Brand Institute, a single company, helps name more than 75 percent of the new drugs that reach the market in a given year. For each project, a small team generates hundreds of candidates, pulling raw material from foreign language dictionaries, anagrams, fragments of the generic compound, the drug's mechanism of action. Where they land depends on the angle they choose. Lunesta works because of the lunar imagery plus the echo of "siesta." Ambien breaks down to A.M. and "bien" (good morning). Belsomra folds in "belle" and "somnus," the Latin word for sleep. Same section of the drug store, three different ways of getting at the same idea.
Jordan Pearson grew up in the bus industry, and worked for her parents' company, Master Tours, in Greensboro, NC. Joining her sister Dwyla, she branched off to form a separate company, Transcendent Charter, also in Greensboro. She and her sister were active in UMA, attending UMA EXPO and participating in UMA committees, before closing their company.
Bottled water, dressed in labels beautifully depicted with flowing glaciers and pristine streams, is marketed as better than tap water, but many brands like Aquafina are essentially just filtered tap water.
I pitched my mom a very rational plan: I'd skip my last semester and instead spend 10 weeks in New Zealand and Australia doing extreme team-building with complete strangers. The program, Pacific Challenge, included skydiving, bungee jumping, spelunking into eel-filled water and multi-day wilderness hikes.
"For the creator, it signals legitimacy. For the institution, it signals that they're engaged with where attention and influencers actually live today," says Shana Davis, founder of influencer marketing agency Ponte Firm.
Johnnie Walker came out on top yet again, coursing ahead of its nearest competitor by nearly double the volume, with 21.6 million cases sold, and runner-up Ballantine's coming in second with 9.3 million.