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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

Wow, I just looked at that Tropicana rebrand. Who in the world thought that was a good idea!?!

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Mike Goitein's avatar

Tropicana was just another example of that “me, me, me,” narcissistic approach, Bette.

For a rebrand to have that great of a negative impact is rare, but it makes sense through the lens of strategy and branding being about making and fulfilling promises and developing habits.

Anything that creates a pattern interrupt of an existing, engrained and positive habit both for your customers and your company should be considered very carefully, if at all.

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

I get that but the new design was awful. I remember the new coke, old coke fiasco. Sometimes you just shouldn’t mess with success.

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