Challenge: Chinese Laundry was undergoing a complete brand refresh of its core Chinese Laundry brand, to convey a more modern, fresh, and approachable brand, particularly among the Millennial audience. Objective: To understand the current perceived core attributes of the brand and to discover the potential opportunities for a unique brand position in the w...

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Challenge: New Balance, already strongly associated with a high quality running shoe heritage, was interested in understanding how to most effectively promote/launch its women’s apparel line. Objective: To help New Balance more effectively reach the female audience and encourage purchases among the women’s new apparel line. Solution: Exploratory work was...

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Challenge: Lee Jeans and Toth Brand Imaging were developing new print advertising for the Lee Rider brand and wanted input regarding the effectiveness of the new concepts prior to launch. Objective: To obtain the target market’s reactions to new creative concepts. Solution: Plan-it conducted focus groups among the Lee Rider Jeans target audience to unders...

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Challenge: Plan-it worked with Converse to determine viability and guide development of a new sneaker product, targeted at boys and girls, ages 8-12. Objective: To further understand reactions to the new line, including sneaker designs/features. Solution: Plan-it conducted in-depth interviews with kids to explore their reactions to the new sneaker overall,...

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Challenge: Talbots customer base was getting older and the brand wanted to insure it appealed to younger shoppers and communicated with them in a relevant way. Objective: As one initiative, Plan-it evaluated Talbots’ web site and potential enhancements to it. A key objective was to help Talbots gain a competitive advantage over other online retailers...

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