At The Drum’s Predictions event, CMOs at The AA, Currys, Unilever and Lipton Teas shared the challenges of marketing a heritage brand.
As the chief marketer of a legacy brand, the job is fighting to stay relevant without annoying your core customer, says Will Harrison, group marketing director at The AA. He sums up the challenge: “You’ve got to be doing something right to be called a legacy brand, but the challenge is how to remain relevant.”
Jaguar’s new identity launch in November is the most recent example of a company getting heat for evolving its brand, the critics claiming it went too far. Dan Rubel, brand and marketing director for Currys, points out that with Jaguar car sales at an all-time low, “if ever there is a brand that is ripe for something revolutionary and something a bit risky, it is Jaguar.”
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