Why spend millions on research that doesn’t help grow your business? Market research provides the wrong answers to the right questions. Over 90% of customer behavior is unconscious. Customers rarely articulate their true motivations even when directly questioned—people simply cannot describe why they really do what...

Brands fail for one primary reason: instead of building a brand some people love, companies build brands no one hates. Most marketers live in a world where they are constantly searching for the flashy, the instant—in short, the trivial. We must recognize that brands don't belong to...

Business leaders instinctively know that customer loyalty is important, but many feel it is a fruitless endeavor to try to truly win the hearts and minds of their customers. Instead, the "merchant mind" takes over and the focus becomes on the next transaction instead of...