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Brand Archetypes & Psychology: Why Some Brands Feel Like Characters
Brands like Duolingo, Patagonia and Apple all feel to have almost a human-like personality.
But what makes a brand feel like a character rather than a company — and why do some brand personalities connect deeply while others feel hollow?
Brand Positioning: How Buyers Decide What You're Worth Before You Say a Word
The price a buyer is willing to pay is set before they see your price. The research on this is uncomfortable: a random number, seen once, moves real bids by a factor of three. First impressions don't just shape perception — they anchor it.
What did your brand teach your buyers to expect, the first time they found you?
What the Gymshark x Bratz Flop Actually Tells Us About Marketing to Women in Fitness
Before the Gymshark x Bratz collection launched, the comments were full of “just take my money.” Then it dropped — seamless sports bras and leggings in new colours — and the same community that had been ready to pay turned around and told Gymshark exactly what it should have made instead.
What does a backlash this specific reveal about Gen Z nostalgia, women as a fitness audience, and what happens when a brand assumes it's still doing the talking?
Golf Branding in 2026: What the New Generation of Golf Brands like Malbon & Eastside golf do Right
If you want to understand where golf branding is going, stop studying legacy brands and study the ones that are taking their market share. Brands like Malbon and Eastside Golf have fundamentally changed what golf looks like to a generation that had never seen themselves in it before.
But what exactly did they get right, and why does their approach work?