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Contents vii<br />

6. Culture failures 151<br />

50 Kellogg’s in India 155<br />

51 Hallmark in France 161<br />

52 Pepsi in Taiwan 163<br />

53 Schweppes Tonic Water in Italy 164<br />

54 Chevy Nova and others 165<br />

55 Electrolux in the United States 166<br />

56 Gerber in Africa 167<br />

57 Coors in Spain 168<br />

58 Frank Perdue’s chicken in Spain 169<br />

59 Clairol’s Mist Stick in Germany 170<br />

60 Parker Pens in Mexico 171<br />

61 American Airlines in Mexico 172<br />

62 Vicks in Germany 173<br />

63 Kentucky Fried Chicken in Hong Kong 174<br />

64 CBS Fender: a tale of two cultures 175<br />

65 Quaker Oats’ Snapple: failing to understand the essence of 178<br />

the brand<br />

7. People failures 181<br />

66 Enron: failing the truth 185<br />

67 Arthur Andersen: shredding a reputation 187<br />

68 Ratner’s: when honesty is not the best policy 189<br />

69 Planet Hollywood: big egos, weak brand 192<br />

70 Fashion Café: from catwalk to catfights 194<br />

71 Hear’Say: from pop to flop 196<br />

72 Guiltless Gourmet: helping the competition 198<br />

8. Rebranding failures 201<br />

73 Consignia: a post office by any other name 205<br />

74 Tommy Hilfiger: the power of the logo 209<br />

75 BT Cellnet to O 2<br />

: undoing the brand 212<br />

76 ONdigital to ITV Digital: how the ‘beautiful dream’ went 214<br />

sour<br />

77 Windscale to Sellafield: same identity, different name 218<br />

78 Payless Drug Store to Rite Aid Corporation 220<br />

79 British Airways 221<br />

80 MicroPro 222

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