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viii Contents<br />

9. Internet and new technology failures 223<br />

81 Pets.com 229<br />

82 VoicePod: failing to be heard 234<br />

83 Excite@Home: bad branding @ work 236<br />

84 WAP: why another protocol 239<br />

85 Dell’s Web PC: not quite a net gain 242<br />

86 Intel’s Pentium chip: problem What problem 245<br />

87 IBM’s Linux software and the graffiti guerrillas 247<br />

88 boo.com: the party’s over 249<br />

10. Tired brands 257<br />

89 Oldsmobile: how the King of Chrome ended up on the 261<br />

scrap heap<br />

90 Pear’s soap: failing to hit the present taste 265<br />

91 Ovaltine: when a brand falls asleep 268<br />

92 Kodak: failing to stay ahead 270<br />

93 Polaroid: live by the category, die by the category 274<br />

94 Rover: a dog of brand 280<br />

95 Moulinex: going up in smoke 282<br />

96 Nova magazine: let sleeping brands lie 284<br />

97 Levi’s: below the comfort zone 287<br />

98 Kmart: a brand on the brink 291<br />

99 The Cream nightclub: last dance saloon 293<br />

100 Yardley cosmetics: from grannies to handcuffs 298<br />

References<br />

Index<br />

301<br />

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