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"Love it or hate it": where the Marmite slogan came from, and how it rescued a struggling brand

"Love it or hate it": where the Marmite slogan came from, and how it rescued a struggling brand

Where 'love it or hate it' came from: the 1996 BMP DDB campaign that rescued a fading brand by leaning into the half of Britain that hated the taste, and how the slogan escaped into everyday language.

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A Marlborough boutique has painted itself in Marmite stripes

A Marlborough boutique has painted itself in Marmite stripes

Isabella Wookey, who runs Willow & Wolf on the high street in Marlborough, Wiltshire, has painted the front of her shop in broad stripes. The stripes are a slightly pinker brown than the proper Marmite yellow-and-oxblood, but the reference is instant. Walk past it and you think, jar.

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FanCulture: The Evolution of influence

FanCulture is a short film exploring the role fans could, and should, play in brands and marketing. I was invited to be in the film last summer and we shot my bits in November.

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