
Agency: Wexley School for Girls
"When CNW surveyed shoppers coming out of Wal-Mart stores, 75% said they preferred to buy American, yet an inspection of their purchases found that 90% were made in China."
"The 'surplus society' has a surplus of similar companies, employing similar people, with similar educational backgrounds, coming up with similar ideas, producing similar things, with similar prices and similar quality. To succeed we must stop being so damn normal. In a winner-takes-all world, normal = nothing."






"Brands fail for many reasons - bad products, bad research, bad pricing, bad distribution, bad advertising, bad strategy and bad luck. But increasingly, brands also fail when they don't adjust to market changes and quickly become less relevant."



"In sectors such as banking, telecommunications, and technology, almost two-thirds of the organic growth of listed Western companies can be attributed to being in the right markets and geographies. Companies that ride the currents succeed; those that swim against them usually struggle."