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A Template For Brand Failure

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BUSINESS STANDARD

Big Brands, Big Trouble

Lessons Learned the Hard Way

Jack Trout

East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd

233 pages/Rs 295

To be successful, every brand needs to answer three questions credibly. Who am I? Why buy me? How am I being perceived? Jack Trout, the father of brand positioning, is one person who has spent most of his professional career dissecting these issues threadbare. His conclusions may sound pretty apparent today, but when he first suggested them, most marketers realised that they had been overlooking the obvious.

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First Published: Dec 03 2001 | 12:00 AM IST

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