Stark Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 24 April 2019 Arya Stark had every right to get naked (Game of Thrones spoiler alert! Especially when it comes to the beloved and now all grownup Arya Stark.)I was as shocked as everyone else this past...
Grey Goose brand repositions, with mixed results
Grey Goose brand Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 22 April 2019 Grey Goose brand repositions, with mixed results The Grey Goose brand stands in a current state of confusion. With sales falling (for a variety of reasons), a new campaign seeks to...
5,994 and counting, retail closings at record numbers
Retail closings Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 17 April 2019 5,994 and counting, retail closings at record numbers In 2018 alone, 5,864 retail locations closed. So far in 2019, retail closings stand at 5,994 and it is only April. If the pace stays...
Game of Thrones is NOT the last TV blockbuster
TV blockbuster Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 15 April 2019 Game of Thrones is NOT the last TV blockbuster Jon Snow finds out his true lineage. Jamie Lannister sees Bran Stark, whom he pushed out of a tower window in season one. And Sansa doesn’t...
Magic Johnson resigning from the Lakers is about brand
Magic Johnson Tom Dougherty, CEO - Stealing Share 10 April 2019 Magic Johnson resigning from the Lakers is about brand The unexpected and sudden announcement that Magic Johnson is stepping down as the President of Basketball Operations for the Los...