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The Matcha Mystery: Why Your “Japanese” Matcha Might Be Made in China

freshtrax

During a meeting earlier this month with Brandon Hill, CEO of btrax, our conversation shifted from sales and marketing to Japanese culture and business practices. And what does it say about how products cross cultural boundaries in our globalized market? ” This sent me down a rabbit hole. .” Sound familiar?

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7 Product Analytics Mistakes You’re Making (+Solutions)

Userpilot

In 2006, British mathematician Clive Humby made the infamous statement: Data is the new oil. However, that spike in logins could be due to other factors, like a seasonal trend or a marketing campaign. Other departments, like customer success or marketing, miss out on insights that could inform their strategies.

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Vibe Coding Into the Gale

Tyner Blain

But I also hit on a couple key failures of decision-making – picking the wrong market or solving the wrong problems. If you choose the wrong market in which to compete, your selection of the right customer group in that market is irrelevant. from Rita McGrath’s work, shared in The Entrepreneurial Mindset.

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Let’s Talk About Faster Horses

The Product Coalition

The quote is attributed to Ford himself for the first time in a letter sent to the UK publication Marketing Week in 2001: “Being market-led implies being led by the consumer — and consumers are bad at coming up with innovations (Henry Ford’s quote: “If I had asked my customers what they wanted they would have said a faster horse” springs to mind…).”

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Alchemer Named to Inc.’s 2025 Best Workplaces List 

Alchemer Mobile

The platform is used by companies worldwide to collect customer feedback, run employee engagement studies, conduct market research, measure brand sentiment, and more. Alchemer gives CX, marketing, product, HR, and market research professionals clear, actionable insights. Founded in 2006, Alchemer is a KKR portfolio company.

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430: How changes in marketing are influencing products – with Ali Plonchak 

Product Innovation Educators

How product and marketing teams can work together Today we are talking about the interdependence of product and marketing and how marketing trends have changed. Since 2006 at Crossmedia, she has helped clients navigate the changing marketing landscape. 7:14] What trends or big shifts have you seen in marketing?

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Why Product Management Is Not The Same As Oprah’s Favorite Things

The Product Guy

For example, in 2005 the audience received items such as a Burberry coat, an iPod, and a Blackberry phone, but in 2006 each audience member received a $1,000 gift card and a camcorder and were told to record themselves using the money to do a good deed for someone else.