When it comes to the economy, this past week was particularly eventful. On Thursday, the Dow Jones tumbled 1,160 points, experiencing its worst trading day since June 2020. On Tuesday, big box retail quarterly earnings reports were announced by The Home Depot,...
Have you ever wondered why fast food logos are almost always red, orange or yellow… and rarely blue? While, on the other hand, why health and medical-related ads typically use blue as the predominant color… but almost never red or yellow? It’s...
Whether they realize it or not, building products marketers — like all marketers — are after one thing. It’s not brand awareness. Customer loyalty. Clicks or views or impressions or engagement. It’s not even sales. All those goals are...
CNN, one of the world’s leading news organizations, recently tried something new. And they failed in spectacular fashion. Their experience holds some lessons for building product brands. CNN+ was launched at the beginning of April to great fanfare. The cable...
Celebrating on Friday, April 22nd, Earth Day’s theme this year — “Invest in our planet” — is one that will continue to resonate, and drives home an important mission. Sustainable practices and products in the building product industry are...
All along the muddy banks of the salt marshes live colonies of fiddler crabs. There are actually 100 different types in the family Ocypodidae. Each of these species shares a similar habitat. Similar behaviors. And one unmistakable similarity… the...
