A Cello Business

Blog

A moment’s interruption in the 29th week of 2011 form 5 quotes relating to ‘commercialism’

Jossie Clayton
Posted by on July 22, 2011

Comment on this article

‘Commercialism’ – often tainted by a ‘big is bad’ attitude towards companies or an overly materialistic attitude towards life, it is a concept which has been both more relevant and rejected in the past 50 years than ever before.

But it needn’t be negative; commercialism is fundamentally about driving value in the most pragmatic way possible, based on identified needs and available resource. Here at The Value Engineers we are proud that our approach to branding, strategy, innovation and insight is rooted in the commercial value and implication of our thinking.

We can help you use insight to drive brand strategy and innovation for commercial success.

  • ‘So-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes’ – Zhang Yimou
  • ‘Commercialism: the exclusive or inappropriate emphasis on profit’ – reference.com
  • ‘Brands exist to add value – they are commercial by definition’ – V. Vale
  • ‘The trick is for brands to really care about what they’re selling – rather than coming across as hard commercial machines’ –  J. Spencer
  • ‘Commercialism without morality should be the death of business’ – Anon

Borrowed with pride from all over the place.

Category Our Thinking, Trends on the Horizon

Tagged

No Comments

Post a comment

Guidelines

Please be nice. All Comments are read by a moderator after they are posted and it may take some time for your Comment to appear live on the website.

Sign up to the editor's "best of the blog" monthly newsletter

Keep updated with our latest thinking via RSS

Subscribe via RSS

Search the blog

Categories